Joseph A. Grabas, CTP 

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Bachelor of Arts, History - Summa Cum Laude, Monmouth University

Title Insurance Education Course II, The Land Title Institute

Title Insurance Education Course I, The Land Title Institute

Prelicensing Education Course - Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation

Sayreville War Memorial High School

Tax Liens and Judgments, Cherry Hill,  Title Academy of NJ

Public Records on the Net, Lakewood,  Title Academy of NJ

Abstracting II, Edison, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Courthouse Technology, Cherry Hill,  Title Academy of NJ

Abstracting I, Edison, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Abstracting II, Saddle Brook, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Roads, Canals & Railroads, Edison, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Abstracting I, Saddle Brook, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Judicial Proceedings II, Edison, New Jersey Land Title Institute

Chairman, Agency Section, NJLTA

Chairman, Convention Committee, NJLTA

Chairman, Professional Designation Committee, NJLTA

Chairman, Recording Practices Committee, NJLTA

Chairman, CBA Fathers Club Annual Golf Outing

Chairman, Construction Committee, Western Monmouth Habitat For Humanity

Chairman, Camp Committee, Central Jersey Council, BSA

Delegate, Board of Governors, NJLTA

Education Advisory Group, New Jersey Department of Insurance

Executive Board, Central Jersey Council, BSA

First Vice President, New Jersey Land Title Association

Founding Director of the New Jersey Land Title Institute

President, New Jersey Land Title Association

Second Vice President, NJLTA

Secretary, Christian Brothers Academy Fathers Club

Secretary Treasurer, NJLTA

Title Advisory Committee, New Jersey Department of Insurance

Trustee, Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity, Freehold, NJ

Vice Chairman, Agency Section, NJLTA

Howell Twp PAL Leadership Award

Certified Title Professional - New Jersey Land Title Association

History Award - Monmouth University, Department of History

Lambda Sigma Tau, Monmouth University Honor Society

Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honor Society

Eagle Scout - Boy Scouts of America

“The Fair Haven Enclave, A Free African American Community in the Early 19th Century”

“A Survey of Historical Homes in the Village of Adelphia, Howell, NJ”

“Land Speculation in Colonial New Jersey” 

American Land Title Association

Association of Title Insurance Agents

Boy Scouts of America

Christian Brothers Academy Father’s Club

Edison Chamber of Commerce

Monmouth County Historical Association

National Eagle Scout Association

National Federation of Independent Businesses

National Rifle Association

New Jersey Canal Society

New Jersey Historical Commission

New Jersey Historical Society

New Jersey Land Title Association

New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce

Real Estate Service Providers Council, Inc.

Title Abstractors Association of New Jersey

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc.

U.S. Lacrosse

United States Soccer Federation

New Jersey Insurance Producers License # IP8214605

Notary Public of the State of New Jersey since 1985

Certified New Jersey State Title Instructor since 1980

Grade 8, USSF Soccer Referee

Youth Lacrosse Referee

“When is a Discharge Not a Discharge: Bankruptcy Issues in Real Property Conveyancing,” TitleViews, August, 1994.

Asst. Scoutmaster, Troop 155, Boy Scouts of America

Cubmaster, Pack 160, Boy Scouts of America

Coach, Freehold Township T-Ball League

Coach, Freehold Little League

Coach Freehold Soccer League

Coach, Pinelanders Youth Soccer League

Counselor, Cub Scout Summer Camp, Quail Hill Scout Reservation

Board of Trustees, Western Monmouth Habitat For Humanity

Chairman, Construction Committee, WMH4H

Referee, United States Soccer Federation, PYSL

Referee, Central Jersey Lacrosse

Upper Room Soup Kitchen

Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties

Executive Board, Central New Jersey Council, BSA

Chairman, Camp Committee, CNJC, BSA

During Twenty-Nine years of tenure in the Title Abstracting and Title Insurance profession Mr. Grabas has performed extensive title research in four states, all twenty-one counties in the State of New Jersey, the records of the New Jersey State Archives and the East and West Jersey Board of Proprietors.

Testified in New Jersey Courts as an expert witness in matters regarding real property records, title research, title insurance and conveyancing.

Appeared before committees and members of the New Jersey State Legislature, the Division of Archives and Records Management and the State Records Committee to testify on proposed legislation and regulations affecting the transfer of real property and the maintenance of the real property records.

Appeared before members of the United States Congress to advise them of the impact that certain Federal Legislation will have upon the Title Industry, the real property transfer system and the real estate consumer; including the Financial Services Modernization Act.

Mr. Grabas is one of only nineteen individuals in the State of New Jersey who hold the designation of Certified Title Professional.

As an Historian Mr. Grabas has concentrated his research on the Early Colonial, Free African American and Antebellum history of New Jersey