Title Agent

About the role

CLS is looking for an experienced Title Agent for on-site work in Sidney, MT (per diem is available).

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• Pull tax cards from courthouses.
• Locate 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.
• Assemble title files.
• 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

• Must have 1-3+ years of Marketable Title experience.
• Must be willing to work on-site in Sidney, MT (per diem).
• 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.
• Licensing: 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.
• Language 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.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Intermediate computer skills and familiarity with general PC operation.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Intermediate software skills with all Microsoft Office applications.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to learn new computer programs rapidly.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability and willingness to move rapidly from place to place and meet timeline constraints.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Capacity to be flexible, multi-task and maintain a great attitude.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Ability to be a team player.

Benefits

• Per diem available for on-site work in Sidney, MT.