How to check for liens on a property in The Bronx, NY

In The Bronx (Bronx County), liens and lis pendens recorded against a property are in the NYC Department of Finance, Office of the City Register index, searched by the owner's name and the property. Each mortgage also needs a recorded satisfaction or release to be off the title. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in The Bronx: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.

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Step by step in The Bronx

1
Identify the parcel
Find the owner of record and the parcel number in the NYC Department of Finance, Property Division records: liens are indexed against the owner's name and the property.
2
Search the recorded liens
Search the NYC Department of Finance, Office of the City Register index under the owner's name and the property for liens, lis pendens and other notices.
3
Check every mortgage
A mortgage with no recorded satisfaction or release is still a lien of record.
4
Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one The Bronx address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.

New York City recordings, Oct 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026

58,106deeds recorded
46,288mortgages recorded
41,299satisfactions recorded
26,681assignments recorded

Counted from official records, refreshed nightly.

A real The Bronx report

We ran this search on the Bay Plaza Shopping Center (200 Baychester Ave, Bronx, NY 10475): 2 deeds, 1 open mortgage, 0 recorded liens. See the The Bronx sample report.

What the report checks in The Bronx

Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, assignments and UCC fixture filings recorded with the City Register
Property tax charges and the NYC tax lien sale list from the Department of Finance
New York State court filings and federal court records matched to the owner

Questions

Is this title insurance?

No. It is a search of the public record for one The Bronx property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.

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