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Deed Location Service

Need help locating the prior deed to real estate?

For a one-time payment of $79.99, our online deed search can help you locate the most recent deed to real estate, guaranteed.

The prior deed is delivered by email, without the need for you to travel to the recorder’s office or search the land records yourself.

Note: This service is for locating the prior deed to real estate. If you want to create a new deed form to transfer real estate, use our online deed preparation service or TOD deed preparation service.

How it Works

When you use our nationwide deed location service, we use the information you provide to conduct a property record search across the nation's largest database of digital public land records (with over 7 billion recorded real estate documents). Once we locate the most recent deed, we will provide an electronic copy (PDF) to you by email.

More About the Service

A deed is a legal document that transfers real estate to new owners (either during life or at death). Deeds are signed by the current owners (grantors) to transfer property to new owners (grantees).

The grantees listed on the prior deed become the grantors of any new deed. The chain of deeds to the property connects each prior grantee with each new grantor through a chain of title that is maintained in the recorder’s office.

Having the most recent deed to real estate is useful for several reasons, including:

  • Confirming Ownership of Property. The deed is almost always the best evidence of who owns the property. Identifying the grantees in the prior deed is necessary to determine who must serve as grantors in any new deed.
  • Determining What Names are Used. To keep an unbroken chain of title, the names of the grantors in the new deed should exactly match the names of grantees in the prior deed. The omission or inclusion of a middle name or initial, for example, can make the chain of title unclear. Reviewing the names used in the prior deed can help prevent these types of title issues.
  • Determining How Title is Held. Real estate may be owned by more than one owner in several different ways, each of which has important legal consequences. Reviewing the prior deed tells you whether there is more than one owner of the property and, of so, the way the joint owners hold title.
  • Identifying the Legal Description. A new deed must describe the property in a way that is legally valid. Using the legal description from the prior deed is almost always the best way to ensure that the new deed is conveying the exact same property.

Because each of these issues is critical to the validity of any new deed, we recommend reviewing the prior deed before beginning any new deed to transfer real estate.

Note: Deeds go by many different names. Quitclaim deeds, special warranty deeds, and general warranty deeds are all named after the warranty of title they provide. Life estate deeds, transfer-on-death deeds, and enhanced life estate (lady bird) deeds are all named after their respective probate avoidance features. Regardless of the type of new deed you want to create, it is important to begin with the prior deed.

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Property Information

Complete the following information to help us locate the property.
Select the state where the property is located.
Enter the county where the property is located.
Property Owners(Required)
Enter the name of the current owner exactly as it appears in the land records. Tax statements, mortgage papers, or related documents may help you determine the way that the name should be worded. If there is more than one owner, use the plus sign to enter the names of all owners.
Enter the physical address of the property.
Depending on your state, this may be called a tax identification number, parcel identification number, assessor's parcel number, folio number, APN, or a similar term.
Upload any information (tax statements, loan documents, etc.) that you feel could help us identify the property in the land records.
Max. file size: 512 MB.
Include any additional information that you feel could help us identify the property in the land records.

Required Acknowledgements

By submitting this form, you acknowledge that:

  • DeedClaim is not a law firm. Assistance with locating your deed does not constitute a legal review of your document or any other type of legal advice.
  • Because deed location requires an assistant's time, all fees paid for deed location are non-refundable if we are able to find the deed. If we are not able to find the deed, you will receive a full refund. We do not give refunds if it turns out that you are mistaken about who owns the property.
  • We will rely solely on the information that you have submitted and will not conduct any title research or other verification other than locating the most recent deed to the property.
  • This service is for deed location only. It does not include preparation of a new deed, which must be purchased separately.
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Assurance Guarantee

Each deed comes in a format that is guaranteed to meet the state’s legal requirements for recording. If a deed is refused for recording due to an issue with the format, just let us know and we will refund your payment.

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