The state exam for abstractors is extremely challenging, even for those with experience. Take this exam prep course to see if you are ready, or if you need to brush up and be current on new laws with our Abstracting, Searching and Land Records Management and Reading and Drawing Legal Descriptions courses.

Gain a solid working knowledge of MN/Midwest abstracting. Identify and search the eight needed public offices and their indices,  recognize name searches. This course features material outlined on  the MN state abstractor licensing examinations. 

Learn the nuts and bolts of national land records – the real estate offices and indices and indices, key terms, state and federal real estate laws and the court systems. Identify public vs, private rights.  Learn name searching. Post and follow a chain of title grantor/grantee indices or by legal description.

Learn to follow simple and complex legal descriptions on a survey or map. Draw metes and bounds legal descriptions from written text and identify possible gaps and overlaps. Recognize valid descriptions for condominiums, townhouses, common interest communities,  timeshares and cooperatives.