Officials warn title-search system gaps and recommend training, annual refreshers

Apr 11, 2025

County staff demonstrated inconsistencies in the title-search interface across counties and urged training. A participant said, "Title searching is a dying breed," and presenters recommended regular refreshers and visual examples to help staff and contractors.

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Staff and attendees described problems with the county's title-search tool and urged more training and periodic refreshers. A presenter said, "Title searching is a dying breed. I had just read that there's less than 2,500 title searches," emphasizing the need for training to maintain capacity. The discussion included packet examples showing differences between Lehigh County and Carbon County search results and missing name matches.

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