Building upon prior professional knowledge, this 16-credit course provide participants with information regarding the analysis of abstracts to determine who must execute a conveyance. Participants will become familiar with terminology such as title estates, covenants, liens, encumbrances, and contracts; and will also understand the preparation of chains of title from public records.

This course will go over public records, sources of title information, who can hold/transfer title, instruments and other means of transferring real estate interests, when title passes, encumbrances, title search -developing the chain of title, how to determine vesting from a chain of title, how to identify encumbrances and how to clear title, and how to handle special situations (site inspection, discoveries, environmental impacts encroachments, divorce action, leasehold, interest, deaths).

This is a required course for the RWP, R/W-NAC, and SR/WA programs, along with the oil & gas pipeline and electric & utilities pathways RWP program.