Deeds & Property Records

Deeds all look similar and do very different things. The difference is not the paper, it is how much the […]

A general warranty deed is the strongest deed in American property law. It transfers ownership and, more importantly, it hands

HPD Online is the city’s free public record of housing violations, complaints, registrations and litigation for residential buildings. Tenants use

ZoLa is the city’s free zoning and land use map. Click any lot in the five boroughs and it tells

A deed is short, dense, and written in language that has barely changed in two hundred years. Once you know

Every property in New York City has a permanent identifier that never changes, even when the address does. It is

Finding out who owns a building in New York City is free, public, and takes about ten minutes if you

If someone told you to “look it up in ACRIS,” or you need to record a deed or mortgage in

When you take out a mortgage to buy property in New York City, you pay a mortgage recording tax to

Most guides to this question compare two deeds. New York uses three, and the one that actually shows up on