Title Agent

Contract Land Staff; Jackson (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Contract Land Staff is seeking an experienced Title Agent locally in Jackson, MI. The role covers comprehensive land title research, including tax card retrieval, on-site and online investigations, and preparation of vesting and marketable title files.

Responsibilities include examining mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, and other documents to verify descriptions and ownership. The ideal candidate will be skilled in title research, report writing, and meeting project timelines.

Qualifications

• Must have strong title research experience in land records.
• Experience with tax cards, vesting, and chain of title helpful.
• Excellent written and oral communication.

Responsibilities

• Examine mortgages, liens, judgments, easements to verify descriptions.
• Pull tax cards from courthouses.
• Prepare chain of title and vesting reports.
• Post title files according to procedures.
• Work with office staff and clients.

Skills

Title research

Land records

Courthouse research

Communication skills

Notary (Michigan)

Microsoft Office

Education

Some college

Job description

CLS is looking for an experienced Title Agent local to Jackson, MI. 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 a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the Right of Way/Real Estate industry with at least 3 years working in the capacity of a Title Agent
• Must be local to Jackson, MI.
• Must be willing to obtain Michigan notary.
• Must be proficient in land title research in courthouse and other government offices of record and be able to prepare chain of title.

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.