Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers

Does not pass

• Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties' legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 11.7% of the role's time · $330M

• Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 9.6% of the role's time · $273M · waiting on a check

• Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 9.0% of the role's time · $254M

• Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 8.9% of the role's time · $254M

• Prepare lists of all legal instruments applying to a specific piece of land and the buildings on it.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.8% of the role's time · $249M

• Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 8.2% of the role's time · $231M · waiting on a check

• Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 7.4% of the role's time · $210M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 6.2% of the role's time · $175M

• Prepare and issue title commitments and title insurance policies, based on information compiled from title searches.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 5.7% of the role's time · $162M

• Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 5.3% of the role's time · $150M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Enter into record-keeping systems appropriate data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.9% of the role's time · $138M · passed by Claude Sonnet · the models disagreed

• Retrieve and examine real estate closing files for accuracy and to ensure that information included is recorded and executed according to regulations.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it, and a failure is too expensive · 4.3% of the role's time · $121M

• Direct activities of workers who search records and examine titles, assigning, scheduling, and evaluating work, and providing technical guidance as necessary.

  reason given most often: nobody can tell quickly whether it worked, and no existing check settles it · 4.1% of the role's time · $117M

• Summarize pertinent legal or insurance details, or sections of statutes or case law from reference books for use in examinations or as proofs or ready reference.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 2.1% of the role's time · $60.6M · waiting on a check

• Determine whether land-related documents can be registered under the relevant legislation, such as the Land Titles Act.

  reason given most often: no existing check settles it · 1.6% of the role's time · $45.0M