How much does a title search cost in Waukegan, IL
A HeritageDeed title search in Waukegan (Lake County) costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, mortgages matched to their releases, liens and tax status from the Lake County Clerk, Recordings and county records, usually within minutes. Traditional title search firms quote about $100 to $400 for a comparable search.
About Waukegan: The county seat of Lake County is Waukegan. Lake County borders Cook and McHenry counties, and across the state line Allegan County, MI, Berrien County, MI, Kenosha County, WI and Van Buren County, MI. Lake County has about 270,618 housing units, 74.8% of the occupied ones owner-occupied. Last verified November 9, 2026.
Search a Waukegan property, $49
Step by step in Waukegan
- 1
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.
- 2
Search it yourself or order it
The Lake County Clerk, Recordings 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 Waukegan records show
Parcels are identified by a 10-digit Property Index Number (PIN) from the county's parcel records.
What the report checks in Waukegan
- Taxpayer of record, PIN and situs address from Lake County's parcel records
- Deeds, mortgages, releases, assignments, liens and lis pendens indexed under the owner's name with the County Clerk
- Mortgages matched to releases by the index's cross-references; earlier owners' loans set apart
- 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 County Clerk are not searched.
- Loan amounts are shown only where the index states them, and delinquent property taxes (County Treasurer) are not searched.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Waukegan 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 Waukegan property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Waukegan property records
Check the title of a Waukegan property
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