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Category Archives: Real Property

23 Feb

Is the Asset a Manufactured Home?

It’s not a plane or real property but it’s an asset of value that someone lives in and holds title to. No, not a car. Real property ownership records, including deeds, titles and other related financial instruments, are filed with...
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California, Real Property, Recorder assets, mobile home, real property, vehicles Leave a comment

25 Sep

Find Housing Authority Records

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds “Section 8” housing, — locally administered, publicly owned housing — usually multi-unit buildings that residents can apply to live in who meet certain income, age or disability criteria. HUD-funded multi-unit...
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FOIA, Public Records, Real Property, Regulation 1 Comment

6 Feb

This week in public records: California

A California appellate court has settled a public records case — the right of access to a Santa Clara County GIS parcel mapping database — in favor of the plaintiffs, the California First Amendment Coalition. The county alternately demanded an...
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California, Criminal, Public Records, Real Property, States Leave a comment

29 May

California AG Interprets Public Records Act to Allow Real Property Addresses On the Internet

A little noticed but potentially significant (for public records researchers) California Attorney General opinion was released a week ago. The opinion upends the almost universal interpretation of the Public Records Act by county Assessors pertaining to disseminating property addresses on...
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California, Government, Public Records, Real Property, States 1 Comment

12 Mar

Database of the Day: California Escrow Agents’ Employees Disciplinary Actions

Search by name or partial name to find disciplinary actions by the California Department of Corporations against employees of escrow agents. Results provide full name, date of action and the restriction imposed. This database contains listing of individuals that, from...
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California, Databases, Public Records, Real Property, States 1 Comment

16 Jan

Comparing free real estate research

The free real property databases are extending their geographical coverage and the types of features that delight investigators. Zillow has a fly-on-the-cyber-wall feature that will be appreciated by lawyers and investigators: number of total and recent month page views for...
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Criminal, Public Records, Real Property 2 Comments

23 Dec

This week in public records: New York – Minnesota – Vermont

The New York Court of Appeals supported the private real property data vendor, Data Tree, in its quest to secure an electronic version of property records. New York Court of Appeals Rejects Reporters Committee Rationale, Access Reports, December 20, 2007....
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Minnesota, New York, Public Records, Real Property, States, Vermont, Vital Records Leave a comment

24 Nov

This week in public records: Oregon – Ohio – Wisconsin

Complaints by residents in Oregon has lead to the removal of some property owner’s names from PortlandMaps, the city’s online mapping program of assessor’s data and building permits. Portland offers a vague explanation for the decision to allow a search...
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Ohio, Oregon, Public Records, Real Property, States, Wisconsin Leave a comment

26 Sep

Tennessee newspaper sells public records

It had to happen. Newspapers that publish public records databases have been attracting more viewers to their sites. I don’t know if this translates into subscribers or other ways papers make money, but the Memphis Daily News is taking the...
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Public Records, Real Property, States, Tennessee 2 Comments

11 Sep

Database of the Day: Oklahoma Multi-County Recorder Search

This is the only site I’ve seen that aggregates the indexes of Recorder documents of multiple counties. The Oklahoma County Clerk Public Records is a project of the Oklahoma county clerks in conjunction with Kellpro, which develops software applications for...
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Oklahoma, Public Records, Real Property, Recorder, States 4 Comments

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