{
 "name": "Hillsdale County",
 "state": "Michigan",
 "stateCode": "MI",
 "fips": "26059",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q490656"
 ],
 "countySeat": "Hillsdale",
 "alsoKnownAs": "Hillsdale",
 "towns": [
  "Hillsdale",
  "Jonesville",
  "Litchfield",
  "Reading",
  "North Adams",
  "Camden",
  "Waldron"
 ],
 "bordering": "Hillsdale County borders Branch, Calhoun, Jackson and Lenawee counties, and across the state line Fulton County, OH, Steuben County, IN and Williams County, OH.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [
  {
   "name": "Lenawee County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/michigan/lenawee-county"
  }
 ],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Hillsdale County Register of Deeds",
   "role": "Records deeds, mortgages, discharges, land contracts and liens",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Hillsdale County Equalization Department",
   "role": "Parcel maps and ownership, assessed and taxable value",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
 "censusEstimates": {
  "period": "2020 to 2024",
  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 21515,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 82,
  "vacantPct": 17,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 832,
  "medianYearBuilt": 1971,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 62.4
 },
 "homeValueAndTax": {
  "medianHomeValueUsd": 176100,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 1738,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 0.99,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 14647,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 1022
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "Hillsdale"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Hillsdale County Register of Deeds"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Hillsdale County Equalization Department"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "21,515"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "82%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "17%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "1971"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "62.4%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$832 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$176,100"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$1,738 a year (0.99% of value)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Recording fee",
   "value": "$30 per document, any number of pages (MCL 600.2567)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Transfer tax",
   "value": "$4.30 for each $500 of value in a county under 2,000,000 people: $3.75 state plus $0.55 county (MCL 207.525, 207.504)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Mortgage discharge",
   "value": "Within 60 days after payoff (MCL 565.41, 565.44)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Last verified",
   "value": "November 9, 2026"
  }
 ],
 "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
 "report": {
  "priceUsd": 49,
  "type": "title search (current owner search)",
  "searches": [
   "Owner of record, parcel number and situs address from Hillsdale County's parcel records",
   "Deeds, mortgages, discharges, assignments, land contracts and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds",
   "Mortgages matched to discharges by the Register's cross-references; earlier owners' loans set apart",
   "Federal court records matched to the owner",
   "Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel"
  ],
  "doesNotCover": [
   "Documents are tied to the property by their legal description or address; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.",
   "Judgments and court cases that are not recorded with the Register of Deeds are not searched.",
   "Loan amounts are shown only where the index states them, and delinquent property taxes (County Treasurer) are not searched.",
   "The report is a public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
  ]
 },
 "links": {
  "page": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/michigan/hillsdale-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/michigan/hillsdale-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/michigan/hillsdale-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}