How to find who owns a property in Toledo, OH
The Lucas County Auditor lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Toledo (Lucas County); the last deed recorded with the Lucas County Recorder is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Toledo: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Step by step in Toledo
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Look up the parcel
Search the Lucas County Auditor 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 Lucas County Recorder 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 Toledo address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
A real Toledo report
We ran this search on the Toledo Edison Building (2 Maritime Plz, Toledo, OH 43604): 5 deeds, 2 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Toledo sample report.
What the report checks in Toledo
- Owner of record, situs address, legal description and the Auditor's appraised value from the Lucas County Auditor's parcel records
- Federal tax liens, judgments, child-support, workers' compensation and other liens recorded with the Recorder, listed when indexed under the owner's name
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Not covered here
- The Recorder's electronic records begin in 1985; an owner who bought earlier has no vesting deed in the electronic records, and an older document may need an in-office search.
- The records name the subdivision but not the lot: a second home of the owner in the same subdivision cannot be told apart, and documents tied only by the owner's name are marked.
- Certain public service workers may have their names removed from the Auditor's online records (R.C. 319.28), so an owner name may not be shown.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Toledo not cover?
The Recorder's electronic records begin in 1985; an owner who bought earlier has no vesting deed in the electronic records, and an older document may need an in-office search.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Toledo property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
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