How to find who owns a property in Queens, NY
The NYC Department of Finance, Property Division lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Queens (Queens 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 Queens: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Step by step in Queens
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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.
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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.
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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 Queens address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Queens 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.
A real Queens report
We ran this search on the One Court Square (1 Court Sq, Long Island City, NY 11101): 4 deeds, 6 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Queens sample report.
What the report checks in Queens
- New York State court filings and federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Questions
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Queens property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Queens property records
- Check for liens
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Code violations
- Queens title search guide
Check the title of a Queens property
AI title search, $49 per report. Usually ready in about a minute. Full refund if we can't deliver.