According to a Tulsa World reporter, Mick Hinton, "Oklahoma and Iowa are the only states in the country where abstractors are part of the process of selling land."  I think there are several thousand abstractors who use Source of Title who would disagree with Mick.  I know that I have been abstracting in Ohio for over 15 years... imagine my surprise to find out that I wasn't a part of the process of conveyancing land.  What have my clients been doing with my title work?

My knee-jerk reaction was that this reporter didn't have a clue about abstracting... however... he may not be completely wrong.  Abstractors most certainly are a very important part of the process in every state, but not like they are in Oklahoma.  Abstractors play a very different role in Oklahoma than most other states and I can see why some would question the system they use.