How to search deeds in Lancaster County, PA
Deeds in Lancaster County are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, searchable by grantor and grantee name. Deeds, mortgages and satisfactions are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, whose records are certified from May 10, 1729. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Lancaster County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
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Step by step in Lancaster County
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Start from the parcel
The Lancaster County Property Assessment parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds 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 Lancaster County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Lancaster County records show
Deeds, mortgages and satisfactions are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, whose records are certified from May 10, 1729.
In the Recorder's records a deed carries the parcel number; a mortgage usually names only the municipality and the street address.
Older satisfaction pieces cite the book and page of the mortgage they satisfy; those recorded since about 2001 carry no such reference.
Federal and state tax liens and municipal liens are filed with the Prothonotary, not the Recorder of Deeds.
A real Lancaster County report
We ran this search on the Lancaster County Courthouse (50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Lancaster County sample report.
What the report checks in Lancaster County
- Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and assignments recorded with the Recorder of Deeds, tied to the property by parcel number or street address
Questions
How far back do Lancaster County land records go?
Deeds, mortgages and satisfactions are recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds, whose records are certified from May 10, 1729.
What does a HeritageDeed search in Lancaster County 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 Lancaster County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Lancaster County property records
- Find the owner
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Before the auction
- Lancaster County title search guide
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