Besides utilizing a title company, how can I learn to do a title search?
Answer John, I’m going to answer your last question first. To the best of my knowledge there are no online resources available to complete a title search. Let me explain the title search process. An abstract of title is an historical list of all filed documents and proceedings that affect the title to the property. When a title company does a title search they hire an attorney to prepare and review the abstract and that abstract is used for a particular real estate transaction. The abstract is researched by an abstract company. The abstract company searches for and records the documents and proceedings I mentioned above. In order for you to do a full title search you would need to access the necessary legal records (city, county, state and possibly federal) and verify the status of each of these items. You would also have to be aware of state laws (if any) regarding preparing this the information collected. If you wanted to use the collected information for yourself you could, but you
