How to check for liens on a property in Atlanta, GA
In Atlanta (Fulton County), liens and lis pendens recorded against a property are in the Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts index, searched by the owner's name and the property. Each security deed also needs a recorded cancellation to be off the title. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Atlanta: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Atlanta property, $49
Step by step in Atlanta
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Identify the parcel
Find the owner of record and the parcel number in the Fulton County Board of Assessors records: liens are indexed against the owner's name and the property.
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Search the recorded liens
Search the Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts index under the owner's name and the property for liens, lis pendens and other notices.
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Check every security deed
A security deed with no recorded cancellation is still a lien of record.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Atlanta address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Atlanta records show
Deeds, security deeds and their cancellations are recorded with the Clerk of Superior Court, whose records cover documents from January 1, 1980.
A real Atlanta report
We ran this search on the Fulton County Courthouse (136 Pryor St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303): 1 deed, 0 open security deeds, 0 recorded liens. See the Atlanta sample report.
What the report checks in Atlanta
- Deeds, security deeds, cancellations, assignments and lis pendens tied to the property by parcel number, address, or lot and land lot
- Tax executions and other liens, with any transfer to a buyer and the release or cancellation that clears them
- Federal court records matched to the owner
Not covered here
- Executions and liens found only under the owner's name, with no parcel number, must be confirmed against the owner's identity. The Tax Commissioner's current balance is not searched.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Atlanta not cover?
Atlanta reaches into DeKalb County; an Atlanta address outside Fulton County is not covered.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Atlanta property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
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