Title Abstractor

Title Abstractor – South Dakota

Remote Position | Periodic Travel Throughout South Dakota

Title Abstractor – South Dakota
Remote Position | Periodic Travel Throughout South Dakota
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 South Dakota.

This is a primarily remote position with periodic travel to county courthouses, Register of Deeds offices, and other public-record locations throughout South Dakota 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.

• 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 South Dakota 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 escalation 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 South Dakota 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…