If a company is requesting legal owner verification or to look for a specific mortgage information, that is all you give them!  They are not requesting a title search.  It's "document retrieval" or along the lines thereof.    I do a lot of orders like this and find it to be easy money if you are already in a county doing a real title search.  I have several companies that , that is all I do for them.  If all they want is recording info, or the current owner of the property, that's all they get.  I charge $15-$20 each, plus copy costs.  I don't question the requests; and have their original orders.  I give these companies what they ask for.  Am I missing something here?