How to search deeds in Dover, DE
Deeds in Dover (Kent County) are recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds, searchable by grantor and grantee name. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Dover: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
About Dover: The county seat of Kent County is Dover. Kent County borders New Castle and Sussex counties, and across the state line Cape May County, NJ, Caroline County, MD, Cumberland County, NJ, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD and Salem County, NJ. Kent County has about 76,325 housing units, 72.5% of the occupied ones owner-occupied. Last verified November 9, 2026.
Step by step in Dover
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Start from the parcel
The Kent County Assessment Office parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Kent County Recorder of Deeds grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Dover address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Dover records show
In Delaware, deeds and mortgages are recorded with the county Recorder of Deeds; a recorded instrument gives notice from the time it is recorded.
The report reads the owner of record, parcel number and property address from the county's parcel records, then searches the Recorder's index against that owner.
What the report checks in Dover
- Deeds, mortgages, releases, assignments and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds
Not covered here
- State-court judgments that are not recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds are not searched.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Dover not cover?
Documents are tied to the property by their legal description or address; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Dover property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Dover property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Dover title search guide
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