diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/v0/BaseAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/v0/BaseAPI.java
index 935dcc151c..6ab96e8c14 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/v0/BaseAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/core/v0/BaseAPI.java
@@ -121,6 +121,37 @@ public abstract class BaseAPI
         return results;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper method to extract the property value for the given nodeRef and property name
+     * 
+     * @param result
+     * @param nodeRef
+     * @param propertyName
+     * @return
+     */
+    protected String getPropertyValue(JSONObject result, String nodeRef, String propertyName)
+    {
+        String propertyValue = "";
+        try
+        {
+            JSONArray items = result.getJSONArray("items");
+            for (int i = 0; i < items.length(); i++)
+            {
+                JSONObject item = items.getJSONObject(i);
+                if(nodeRef.equals(item.getString("nodeRef")))
+                {
+                    propertyValue = item.getJSONObject("properties").getString(propertyName);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (JSONException error)
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to parse result", error);
+        }
+
+        return propertyValue;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Helper method to extract property values from request result and put them in map as a list that corresponds to a unique property value.
      *
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
index 3dc1f1edfd..a3da9c43eb 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/SearchAPI.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
     /** RM search URL template */
     private static final String RM_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "{0}alfresco/s/slingshot/rmsearch/{1}?{2}";
 
-    /** RM document search filters */
+    /** RM all nodes search filters */
     private static final String RM_DEFAULT_NODES_FILTERS =
                 "records/true,undeclared/true,vital/false,folders/{0},categories/{1},frozen/false,cutoff/false";
 
@@ -123,23 +123,46 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
      * Search as a user for nodes on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS and sorted
      * by sortby
      * <br>
-     * If more fine-grained control of search parameters is required, use rmSearch() directly.
+     *
      * @param username
      * @param password
      * @param query
      * @param sortby
-     * @return list of record names
+     * @return list of node names
      */
-    public List<String> searchForRecordsAsUser(
-        String username, String password,
-        String query, String sortby,
-        boolean includeCategories, boolean includeFolders)
+
+    public List<String> searchForNodeNamesAsUser(String username, String password, String query, String sortby,
+                boolean includeCategories, boolean includeFolders)
     {
-        String searchFilterParamaters = MessageFormat.format(RM_DEFAULT_NODES_FILTERS, Boolean.toString(includeFolders), Boolean.toString(includeCategories));
+        String searchFilterParamaters = MessageFormat.format(RM_DEFAULT_NODES_FILTERS, Boolean.toString(includeFolders),
+                    Boolean.toString(includeCategories));
+
         return getItemNames(rmSearch(username, password, "rm", query, searchFilterParamaters, sortby));
     }
 
     /**
+
+     * Search as a user for nodes on site "rm" matching query, using SearchAPI.RM_DEFAULT_RECORD_FILTERS and sorted
+     * by sortby and returns the property value for the given nodeRef and property name
+     * 
+     * @param username
+     * @param password
+     * @param query
+     * @param sortby
+     * @param includeCategories
+     * @param includeFolders
+     * @return list of node properties
+     */
+    public String searchForNodePropertyAsUser(String username, String password, String nodeRef, String propertyName, String query, String sortby,
+                boolean includeCategories, boolean includeFolders)
+    {
+        String searchFilterParamaters = MessageFormat.format(RM_DEFAULT_NODES_FILTERS, Boolean.toString(includeFolders),
+                    Boolean.toString(includeCategories));
+        return getItemProperty(rmSearch(username, password, "rm", query, searchFilterParamaters, sortby), nodeRef, propertyName); 
+    }
+    
+    /**
+
      * Generic faceted search.
      * @param username
      * @param password
@@ -208,12 +231,35 @@ public class SearchAPI extends BaseAPI
 
     /**
      * Helper method to extract list of names from search result.
+     * 
      * @param searchResult
      * @return list of document or record names in search result
+     * @throws FileNotFoundException 
+     * @throws JsonSyntaxException 
+     * @throws JsonIOException 
      * @throws RuntimeException for malformed search response
      */
+    /**
+     * Helper method to extract list of names from search result.
+     * 
+     * @param searchResult
+     * @param getProperties
+     * @return
+     */
     private List<String> getItemNames(JSONObject searchResult)
     {
         return getPropertyValues(searchResult, "name");
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Helper method to extract list of property values from search result for the given nodeRef.
+     * 
+     * @param searchResult
+     * @param getProperties
+     * @return
+     */
+    private String getItemProperty(JSONObject searchResult, String nodeRef, String propertyName)
+    {
+        return getPropertyValue(searchResult, nodeRef, propertyName);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
index 3523521852..e37f3088eb 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
@@ -591,6 +591,17 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
         RecordFolderAPI recordFolderAPI = restAPIFactory.getRecordFolderAPI();
         recordFolderAPI.deleteRecordFolder(recordFolderId);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Delete a record 
+     *
+     * @param recordId the id of the record to delete
+     */
+    public void deleteRecord(String recordId)
+    {
+        RecordsAPI recordsAPI = restAPIFactory.getRecordsAPI();
+        recordsAPI.deleteRecord(recordId);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Delete a record category
@@ -670,13 +681,15 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns records search results for the given search term
-     *
+     * Returns the list of node names returned by search results for the given search term
+     * 
      * @param user
      * @param term
      * @param sortby
+     * @param includeFolders
+     * @param includeCategories
      * @param expectedResults
-     * @return
+     * @return List<String>
      */
     public List<String> searchForRMContentAsUser(UserModel user, String term, String sortby, boolean includeFolders,
                 boolean includeCategories, List<String> expectedResults)
@@ -697,8 +710,9 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
                 {
                 }
             }
-            results = searchApi.searchForRecordsAsUser(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword(), term, sortby,
-                        includeFolders, includeCategories);
+
+                results = searchApi.searchForNodeNamesAsUser(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword(), term, sortby,
+                            includeFolders, includeCategories);
             if (!results.isEmpty() && results.containsAll(expectedResults))
             {
                 break;
@@ -713,6 +727,54 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
         return results;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the property value for the given property name and nodeRef of the search results
+     * 
+     * @param user
+     * @param term
+     * @param nodeRef
+     * @param propertyName
+     * @param sortby
+     * @param includeFolders
+     * @param includeCategories
+     * @param expectedResults
+     * @return String
+     */
+    public String searchForRMContentAsUser(UserModel user, String term, String nodeRef, String propertyName,
+                String sortby, boolean includeFolders, boolean includeCategories, String expectedResults)
+    {
+        String result = "";
+        // wait for solr indexing
+        int counter = 0;
+        int waitInMilliSeconds = 6000;
+        while (counter < 3)
+        {
+            synchronized (this)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    this.wait(waitInMilliSeconds);
+                }
+                catch (InterruptedException e)
+                {
+                }
+            }
+            result = searchApi.searchForNodePropertyAsUser(user.getUsername(), user.getPassword(), nodeRef,
+                        propertyName, term, sortby, includeFolders, includeCategories);
+            if (!result.isEmpty() && result.contains(expectedResults))
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                counter++;
+            }
+            // double wait time to not overdo solr search
+            waitInMilliSeconds = (waitInMilliSeconds * 2);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper method to return site document library content model
      *