How to search deeds in Philadelphia, PA
Deeds in Philadelphia (Philadelphia County) are recorded with the Philadelphia Department of Records, searchable by grantor and grantee name. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Philadelphia: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Philadelphia property, $49
Step by step in Philadelphia
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Start from the parcel
The Office of 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 Philadelphia Department of Records 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 Philadelphia address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Philadelphia records show
Philadelphia's real estate documents are recorded by the city's Department of Records, whose records cover deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and sheriff's deeds.
A sheriff's deed records a property sold at a sheriff's sale, usually after a mortgage foreclosure or for unpaid taxes.
Philadelphia recordings, Oct 30, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026
- 25,924deeds recorded
- 41,101mortgages recorded
- 26,555satisfactions recorded
- 10,674assignments recorded
Counted from official records, refreshed nightly.
What the report checks in Philadelphia
- Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and sheriff's deeds recorded with the Department of Records
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Philadelphia not cover?
Satisfactions in Philadelphia are not cross-referenced to the mortgage they release, so the report says when a pairing is uncertain.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Philadelphia property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
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