Title Agent

Contract Land Staff; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Land Staff (CLS) is seeking experienced Title Agents local to Houston, TX. You will perform comprehensive title research, including tax card retrieval, online/offline investigations, and generation of vesting and marketable title files in line with established project procedures.

Essential duties include examining mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, and contracts to verify descriptions and ownership.

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years of Title experience.
• Local to Houston, TX.
• Land rights/Due Diligence experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Examine documents to verify legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.
• Research legal materials to aid decision making.
• Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances found during searching.
• Read search requests to determine types of title evidence required.

Skills

Title research

Oral and written communication

Microsoft Office

PC skills

Attention to detail

Education

Some college or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

General PC operation

Job description

CLS is looking for experienced Title Agents local to Houston, TX. Duties include all aspects of land title research, including, but not limited to, tax card research and retrieval, onsite and online title research and reporting, Chain of title and Limited Title Certificate generation, preparation of Vesting and Marketable Title files and posting of said files according to established Project Procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include but are not limited to:

• Examine documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, plat books, maps, contracts, and agreements to verify factors such as properties’ legal descriptions, ownership, or restrictions.
• Research relevant legal materials to aid decision making.
• Evaluate information related to legal matters in public or personal records.
• Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities
• Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.
• Perform duties of Title agent.
• Pulls tax cards from courthouses.
• Locates tax cards online.
• Perform onsite and/or online research necessary for Vesting and/or Marketable Title file production
• Prepare Chain of Title and Limited Title Certificates
• Post title files according to Project Procedures

Accountability:

• This position is responsible for working with all office staff, ensuring a healthy work environment and the satisfaction of all staff.
• Must be able to work effectively and professionally with office staff, the client and courthouse employees.

Qualification Requirements (minimum and preferred requirements):

• Must have 1-3+ years of Title experience.
• Must be local to Houston, TX.
• Prior Land Rights/ Due Diligence experience is a plus!

Education:

• Some college in a related field; or one or more years of experience in an applicable area (i.e. real estate, title abstracting, etc.)

Licensing:

• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must maintain minimum automobile liability insurance in the amount of $100,000/$300,000/$100,000.

Language Skills:

• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to write clearly and concisely to prepare reports, specifications, and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, percentages, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Intermediate computer skills and familiarity with general PC operation.
• Intermediate software skills with all Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to learn new computer programs rapidly.
• Ability and willingness to move rapidly from place to place and meet timeline constraints.
• Capacity to be flexible, multi-task and maintain a great attitude.