Title examiners: Search public records and examine titles to determine legal status of property titles. Copy or summarize contracts, affecting title to property. May prepare and issue policy that guarantees legality of title.

Abstractors: Summarize pertinent legal or insurance details, or sections of statutes or case law from reference books for examination, proof, or ready reference. Search out titles to determine if title deed is correct.

Searchers: Compile lists of mortgages, deeds, contracts, judgments, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for real estate or title insurance company.

1992 employment: 29,000 Projected 1992-2005 employment change: About as fast as average

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