Manager: Terrell Thomas

Position: Title Examiner

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

The primary purpose of this position:

Primary purpose: to locate and provide information about a) owners of, b) liens filed against, and c) legal descriptions for real property assessed under delinquent tax accounts.

Describe this position’s Essential Functions:

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

Describe the Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Work takes place inside an office space located within the Houston PRC work area.
• Being seated at a desk
• Manually searching for land information on line or through a title plant; and then entering applicable details into a word processing document or a data base using an assigned computer and keyboard. Some work may be undertaken in a county clerk's office, which requires traveling to a county courthouse. Courthouse work also involves reviewing computer-based records on a monitor and searching through records contained in large books, which requires the lifting of and replacing of the large books.

Knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for this position to succeed:

• 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.
• The ability to handle work in a production-oriented environment.
• Typing skills that facilitate the quick entry of information into reports.
• A working understanding of multiple sources of land title information.

Supervisory responsibilities and independent discretion:

• A title examiner reports to the department manager and supervisor.
• Title examiners are expected to make decisions independently; however, they should consult with the manager or supervisor when a matter is unclear.
• A senior title examiner may sometimes assist co-workers with less experience.
• Examiners frequently work with, or answer questions for, other parties who enter information from a title examination into the computer system.

Special requirements for this position:

• Prior experience in land title examinations or some related area is necessary.
• Must pass a background check made in connection with the submission of an application to obtain access to the records of Title Data, Inc.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Application Question(s):

• What is your ideal salary?

Work Location: One location

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