How to find out if a property in Atlanta, GA has a security deed
A home loan in Georgia is usually secured by a security deed, recorded with the Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts; it stays a lien of record until a cancellation is recorded. 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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Find each security deed
Search the Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts index under each owner's name for security deeds recorded since they took title.
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Match the cancellation
For each one, look for a recorded cancellation that refers to it by document number or book and page.
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Treat the unmatched as open
A security deed with no cancellation of record is still a lien until the lender records one, even when the loan was paid.
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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 Georgia home loan is usually a security deed (a deed to secure debt). It is cleared by a recorded cancellation; older cancellations often cite the security deed's book and page.
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
- 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
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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