How to check for liens on a property in Manhattan, NY

In Manhattan (New York 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 Manhattan: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.

Search a Manhattan property, $49

Step by step in Manhattan

1. 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. 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. 3

   Check every mortgage

   A mortgage with no recorded satisfaction or release is still a lien of record.

4. 4

   Or order the report

   A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Manhattan 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.

What the report checks in Manhattan

• 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

More about Manhattan property records

• Find the owner
• Check for a loan
• Property taxes
• Title search cost
• Code violations
• Manhattan title search guide