How to find who owns a property in Canton, OH
The Stark County Auditor lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Canton (Stark County); the last deed recorded with the Stark County Recorder is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Canton: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Step by step in Canton
- 1
Look up the parcel
Search the Stark County Auditor by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.
- 2
Confirm with the recorded deed
The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the Stark County Recorder is what makes the new owner the owner of record.
- 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
Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Canton address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Canton records show
Ownership data are kept by the Stark County Auditor, separately from the recorded documents.
What the report checks in Canton
- Owner of record, situs address and legal description from the Stark County parcel data
- Deeds, mortgages, releases and liens recorded with the Stark 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.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Canton not cover?
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.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Canton property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Canton property records
Check the title of a Canton property
AI title search, $49 per report. Usually ready in about a minute. Full refund if we can't deliver.