Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
SOC Code: 23-2093
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searcherss 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. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 67.8/100, this role has moderate resilience to automation. Key skills include Reading Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 67.8 — High
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Median Salary
$54,980
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Job Growth
2.0%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Active Listening
- •Writing
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
Common Tasks
- ✓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.
- ✓Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.
- ✓Prepare reports describing any title encumbrances encountered during searching activities and outlining actions needed to clear titles.
- ✓Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.
- ✓Verify accuracy and completeness of land-related documents accepted for registration, preparing rejection notices when documents are not acceptable.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation