How to find who owns a property in Atlanta, GA
The Fulton County Board of Assessors lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Atlanta (Fulton County); the last deed recorded with the Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts is what makes someone the owner of record. 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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Look up the parcel
Search the Fulton County Board of Assessors 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 Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts 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 Atlanta address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Atlanta records show
Unpaid property taxes become tax executions (fi. fas.) recorded with the Clerk. Many are transferred to private buyers and later released by them, and recent ones carry the parcel number.
Since about 2018 most deeds, security deeds and executions in the records name the parcel number, and since about 2000 most name the street address.
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
- Owner of record, situs address and subdivision from the county tax parcel records
- Deeds, security deeds, cancellations, assignments and lis pendens tied to the property by parcel number, address, or lot and land lot
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
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.
More about Atlanta property records
- Check for liens
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Atlanta title search guide
Check the title of a Atlanta property
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