Title Agent
CurrentSunZia Southwest Transmission Project: 520-mile ROW (NM and AZ) SunZia Wind - Pattern Energy- Title Lead for Bureau of Land Management tracts. - Set the standard for BLM deliverables and foundation title across the project. - Abstracted title on Federal, State and Private landowner tracts through central New Mexico and southern Arizona to obtain insurable title. - Untangled complex heirships, utilized creative research skills to locate heirs and/or missing interest holders, and drafted curative documents. As a direct result the client was able to avoid filing several quiet title lawsuits. - Utilized the Federal Register and National Archives for research of Federal Laws, Acts of Congress and Executive Orders relating to Federal land grants and Indian Reservations.- Abstracted title on State lands at the New Mexico State Land Office and Arizona State Land Office.- Ran title on Railroad land grants, easements, conveyances and assignments including Rails to Trails in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Illinois, including The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, other main line railroads as well as narrow-gauge short lines. - Ran title on New Mexico Institute of Mining Technology's "M" Mountain and the Department of Defense explosion buffer areas around White Sands Missile Range.- Researched Spanish Land Grants, including the Pedro Armendaris (Ted Turner Properties), Community Land Grants and Conservation Easements.-Specialize in sourcing data for project research.-Post closing title punch lists and title curative.