Title Records Examiner, Property & Acquisition Specialist 1 (PAS1)
Recruitment #2024-9-6597
Full-time, Permanent, Represented position
Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA

Work Hour flexibility may be available and considered
Salary: $3,643.00 – $4,865.00 Monthly 

(See official listing for full details.)

Responsibilities:
This position assists in the routine preparation and maintenance of real estate title examinations and real property records by researching, examining, interpreting, determining, and managing DNR’s State Uplands Real Estate Ownership and Encumbrance records and Land Use Contracts, Agreements, and related records. These records include but are not limited to, real property title deeds, right-of-way easements, real property leases, timber and other natural resource commodity sales, land use agreement licenses and permits, clean energy leases, water rights, trespasses, and other related title encumbrances.

–Assist upper-level Property & Acquisition Specialists in performing state land title examination by locating, researching, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting real property ownership and interest documents such as deeds, purchase and sale agreements, easements, etc., to create a chain of title.
–Assist upper-level Property & Acquisition Specialists by preparing professional title examination Record Search Reports accurately and completely reflecting ownership of and encumbrances on state lands and possible appurtenant easements on private lands. Request, obtain, review, analyze, and interpret legal ownership and taxation documents from county recording agencies to investigate historical ownership and taxation issues.
–Assist upper-level Property & Acquisition Specialists with the preparation and maintenance of real property records
–Assist upper-level Property & Acquisition Specialists by organizing, assimilating, updating, correcting, maintaining and researching DNR’s real property land records, both hardcopy and electronic, by working with a wide variety of documents and data sources that include extremely old files and bound reference and recordation volumes, documents, plats, maps, etc. in a wide variety of mediums including, hard-copy originals, microfiche, microfilm, and several electronic records databases, especially, but not limited to, the ApplicationXtender (AX) Automated Tract Book (ATB), ArcGIS PRO, REGIS, NaturE and LAMS computer software programs.

Required Qualifications: 

–High School Diploma or GED AND two years experience in land use activities, land leasing, product sales, rights of way, timber sales, aquatics, transactions, and land records;
OR a combination of education and/or experience.
Examples of land use activities could include real estate acquisition, sales, leasing, appraisal, title examination, escrow closing, property management, relocation assistance, title examination, and records research for real estate title insurance.
–Intermediate or higher-level proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, Outlook, and MS Teams.