How to find who owns a property in Dayton, OH
The Montgomery County Auditor lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Dayton (Montgomery County); the last deed recorded with the Montgomery County Recorder is what makes someone the owner of record. 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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Look up the parcel
Search the Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 Dayton address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
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
- Owner of record, situs address, municipality, subdivision and lot from the county's tax-map parcel records
- 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
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Not covered here
- A document is tied to the property by its lot with the municipality or subdivision; documents tied only by the owner's name are marked.
- Condominium unit numbers can differ between the county's parcel map and the Recorder's records; a unit's documents may be shown as name matches only, and a unit needs its unit number.
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
- Search deeds
- 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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