One of the difficulties I've had is that it's impossible to cut & paste docs from some of the Registries I cover. The only way to manage is to copy the docs from the Registry website; scan using OCR: and then try to cut & paste. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
When I started in this business in 1975 we had to type legal descriptions (on a typewriter no less, using lots of White Out) & it basically took forever. I turned down a work offer a few months ago, because of the requirement that I provide a typed legal description. Condo unit descriptions go on forever, & I would be losing a great deal of money sitting at my computer all afternoon typing legals.
I don't have a problem filling out a form provided by the companies I work for, since I type my reports anyway; but if the forms are complex & require extra time to fill out then I charge appropriately for my time, because that's what it's all about - how much my time is worth.
Is it possible to provide them with a typed legal (take the deed & lop off the grantor/grantee info) & scan it in as a separate document with "see attached" in the legal description space? Or, charge them a fair amount extra for your services as a clerk/typist. That's what I would do.
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