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Does this company pay? - Brenda Williams/MS
9/26/2013 11:04:32 AM (3017 views)
Re: Does this company pay? - Beverly Murch/VA
9/26/2013 12:42:06 PM (3855 views)
Re: Does this company pay? - Brenda Williams/MS
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Re: Does this company pay? - LUTHER FISHER/NC
10/8/2013 10:01:13 AM (2610 views)
Re: Does this company pay? - David Fagen/IL
10/12/2013 5:08:49 AM (2535 views)
Re: Does this company pay? - Cliff Boltz/VA
10/16/2013 1:51:16 PM (2424 views)

Software? What do you use? - Miriam Shoaff-Rolles/IN
9/24/2013 12:53:27 PM (2583 views)
Re: Software? What do you use? - Victoria Moate/NJ
9/30/2013 11:03:22 AM (5502 views)

Title company says they require attorney title opinions - LUTHER FISHER/NC
9/23/2013 4:58:38 PM (3025 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Sheila Sten/PA
9/23/2013 8:13:15 PM (2899 views)
In Ancient CT days - Bobbi Shorthouse, Notary Public/CT
9/24/2013 7:53:09 AM (2823 views)
Re: In Ancient CT days - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/24/2013 10:48:56 AM (2673 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Heather St Amant/LA
9/24/2013 1:44:07 PM (2773 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - ted mullucey/OH
9/24/2013 2:46:54 PM (2825 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Beverly Murch/VA
9/26/2013 12:43:29 PM (2997 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Robert Franco/OH
9/26/2013 1:20:41 PM (2874 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Brett Ryder/NC
9/30/2013 5:59:18 AM (2645 views)

NC is an attorney supervised state and per the most recent formal ethics opinion revised in January 2012 (Authorized Practice Advisory Opinion 2002-1) title searches are included in the scope of work that needs to be supervised by an attorney.  Here's a link to the State Bar's website for Rule 5.5 (http://www.ncbar.com/rules/rules.asp?page=1&keywords=2002-1), at the very bottom it mentions this Opinion but I couldn't find the direct link to 2002-1 on the NC State Bars site.  I've also attached a copy of the .pdf of this rule that I've saved and use to send to non-attorneys that ask for title searches(at least I think I did, hopefully the upload worked, first time I've done it on this site).   /upload/NC Ethics Opinion Regarding Title Abstraction.pdf

 Long story short if people or companies that aren't a NC attorney, do not have a NC attorney on staff or whose client is not a NC attorney and they still want pricing I recommend them to a local attorney that I do work for.  I found it to be beneficial to approach the attorney you want to send work to ahead of time and work out some of the details.  You probably do not want to be the middle-man for this transaction, my understanding is that independent paralegals are not allowed to set/negotiate pricing for attorneys and/or enter into the agreement for representation on behalf of the attorney.  To cover your tail simply refer them to an attorney to which you have a high probability of getting the search from anyway.  Maybe my approach is a little on the conservative side but I would rather go that route than to straddle any sort of line that could lead to UPL.  You can also call the state bar with any questions to ensure that you are in the clear, the couple times I've called they are most helpful even though I'm not an attorney. 

Great question!!

Best of luck.

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Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Patrick Miller/LA
9/30/2013 9:21:00 AM (2549 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Anthony BROWNN/VA
9/30/2013 10:17:17 AM (2552 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - steve ragsdale/GA
9/30/2013 12:25:30 PM (2538 views)
Re: Title company says they require attorney title opinions - Donna Brewer/CT
10/1/2013 10:54:57 PM (2670 views)

Boondocs, LLC - Kim Westendorf/SD
9/23/2013 12:09:57 PM (2861 views)
Re: Boondocs, LLC - Kurt deVries/FL
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Re: Boondocs, LLC - Kelli Quade/MO
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Re: warrn & smith - rod hefner/KS
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Re: warrn & smith - Beverly Murch/VA
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Anderson Abstract Services - Russ  Kern/GA
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Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Chris Konzel/NY
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Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Russ  Kern/GA
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Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Chris Konzel/NY
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Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - Brett Ryder/NC
9/17/2013 7:42:42 PM (3673 views)
Re: Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - Constance Foye/VA
9/23/2013 9:31:13 AM (2560 views)
Re: Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - Leigh Attridge/MA
9/29/2013 11:37:18 AM (2568 views)
Re: Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - Brett Ryder/NC
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Re: Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - REBECCA RIZZONELLI/PA
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Re: Abstrax, LLC / Linear Title - Very Slow Pay - Donna Brewer/CT
10/19/2013 2:15:23 PM (2387 views)

