Professional Land Title

Founded in Brookfield, Missouri, Professional Land Title Corporation has proudly served the real estate community since 1964. Professional Land Title Corporation has been dedicated to providing quality title and escrow needs of realtors, mortgage brokers, lenders, banks and individuals. Located in the heart of downtown Brookfield, Professional Land... Title Corp. has been a recognized and respected member of the business community for the past 48 years. Professional Land Title Corporation was established in 1964 by Robert S. Dorsey, William C. Hines, Gerald Elson, Robert Devoy and Jack Wrenn. These five businessmen from Brookfield and Marceline, Missouri realized the need for an Abstract Office which set the establishment for Professional Land Title Corporation that is located at 113 East Brooks Street in Brookfield, Missouri. With an office established, the work began. Dudley Brandom, an abstracter from Gallatin, MO., was hired to photograph the land records in the Linneus Court House. His staff set-up the plant by organizing the copies of all land transactions dealing with defined legal description of real estate and separated them into individual files. More recently, with the age of computers and the Internet, this process utilizes the most up-to-date technology of scanning Court House records directly into the system which keeps the plant current. From 1968 to 2004 the business also operated a credit bureau, which collected public record information with as many as 5,000 secure files for almost every family in the county. These records remain current for use as they impact land titles; however, a weekly Credit Bulletin of public record information is provided to this division's members exclusively. Over the years, Owners Title Insurance has been replacing Abstracts of Title with legal opinions in guaranteeing sound land title ownership. Professional Land Title Corp. has undertaken the business of escrowing funds and documents necessary in closing land sales and finance in a professional manner. Many factors ...Read More