Lots of title agencies employ their own searchers.  So hard to say how many independents there are.

I do not see AI taking over the search industry, however, for quite some time.  You can't even get a PDF converter to get a document converted 100% into a Word doc yet.  So the technology is not a great as they lead you to believe.

Plus, there are still a lot of US counties that are not automated as in, not computerized OR their records that are do not go back the full 60 years + needed.  So, we still need people physically at the court houses scanning/copying records.

And, as a title examiner, I do not accept current owner policies as a "full search" on a purchase transaction.  So, those "quickie" searches some companies accept are putting their Underwriter at unnecessary risk.  Risk = claims = MONEY.

Always protect the integrity of the search.

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