How to find who owns a property in Dover, DE
The Kent County Assessment Office lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Dover (Kent County); the last deed recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds is what makes someone the owner of record. 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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Look up the parcel
Search the Kent County Assessment Office by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.
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Confirm with the recorded deed
The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds is what makes the new owner the owner of record.
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Note how title is held
The deed names the grantee exactly (an individual, a couple, a trust or a company), which is whose name to search for liens.
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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
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
- Owner of record, parcel number and property address from Kent County's parcel records
- Deeds, mortgages, releases, assignments and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Not covered here
- Documents are tied to the property by their legal description or address; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
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.
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