I know what you mean... my examiners come back to the office with new stories all the time about "other" abstractors that really shouldn't be conducting title searches.  There is one that always manages to show up late and leave early... the whole time complaining that they have to do 12 current owners and 6 full searches.  Somehow they manage to get it all done. 

Their full searches consist of a chain of title and a current owner search.  I was actually told once that a full search is no big deal - "its just a really good current owner and a chain of title."  I guess that means that their regular current owners aren't "really good."

Too many of them don't bother to pull the books at all - if its not on the computer they don't worry about it.  Never mind that the computers don't go back far enough to pick up all of the relevant liens and encumbrances. 

I'm still amazed that their clients don't notice... or don't care. 

Best,
Robert A. Franco
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