The Right-of-Way agent determines the ownership of the tract of land being acquired, receives fair market value appraisal from the client (or in some cases, the W.D. Schock Company contracts appraisal work for the client), prepares an offer letter and agreement, etc.  The right-of-way agent presents the offer to the property owner and explains detailed engineering components of the highway project and how this affects the property owner. The Right-of-Way Agent then negotiates a settlement for the required right-of-way.  Once an agreement is reached, the funds are ordered from the client and the tract proceeds toward closing.

The W.D. Schock Company has a trained Document Specialist on staff to perform the closing duties.  The Specialist updates the title work prepared by the Right-of-Way Agent and determines who is required to sign the deed and documents to file.  The document specialist prepares the deed on the format or on the form required by the client (state or municipality). 

The W.D. Schock Company contracts experienced senior right-of-way agents or engineers  (approved by the client) to prepare legal descriptions from the project plans and inserts the legal description into the plans.  The document specialist obtains lein releases from appropriate mortgagees and/or other lein holders. The document specialist prepares the closing statement, including proration of taxes, loan payoffs, etc. and handles the payment of taxes, loan payoffs and meet seller at closing , after performing final title search.  The document specialist certifies the accuracy of the title work and closing statement.