Title Services are located within the Services panel.
The Title Services panel for San Mateo County includes the following services:
Subdivided-this allows you to search for Map Books (Subdivided/Tract Maps) or portions of a subdivision which describe boundaries of real property.
Arbs-this allows you to search for Arbs or numbers that represents real property boundaries. These arbitrary numbers are commonly known as joint plant numbers or jpn's.
Title By APN-this allows you to search for a title chain by entering the Assessor's Parcel Number which identifies a specific piece of property.
General Name-this allows you to search by company, first, last name, middle initial, and filter results by the last 4 digits of the Social Security number.
Assignments and Releases-this allows you to search for all recordings and court filings that refer to the instrument searched.
Docket Index-this allows you to search for an Instrument/Docket or legal document which has been assigned a recording number by the county recorder.
Instrument-this allows you to search for an Instrument or legal document which has been assigned a recording number by the county recorder and view all instruments referencing the searched instrument.
Orders can be opened for all services that are bolded and blue. These services also allow Multi-Parameter searches which means that these services can be searched in combination with other services. For details refer to DTS 2.0 Multi-Parameter Services. Investigative Searches are available on all search indexes.
Shortcut Keys
By keying CTRL+ any letter preceding a service, you can open a specific service input panel. For example, keying CTRL+T will open the Subdivided input panel.
Note: This document provides information specific only to this county. For general information on Title Services, refer to TeleTitle DTS 2.0 Services.