Job Title: Title Examiner
Pay Range: $24$35 per hour (DOE)
Primary Purpose:
To locate and provide information about:
- Owners of real property
- Liens filed against real property
- Legal descriptions for real property assessed under delinquent tax accounts
Essential Functions:
The Title Examiner will be responsible for the following tasks duties and responsibilities:
- Obtain Title Examination Materials:
Retrieve title examination materials from title plants and/or county records. - Review Documents:
Examine information set out in documents located during searches of records. - Assemble ChainofTitle:
Compile a chainoftitle that includes deeds probate or heirship materials liens that encumber search properties and involuntary liens against owners. - Identify Property Owners and Lien Holders:
Determine property owners and lien holders of mortgage and involuntary liens. - Furnish Legal Descriptions:
Provide a legal description identifying property with reasonable certainty. - Create Run Sheets:
Develop a run sheet that contains a legal description for land assessed under a delinquent account including names of property owners and all lien holders. - Save Examination Materials:
Save run sheets and digital copies of examination materials. - Other Duties:
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The Title Examiner will work in the following conditions:
- Office Environment:
Work takes place inside an office space located within the Houston PRC work area. - Desk Work:
Being seated at a desk for extended periods. - Manual Searches and Data Entry:
Manually search for land information online or through a title plant and enter applicable details into a word processing document or a database using an assigned computer and keyboard. Some work may be undertaken in a county clerks office which requires traveling to a county courthouse. Courthouse work also involves reviewing computerbased records on a monitor and searching through records contained in large books which requires lifting and replacing the large books.
Remote Work :
No