City Of New York

PRINCIPAL TITLE EXAMINER

City Of New York$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Minimum of 7 years experience in title searching and examination
  • At least 2 years in a supervisory role
  • Experience with title companies, legal practices, or governmental agencies
  • Strong knowledge of real property laws and precedents
  • Ability to interpret complex legal documents

Responsibilities

  • Review and evaluate title searches and certifications
  • Make final decisions regarding title validity and defects
  • Assist in preparing legal motions and trial materials
  • Review and finalize condemnation and closing assemblies
  • Advise on real property titles to non-legal personnel
  • Confer with City officials and landowners for negotiations

Benefits

  • Opportunity to influence decision-making in real property transactions
  • Collaboration with legal professionals and city officials
  • Potential to mentor junior staff and shape departmental processes
  • Involvement in high-stakes, unique real estate transactions
  • Work in a dynamic environment with diverse challenges
Full Job Description
Under general direction, performs difficult and responsible professional work involving property acquisition including title to real property and makes decisions involving difficult problems and unusual transactions in this area. Duties include, but are not limited to, reviewing title searches and certifications, making final decisions on the validity of such titles, whether defects in title can be cured and approve securing legal instruments or data for curing such defects. Reviews surveys and Damage and Acquisition maps, assists attorneys in the preparation of motions or other litigation and/or trial preparation in connection with title and real estate matters. Reviews condemnation and closing assemblies and closes titles. May interpret laws and precedents affecting real property. May advise engineers and other non-legal personnel relating to real property title. May prepare opinions and confer with other City officials and landowners representatives with regard to compromises and settlements. PRINCIPAL TITLE EXAMINER - 30820 Qualifications 1. Not less than seven years of experience in the work of searching, examining, reading and closing title to real property either with a title company, lawyer, governmental agency or conveyancer of which not less than two years must have been in a supervisory position.

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