How to find who owns a property in Cook County, IL

The Cook County Assessor's Office lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Cook County; the last deed recorded with the Cook County Clerk, Recordings is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Cook County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.

Search a Cook County property, $49

Step by step in Cook County

1. 1

   Look up the parcel

   Search the Cook County Assessor's Office by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.

2. 2

   Confirm with the recorded deed

   The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the Cook County Clerk, Recordings is what makes the new owner the owner of record.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   Or order the report

   A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Cook County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.

What Cook County records show

A real Cook County report

We ran this search on the Willis Tower (233 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606): 5 deeds, 2 open mortgages, 9 recorded liens. See the Cook County sample report.

What the report checks in Cook County

• Owner, PIN and assessment from the Cook County Assessor, plus recorded sale history
• Federal court records matched to the owner
• Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel

Questions

More about Cook County property records

• Check for liens
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Title search cost
• Cook County title search guide