Mortgage in Staten Island, New York
A mortgage pledges the property as security for a loan. Recorded, it is a lien that comes ahead of later liens and stays on the title until a satisfaction or release is recorded. In Staten Island, mortgages are recorded with the Richmond County Clerk, and a HeritageDeed title search lists them for the property. 4,145 were recorded in New York City in September 2026.
How Staten Island records it
The City Register holds far fewer Staten Island property records than it does for the other boroughs, while the County Clerk's records hold the deeds, mortgages and satisfactions.
What it means for a buyer or bidder
A recorded mortgage with no satisfaction of record is an open lien, even if the loan was paid: it has to be released or paid at a sale.
How many are recorded
4,145 in September 2026 and 46,288 over the twelve months to then, citywide. What else was recorded that month.
Does a title search find it in Staten Island?
Yes. The Staten Island report covers: Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, assignments, consolidation agreements, liens and fixture filings recorded with the Richmond County Clerk, combined with City Register records.
Not covered: A satisfaction is not cross-referenced to the mortgage it discharges, so the report pairs them and says when a pairing is uncertain.
More about Staten Island records
- Deed
- Satisfaction or release
- Assignment of mortgage
- UCC fixture filing
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
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