How to find who owns a property in Brooklyn, NY

The NYC Department of Finance, Property Division lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Brooklyn (Kings County); the last deed recorded with the NYC Department of Finance, Office of the City Register is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Brooklyn: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.

Search a Brooklyn property, $49

Step by step in Brooklyn

1
Look up the parcel
Search the NYC Department of Finance, Property Division by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.
2
Confirm with the recorded deed
The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the NYC Department of Finance, Office of the City Register 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.
4
Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Brooklyn address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.

What Brooklyn records show

Every New York City parcel is identified by its borough, block and lot (BBL). A title search is run against the BBL rather than the street address, because one building can carry several addresses and a condominium has a separate lot for each unit.

What the report checks in Brooklyn

New York State court filings and federal court records matched to the owner
Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel

Questions

What does a HeritageDeed search in Brooklyn not cover?

Brooklyn has a high share of nominal transfers (family, estate and LLC moves for little or no money), which the report lists in the chain of title even though they are not sales.

Is this title insurance?

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

More about Brooklyn property records

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