How to find who owns a property in Detroit, MI
The Wayne County Equalization Division lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Detroit (Wayne County); the last deed recorded with the Wayne County Register of Deeds is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Detroit: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
About Detroit: The county seat of Wayne County is Detroit. Wayne County borders Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Washtenaw counties. Wayne County has about 801,083 housing units, 64.8% of the occupied ones owner-occupied. Last verified November 9, 2026.
Search a Detroit property, $49
Step by step in Detroit
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Look up the parcel
Search the Wayne County Equalization Division 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 Wayne County Register of Deeds is what makes the new owner the owner of record.
- 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.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Detroit address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Detroit records show
The county's parcel records carry the current owner of record, the parcel number and the property address, which anchor the recorded-document search.
What the report checks in Detroit
- Owner of record, parcel number and situs address from Wayne County's parcel records
- Deeds, mortgages, discharges, assignments, land contracts and liens indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds
- Mortgages matched to discharges by the Register'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.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Detroit 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 Detroit property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Detroit property records
- Check for liens
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Detroit title search guide
Check the title of a Detroit property
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