Title Examiner

$52,000 - $72,800/Yr

PrideStaff - Houston, TX

Full-time

Houston, TX

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Title Examiner position is focused on locating and providing information regarding ownership, liens, and legal descriptions for real property assessed under delinquent tax accounts. The role requires familiarity with real estate transactions and the ability to interpret various legal documents related to property ownership.

Responsibilities

• Obtain title examination materials from title plants and/or county records.
• Review information set out in documents located during searches of records.
• Assemble a chain-of-title that includes deeds, probate or heirship materials, liens that encumber search properties, and involuntary liens against owners.
• Identify property owners and lien holders of mortgage and involuntary liens.
• Furnish a legal description identifying property with reasonable certainty.
• Create a run sheet that contains a legal description for land assessed under a delinquent account plus names of property owners and all lien holders.
• Maintain run sheets and digital copies of examination materials.
• Perform all other duties assigned.

Requirements

• Familiarity with real estate transactions and how real property is described.
• Knowledge about ownership of, and interests in, real property.
• Understanding of legal documents that convey and encumber real property.
• Strong skills in interpreting wills and heirship information.
• Experience using title plants and courthouse records in the metro Houston area.
• Ability to handle work in a production-oriented environment.
• Typing skills that facilitate the quick entry of information into reports.
• Working understanding of multiple sources of land title information.

Benefits

• Compensation of $25.00 - $35.00 per hour.