How to find who owns a property in Reading, PA

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

Search a Reading property, $49

Step by step in Reading

1
Look up the parcel
Search the Berks County Assessment Office 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 Berks County Recorder of Deeds 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 Reading address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.

What Reading records show

The records describe land by its parcel number, its municipality and its lot and plan, not by a street address.

The county's tax parcels name the owner of record, the situs address and the deed reference (book and page).

What the report checks in Reading

Owner of record, situs address, municipality and the deed reference from the county's parcel records
Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and assignments recorded with the Recorder of Deeds, tied to the property by parcel number or by lot within its municipality
Federal court records matched to the owner
Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel

Not covered here

A document that gives no parcel number or lot is marked as linked by the owner's name.

Questions

What does a HeritageDeed search in Reading not cover?

Judgments and the tax and municipal liens filed with the Prothonotary are not searched.

Is this title insurance?

No. It is a search of the public record for one Reading property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.