How to find who owns a property in Columbus, OH

The Franklin County Auditor lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Columbus (Franklin County); the last deed recorded with the Franklin County Recorder is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Columbus: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.

Search a Columbus property, $49

Step by step in Columbus

1. 1

   Look up the parcel

   Search the Franklin County Auditor by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.

2. 2

   Confirm with the recorded deed

   The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the Franklin County Recorder is what makes the new owner the owner of record.

3. 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. 4

   Or order the report

   A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Columbus address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.

What Columbus records show

What the report checks in Columbus

• Owner of record, situs address and legal description from the Franklin County parcel data
• Deeds, mortgages, releases and liens recorded with the Franklin County Recorder, searched by the owners' names
• Federal court records matched to the owner
• Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel

Not covered here

• Where a document cannot be tied to the property by its legal description or street address, it is marked as linked by the owner's name only.

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More about Columbus property records

• Check for liens
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Property taxes
• Title search cost
• Columbus title search guide