How do I find out who owns it?

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Question:

There is a house in my neighborhood that I drive by all the time, never seen anyone there, the house looks very weathered, a couple of broken windows, overgrown from and back yards and just not taken care of.

How do I go about finding who owns the house? The home looks like a total diamond in the rough and if I find out the info, what should be my next step?

John LaBelle · Answer

Go to town/city hall and find the assessor's office.  They should be able to tell you the owner of record.

Scott Miller · Answer

Tell me what county...

Regards,

Scott Miller

Travis S. · Answer

This is a new company called CRS which stands for Courthouse Retrieval System. Goto www.crsdata.com or call 614-893-3224

Scott Miller · Answer

Idaho is one of the few states that don't offer an electronic equivalent to a registry of deeds; you will need to physically visit the courthouse to pull the information.

Sorry...

Regards,

Scott Miller

N/A N/A · Answer

What would be the site for Illinois :roll:

Matt H · Answer

You pull title, what else

N/A N/A · Answer

fair enough thanks for the helpful information Scott.

Scott Miller · Answer

Comic relief aside, there are states that are less liberal with information and require full name/addy to sneak a peek at the mortgage on record.

I am some what of an expert when it comes to deeds; I write them up alot and have made living (in the beginning of my career) in searching through them.

You don't need to leave the comfort of your computer to look things over in TX; here is a list of all the online registry of deeds seperated by county:

County        TEL#                          URL
Bexar          210.335.2273             http://www.countyclerk.bexar.landata.com/default.asp?
Brazoria      979.849.5711	  http://www.brazoria.tx.us.landata.com/
Collin	  972.548.4134             http://countyclerkrecords.co.collin.tx.us/webinquiry/
Dallas         214.653.7131               http://www.realestate.countyclerk.dallascounty.org/
El Paso       915.546.2074	   http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/clerk/deedsearch.htm
Fort Bend   281.341.8685	   http://www.co.fort-bend.tx.us/Admin_of_Justice/County_Clerk/index_info_research.htm
Galveston  409.766.2208               http://207.80.116.33/
Gregg       903.236.8430	   http://www.co.gregg.tx.us/hartIAM/
Jefferson   409.835.8475                http://jeffersontxclerk.hartintercivic.com/
Nueces      361.888.0611                http://www.co.nueces.tx.us/countyclerk/records/
Randall     806.468.5505               http://ccopr.randallcounty.org/
Tarrant     817.884.1069	  http://ccanthem.co.tarrant.tx.us/
Travis	512.854.9188	  http://deed.co.travis.tx.us/

Regards,

Scott Miller

N/A N/A · Answer

You can use www.propertyshark.com It will give you information you may be looking for. It has helped me in looking for information about certain properties. I hope this helps.

N/A N/A · Answer

lol just find the courthouse or tax appraisers and get the address and they will tell you who owns it. they did it for me here in texas i kind of thought it was giving out too much info but they did unsure if they do it in other states but worth a try?