Anderson Abstract Services - Matthew DeZwarte/WI
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Re: Anderson Abstract Services - ProTitleUSA Title Search/PA
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Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Russ  Kern/GA
9/19/2013 10:35:23 AM (2441 views)
Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Russ  Kern/GA
9/19/2013 10:46:39 AM (2510 views)
Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Cliff Boltz/VA
10/16/2013 1:47:22 PM (2241 views)
Re: Anderson Abstract Services - Russ  Kern/GA
10/16/2013 1:52:13 PM (2307 views)
Re: Anderson Abstract Services - george Hubka/MI
10/30/2013 11:37:37 PM (2369 views)

Relocation Announcement - Tammy Elliott/TN
9/17/2013 8:15:05 AM (2574 views)
Re: Relocation Announcement - Debi Merrill/TN
9/23/2013 9:32:46 AM (2219 views)
Re: Relocation Announcement - Suzanne Bennett/GA
9/30/2013 12:51:03 PM (2187 views)

NALTEA CONFERENCE - BOARD CANDIDATES - Jill Kissell/IA
9/16/2013 11:05:22 AM (1785 views)

Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Justin Shepard/VA
9/16/2013 12:51:19 AM (3271 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Kurt deVries/FL
9/17/2013 1:24:52 PM (2886 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Kathy  Knoras/VT
9/23/2013 6:47:04 AM (3239 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Debi Merrill/TN
9/23/2013 9:40:40 AM (2649 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Edward Ulric/SC
9/29/2013 7:34:14 PM (2655 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Anthony BROWNN/VA
9/30/2013 10:24:29 AM (2589 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Sandra Harold/KS
10/11/2013 10:36:18 AM (2523 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Phyllis Agan/GA
10/21/2013 1:01:32 PM (2388 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Kathy  Knoras/VT
10/21/2013 6:45:23 PM (2509 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Gregory Grimm II/OH
5/12/2014 11:55:13 PM (2372 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Brenda  Caetano/ID
8/22/2014 3:20:13 PM (2508 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Lu Rivera/PA
8/25/2014 3:26:51 AM (2417 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - stephen willard/OH
8/25/2014 10:40:03 AM (2221 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Brenda  Caetano/ID
8/25/2014 11:01:33 AM (2248 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Robert Franco/OH
8/25/2014 12:58:49 PM (2135 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Brenda  Caetano/ID
8/25/2014 1:13:00 PM (2185 views)
Re: Who is owed copy fees from First American's Ohio office? - Sheila Sten/PA
9/12/2014 10:56:20 PM (2309 views)

Comment on "California City Implements Eminent Domain Seizures of Mortgages" - Source of Title/OH
9/14/2013 5:06:31 AM (2373 views)
underwater mortgages - blair jacobs/CA
9/14/2013 5:06:32 AM (7691 views)
Re: Comment on "California City Implements Eminent Domain Seizures of Mortgages" - Victoria Moate/NJ
9/30/2013 10:58:57 AM (3592 views)
Re: Comment on "California City Implements Eminent Domain Seizures of Mortgages" - Scott Perry/PA
9/30/2013 11:17:54 PM (3544 views)
Re: Comment on "California City Implements Eminent Domain Seizures of Mortgages" - Robert Franco/OH
10/1/2013 3:55:04 PM (3712 views)
Re: Comment on "California City Implements Eminent Domain Seizures of Mortgages" - J Nisonger/CA
10/3/2013 3:05:05 PM (3523 views)

NALTEA Conference - Debi Merrill/TN
9/13/2013 2:40:49 PM (1835 views)


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