Mineral Title Agent

Duties

• 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.
• Prepare legal documents.
• Pulls tax cards from courthouses.
• Locates tax cards online.
• Performs onsite and/or online research necessary for Vesting and/or Marketable Title file production.
• Prepares Chain of Title and Limited Title Certificates.
• Assembles title files.
• Posts title files according to Project Procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with all office staff, ensuring a healthy work environment and the satisfaction of all staff.
• Work effectively and professionally with office staff, the client, and courthouse employees.

Qualification Requirements

• Must have 3+ years of Mineral Title experience.
• Must be willing to work remotely.
• West Texas title experience is preferred!

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.
• 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.
• Ability to be a team player.