How to search deeds in Dayton, OH
Deeds in Dayton (Montgomery County) are recorded with the Montgomery County Recorder, searchable by grantor and grantee name. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Dayton: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Step by step in Dayton
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Start from the parcel
The Montgomery County Auditor parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Montgomery County Recorder grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Dayton address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Dayton records show
In Ohio, deeds and other instruments that convey or encumber land are recorded with the county recorder of the county where the land lies; until recorded, they are fraudulent as to a later bona fide purchaser without knowledge of them (R.C. 5301.25).
A real Dayton report
We ran this search on the Montgomery County Courts Building (41 N Perry St, Dayton, OH 45402): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Dayton sample report.
What the report checks in Dayton
- Deeds, mortgages with their recorded amounts, releases, assignments, county tax lien certificates and other liens recorded with the Montgomery County Recorder for this parcel's lot and place
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Dayton not cover?
The Recorder's electronic records begin in 1980; older documents may need an in-office search.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Dayton property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Dayton property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Before the auction
- Dayton title search guide
Check the title of a Dayton property
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