California Property
Owner Search

It identifies the current holder of record for a California property and shows how title is held, pulled from the most recent recorded deed. You get the owner, the vesting, and the deed that conveyed it. It is a research report, not title insurance.

Most California counties have stopped displaying owner names on their public portals, so an address lookup shows the building and tax details but leaves the owner line blank or marked withheld. The recorded deed still names the owner, and that is what our team reads for you.

The current holder of record, how title is vested, and the vesting deed with its filing date and document number. When an LLC, corporation, or trust holds title, we report the entity or trustee named on the deed.

A property owner search is a flat $75 per property — one price, all-in, with no subscription or data plan. County copy fees, where they apply, are passed through at cost. If you also need liens and tax status, the O&E report is $275.

Fast. Once we have your order and payment, our in-house team can turn a report around in as little as 30 minutes, and orders are rarely completed later than the end of the same business day.

Yes. California property information is public, so an owner search can be ordered on any property by any party — buyers, investors, agents, and attorneys included — without being the current owner. You give us the address or parcel number and we do the rest.

We report the entity or trustee named on the recorded deed. For an LLC or corporation, that is the vested entity of record; for a trust, the deed names the trustee, who is the point of contact. That is often the piece a raw portal or data broker cannot give you.

No. An owner search focuses on who owns the property and how title is vested. An O&E report adds recorded liens, judgments, and tax status. If you only need to confirm or reach the owner, the search is the faster, lower-cost option.

Ownership is established by the last recorded deed, not by the tax roll, and that distinction is where most searches go wrong. The assessor lists whoever receives the tax bill, which is often a lender, a property manager, or a prior owner who never updated the mailing address. We pull the recorded deed itself and report the owner of record, how title is vested, and the recording reference, so you have the name that will actually have to sign. Flat $75, most reports back the same business day.

This is the most common reason people order one. Send us the address or APN and we return the owner of record from the recorded deed, the vesting, and the mailing address of record. Where the owner is an entity, we identify the entity as it appears on title so you can look up its agent for service. We report what the public record shows — we do not provide phone numbers, and we are not a skip-tracing or people-search service.

You can, and for a rough answer they are fine. Free portals scrape assessor data, which shows the tax billing party rather than the owner of record, and they lag behind recording by weeks or months. If a property sold, transferred into a trust, or passed on a death recently, a free site will often still show the old name. When the answer has to be right — before you send an offer, serve a notice, or record a deed — the recorded deed is the only source that settles it.

No. An owner search is a research report telling you what the public record shows today. Title insurance is an indemnity policy issued by a licensed title insurer that pays out if a covered defect appears later. TruPoint is a Registered Legal Document Assistant office, not a title insurer, and we do not issue policies or provide coverage of any kind.

Yes, and neither the price nor the turnaround changes. An owner search needs no notary and no signature beyond a short authorization, so there is no travel, no consulate appointment, and nothing to mail. You send the address or APN, we run the search, and the report arrives as a PDF. Out-of-state investors and heirs abroad order these regularly.

The property address or the Assessor’s Parcel Number, and the county. That is all — you do not need to own the property and you do not need the deed. If you are checking a particular name against a property, tell us and we will confirm whether that name appears on title. You sign a short authorization and we run the rest.

Nothing can be signed by a deceased owner, so title has to be cleared before any sale or transfer. Which document does it depends on how title was held: joint tenancy is cleared by an affidavit of death of joint tenant, property in a trust by an affidavit of death of trustee, and sole ownership needs a probate route such as a small estate affidavit. Because we are an LDA office you can direct us to prepare and record it.

Yes. Wholesalers, investors, private lenders, and law offices who order repeatedly can ask about volume pricing — same in-house team, same turnaround, priced for repeat use. There is no subscription and no minimum, and the flat $75 stands on its own if you only ever order one.