Investigative Searches

An Investigative Search is any search for which an order identifier is entered. Investigative searches have most of the capabilities of an order search except that some search qualifiers and all search types do not apply.

In some cases, the data returned on a search is limited. In some counties, less tax information is retrieved. For some customers, starters are not retrieved. Investigative reports display only text or record output.

The following table shows sample output for Investigative Search results.

Header	Description
Type	The report header found at the top of the output results, which contains the type of service and specifies whether the search results are for an Investigative or Order search.
Search Summary	This group header contains the Plant and Search information. Plant information consists of: Plant-the date on the left is the last date that has been certified as having the full day's recordings added to the Title plant. Inst-the instrument or document number of the last document added to the Title plant. Thru-the latest day that the recordings are in the Title plant, but all of the documents recorded that day are not in the Title plant. Court House-the latest date of court documents recorded. Search Information consists of: Parameters Used-all search parameters entered in the search screen. Search-information entered in the Qualifiers panel in the search screen. Settings-optional settings selected or default settings used in this search.
Parameter Entered	This group header contains all search parameters entered in the search screen.
Auto Chain	This group header displays the property chain (auto chain) if found. This is a default field set up at the county, company, and user levels. This search qualifier determines whether or not to report the history of the parcel (property chain) and designates how property split information in the property chain is retrieved. If the county has Auto Chain records and the company has access to them, then you can choose one of the following options: Entire-display chain and search all properties in the chain Backward-display chain and search only the backwards chain properties Forward-display chain and search only the forwards chain properties Prev Sub-display chain and search to previous/underlying subdivision property Display-display everything, but search only this property None-do not display property chain; search specified property only 1st Underlying General-display chain and search to the 1st underlying general property (Arb or underlying subdivision). This applies to an Arb search only. Note: Check with your Customer Service Representative (CSR) to see which of the Auto Chain options apply to specific counties and companies. This field does not display unless the company has chosen the Auto Chaining feature of Data Trace.
Generated Parameter	This group header displays parameters generated from the auto chain.
Searched Parameter	This group header contains parameters for the auto chain (chain of title).
Title Chain	This group header contains the title chain for the Title Service searched. Maps and Subdivision will display as Lot, Block, Book, and Page. Arbs will display as Arb and Hi Arb. Sectional will display as Sec Twn Rng Qtr.