How much does a title search cost in Dover, DE
A HeritageDeed title search in Dover (Kent County) costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, mortgages matched to their releases, liens and tax status from the Kent County Recorder of Deeds and county records, usually within minutes. Traditional title search firms quote about $100 to $400 for a comparable search.
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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Decide what you need
A current owner search (owner, deeds, open loans, liens, tax) answers most buyer and investor questions; a lender closing needs a title insurance commitment instead.
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Search it yourself or order it
The Kent County Recorder of Deeds index is public; matching every mortgage to its satisfaction or release and checking the courts takes time. A HeritageDeed report does it for $49.
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
- Each mortgage matched to its recorded release or satisfaction where the index cross-references them
- 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.
- State-court judgments that are not recorded with the Kent County Recorder of Deeds are not searched.
- Loan amounts are shown only where the index states them, and delinquent property taxes 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 the title of a Dover property
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