Title Examiner in Detroit, Michigan For Sale

Law firm in Downtown Royal Oak seeking an experienced title examiner to perform research specializing in receiverships, bankruptcies, and other finance and property-related cases.
In this position you may need to:
1) Search public records and examine titles to determine legal condition of property title: reviewing and analyzing recordations such as mortgages, liens, judgments, easements, and plat and map books to determine ownership and legal restrictions and to verify the legal description of the property
2) Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts affecting the condition of the title to the property
3) Analyze restrictions and prepare a report outlining any actions required to clear title, or noting recordations clouding title that may affect a sale (including open mortgages, unpaid taxes, liens and judgments)
Education, training, experience requirements:
o Property Management knowledge preferred
o Ability to work in an accurate, detail-oriented and highly productive manner
o Must have working knowledge of title claims
o Working knowledge of legal documents affecting title to real property and methods by which they are recorded, liens, encumbrances and circumstances that affect title to real property
o Knowledge of local filing requirements, recording fees, and abstracting procedures
o Knowledge of surveys and plotting metes and bounds
o Familiarity with all procedures performed in commitment production-including abstracts, examinations, document retrieval, surveys, plat maps, tax data, etc.
o PC proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer
o Ability to communicate professionally, both verbally and in writing
o Ability to work both independently and contribute in every aspect to a team environment