Legal Instruments Examiner

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Muskogee (OK); On-site; USD 58,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Region in Muskogee, OK is seeking a title examiner to provide title service and maintenance for tribal and public domain lands within federal trust. Qualifications range from GS-5 to GS-8, requiring experience in examining and correcting title documents, researching legal statutes, and preparing conveyances; a bachelor's degree or 4 years of higher education is required.

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.

Qualifications

• Examining and correcting complex title documents.
• Researching statutes, regulations and judicial decisions pertaining to title.
• Preparing conveyance and divestment documents for trust lands.

Responsibilities

• Examine title documents for acquisition and disposal of real property rights.
• Advise Realty staff on conveyance and related documents; support estate inventories.

Skills

Title examination

Document analysis

Legal research

Advising staff

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4 years of higher education

Job description

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Eastern Oklahoma Region in Muskogee, Oklahoma; Pawhuska, Oklahoma in providing title service and maintenance to Indian reservations and public domain areas of federal trust tribal/individual land.

Experience and Education Requirements

GS-8

I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include examining and correcting complex title documents; researching and analyzing legal documents pertaining to statutes, regulations and judicial decisions; examining complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands; advising realty specialists in the preparation of various forms of title conveyance and divestment documents, equitable title documents, deeds, leases, grants, property management agreements, stipulations, memoranda of understanding, easements, affidavits, reservation statements, etc.; and preparing probate modifications to add property to the inventory of an estate, add interest to inventoried lands, and/or correct typographical errors; preparing or assist in preparing various forms of title conveyances and divestment documents.

GS-7

I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include gathering and assembling relevant title documents, identifying potential problems on land/parcel title documents; prepare abstracts of title by carefully examining each legal instrument, determining the correct legal description of the property, identifying current owners of the property and their fractioned title and monetary interests, identifying and curing title defects; imaging title documents; and scanning and coding title documents into an electronic records system.

GS-6

I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include researching for various title documents; pulling the historical file to extract document information needed; encoding encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership; examining complex title documents for the acquisition and disposal of real property rights pertaining to trust, restricted, fee and reserved lands.

GS-5

I have 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service. Examples of specialized experience include maintaining files pertaining to land title information by entering all pertinent data on the document requests; researching for various title documents; encoding encumbrance data from recorded title documents into land title automated systems for land title ownership.

Education Requirement

OR I have completed 4 years of progressively higher-level education leading to a bachelor's degree in an accredited business or technical school, college or university above high school in any field for which high school graduation or equivalent is a prerequisite. (Note: Applicants who select this response must provide transcripts as verification of their education).

All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.