Land Title & Records Specialist

Bureau of Indian Affairs; Michigan; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Federal benefits

Job summary

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region, is seeking a Legal Assistant (GS-0986) to perform land titles and records functions across Ashland, WI; Bemidji, MN; Bloomington, MN; and Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

The position involves recording, imaging, data entry and document review to support land ownership records. Responsibilities include reviewing probate instruments, scanning transactions, maintaining the trust database, and assisting with requests for land status information while adhering to

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing real estate and probate legal instruments for conformity with title records.
• Ability to answer inquiries related to probate data and legal documents for recording.
• Familiarity with scanning, imaging, and data entry processes for land titles and records.

Responsibilities

• Review probate orders, rights of way, mortgages encoded into the automated system.
• Furnish information on status of land and ownership of allotments.
• Scan transactions into the Imaging database.
• Maintain the trust database system to encode data.
• Review documents related to multiple ownership records.

Skills

Legal document review

Data entry

Recordkeeping

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher or 1 year specialized experience

Tools

Imaging database

Job description

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Region, is seeking a Legal Assistant (GS-0986) to perform land titles and records functions across Ashland, WI; Bemidji, MN; Bloomington, MN; and Sault Ste. Marie, MI.

The position involves recording, imaging, data entry and document review to support land ownership records. Responsibilities include reviewing probate instruments, scanning transactions, maintaining the trust database, and assisting with requests for land status information while adhering to