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Property ownership & history

• Property identification & assessor profile

  Address and APN cross-check, assessor parcel map and available assessor facts such as use, lot size, building size and year built.

• Recorded owner, deed & legal description

  Latest located ownership deed, names of the recorded grantees, how ownership is described and the deed’s legal description.

• Property ownership & transfer history

  Located transfer deeds organized by date, with parties, recording numbers and document references, within the defined search period.

Mortgages, liens & recorded restrictions

• Mortgage & deed-of-trust search

  Located deeds of trust, including borrower, beneficiary, original secured amount, recording date and document number where stated.

• Assignments, loan modifications & trustee changes

  Located assignments, modifications, substitutions of trustee and subordination agreements, linked to the original instrument where possible.

• Lien releases & loan reconveyances

  Located full or partial reconveyances and lien releases, matched to the specific loan or recorded claim they reference where possible.

• Recorded liens & judgments

  Search for recorded tax liens, judgment abstracts, mechanics’ liens, municipal liens and HOA liens. Located claims list the claimant, stated amount when supplied, recording reference and matching-release result.

• Easements, CC&Rs & deed restrictions

  Located recorded easements, access agreements, covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs), and other deed restrictions within the search scope.

Foreclosure status, property taxes & assessments

• Default notices, sale notices & rescissions

  Located notices of default, notices of trustee’s sale and recorded rescissions, linked to their referenced loan where possible and arranged by date.

• Published foreclosure & auction status

  A check of the responsible trustee or auction source for its latest published sale status and schedule, with the source and time checked. Unavailable information is identified.

• Property-tax status & special assessments

  Published secured and supplemental tax bills, reported delinquency, and itemized direct assessments and charges shown on the available bills.

• Estimated taxes after purchase

  An illustrative post-purchase and supplemental-tax estimate when you supply both a proposed price and purchase date, with the assumptions stated.

Zoning, hazard maps & location research

• Zoning, General Plan & historic designations

  Published zoning, General Plan designations and historic overlays, with links to the responsible planning sources.

• Flood, fire & seismic-hazard screening

  Official flood, fire, fault, liquefaction and earthquake-induced landslide maps, including sources, map dates and coverage gaps.

• Environmental-site record screening

  Public GeoTracker and EnviroStor searches with links to located environmental-site records and the search area identified.

• Property maps & surrounding-area information

  Location maps, dated street-imagery links, nearby transit and services, and published school-district information.

Your finished packet

• Property findings & issues summary

  Read the important findings first: recorded ownership, located claims, tax information, discrepancies and questions that remain unanswered.

• Property & foreclosure history

  Follow the dated ownership transfers, loan documents and foreclosure notices, with references to the supporting evidence.

• Mortgage, lien & release worksheet

  For each located loan or claim, see the parties, recording reference, amount stated when available, matching-release result and recommended verification.

• Source register & search coverage

  Check the document numbers, recording dates, source links, search dates and coverage limits behind the report.

• Up to 50 pages of document copies

  Read selected deeds, loan documents, liens, releases or notices yourself and share them with your advisors. Recorder copy fees are included.

• Document-request status log

  See which in-scope documents required a request, what we received and what is pending or unavailable. If no requests were needed, the report says so.

• Buyer follow-up checklist

  Take specific questions and recording references to the trustee, Tax Collector, planning department, title company, attorney or inspector as appropriate.

• Private PDF & supporting documents

  Download the report and document bundle from your private order page and keep them together for your purchase review.

Search scope & requests

A 10-year recorder-index search through the latest index date available when checked, plus the latest located vesting deed and older instruments directly referenced in located records. One identified residential parcel per order.

We show located records, matching-release evidence, source gaps and pending requests. A claim without a located release may still require verification. Current balances, lien priority and interests surviving a sale require separate professional review.

Agency replies can take longer than our delivery window. If an essential deed or applicable foreclosure document cannot be retrieved, you may choose a full refund. Complete permit, code-enforcement and other excluded agency files are outside this service.