Will AI replace Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers?
Estimated risk score: 86 out of 100
Very high replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (67 to 100).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 17 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 23-2093.00 · Legal
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 15 of its 17 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Copy or summarize recorded documents, such as mortgages, trust deeds, and contracts, that affect property titles.
- Enter into record-keeping systems appropriate data needed to create new title records or to update existing ones.
- Read search requests to ascertain types of title evidence required and to obtain descriptions of properties and names of involved parties.
- 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.
- Examine individual titles to determine if restrictions, such as delinquent taxes, will affect titles and limit property use.
- Obtain maps or drawings delineating properties from company title plants, county surveyors, or assessors' offices.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 1 of its 17 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Confer with realtors, lending institution personnel, buyers, sellers, contractors, surveyors, and courthouse personnel to exchange title-related information or to resolve problems.
What the job is
Search real estate records, examine titles, or summarize pertinent legal or insurance documents or details for a variety of purposes. May compile lists of mortgages, contracts, and other instruments pertaining to titles by searching public and private records for law firms, real estate agencies, or title insurance companies.
Also called: Abstractor, Title Officer, Title Examiner, Title Searcher, Searcher, Title Agent, Title Clerk, Title Closer.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Legal). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
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