How to find who owns a property in Myrtle Beach, SC
The Horry County Assessor lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Myrtle Beach (Horry County); the last deed recorded with the Horry County Register of Deeds is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Myrtle Beach: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Myrtle Beach property, $49
Step by step in Myrtle Beach
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Look up the parcel
Search the Horry County Assessor 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 Horry County Register of Deeds 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 Myrtle Beach address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
A real Myrtle Beach report
We ran this search on the Broadway at the Beach (1175 Celebrity Cir, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Myrtle Beach sample report.
What the report checks in Myrtle Beach
- Owner of record, mailing address, situs address, legal description and the vesting deed's book and page from the county's parcel records
- The vesting deed, then deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, assignments and modifications recorded with the Register of Deeds
- Tax liens, mechanics' liens, condominium liens, child-support liens and foreclosure notices recorded with the Register, listed when indexed under the owner's name
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Not covered here
- Documents are tied to the property by parcel number, street address or lot, unit and subdivision; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
- Mortgages of earlier owners are not searched under the seller's name, and mortgages older than the purchase or ten years are not shown.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Myrtle Beach not cover?
Documents are tied to the property by parcel number, street address or lot, unit and subdivision; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Myrtle Beach property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Myrtle Beach property records
- Check for liens
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Before the auction
- Myrtle Beach title search guide
Check the title of a Myrtle Beach property
AI title search, $49 per report. Usually ready in about a minute. Full refund if we can't deliver.