Title Abstractor

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Pro Source Land Services
, a recognized provider of right of way, land acquisition, title, and relocation services, is seeking an experienced Title Abstractor to support projects throughout Wisconsin.

This is a primarily remote position with periodic travel to county courthouses, Register of Deeds offices, and other public-record locations throughout Wisconsin when records are unavailable electronically or when in-person research is necessary.

We are looking for a dependable title professional who can work independently, follow a chain of title, interpret recorded instruments, identify potential title issues, and produce accurate, well-documented research. The successful candidate should be comfortable working through both current and historical property records and researching a variety of ownership, easement, right of way, and encumbrance interests.

The Title Abstractor will:

• Independently conduct title searches and examine public real estate records for properties affected by land acquisition, easement, right of way, and infrastructure projects.
• Establish and document current and historical chains of title using deeds, easements, mortgages, releases, plats, judgments, liens, probate records, court records, and other relevant instruments.

Research records remotely when available and travel to Wisconsin county courthouses, Register of Deeds offices, and other public-record repositories when in-person research is required.

• Review and interpret deeds, easements, rights of way, mortgages, liens, judgments, releases, restrictions, agreements, plats, and other instruments affecting real property.
• Identify current ownership, vesting information, encumbrances, easements, reservations, restrictions, and other interests affecting property.
• Research older and historical records when necessary to establish how a property interest was created, transferred, modified, released, or otherwise affected.
• Verify legal descriptions, parcel information, recording references, ownership information, and relationships between recorded documents.
• Compare recorded title information with available plats, maps, parcel exhibits, acquisition records, and other project documentation and identify apparent discrepancies.
• Identify gaps in the chain of title, conflicting instruments, unreleased interests, questionable indexing, or other matters requiring additional research or review.
• Obtain and organize supporting recorded documents necessary to substantiate research findings.
• Prepare clear, accurate, and well-organized title reports, ownership and encumbrance summaries, research worksheets, and supporting documentation.
• Maintain complete research files sufficient for another qualified professional to understand what records were reviewed and the basis for the findings.
• Clearly identify and elevate complex legal, ownership, surveying, or title issues requiring additional review.
• Coordinate with Pro Source project managers, attorneys, acquisition professionals, engineers, surveyors, and other project team members as necessary.
• Manage multiple parcel assignments and deadlines while maintaining consistent quality and documentation standards.
• Participate in internal quality-control review and complete supplemental research when necessary.

Maintain knowledge of Wisconsin real estate records, recording practices, and procedures relevant to title research.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 3 years of substantive title abstracting, title examination, real estate records research, or closely related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to independently conduct a title search and establish a chain of title.
• Working knowledge of deeds, easements, rights of way, mortgages, liens, judgments, plats, legal descriptions, probate matters, and other instruments affecting real property.
• Ability to research and interpret both current and historical property records.
• Ability to recognize inconsistencies, gaps, conflicting interests, questionable indexing, and matters requiring additional investigation.
• Strong analytical and research skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accurate, well-documented work.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment and manage assignments with limited supervision.
• Strong written and…