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How to find out who is the correct owner of a property
13-Dec-2023 (In Property Law)
House in which my family is living was build in 2001 by my father. My father bought a land first and then he build home. I come to know that he (my father) has not registered the property as per government law yet. Property tax and water and sewer connection tax is coming with my father's name. Light bill is yet coming in the name of that land owner by which my father purchased the land and build the home. I have found TITLE DEED in my home but I can't found. I don't know legal process what to do right now and what should I expect in this embarrassed situation.
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In some cases, the neighbors of a piece of property may be able to provide information about its owner. Asking a few questions about a property in a specific neighborhood may provide the correct information without necessitating a trip to the county records.
Another simple way to try to locate the owner is to send a letter or postcard to the street address. If the property is vacant, there may be a forwarding address on file that reach the owner of the property. It is up to the recipient to reply, however, so he may not provide the requested information.
Other public county and state records may also be useful for finding a property's owner. Marriage, motor vehicle and voting records associated with an address may give clues about an absentee owner.
If manually searching records does not provide the information, professional skip tracers and other services can scan multiple government databases quickly, for a fee. One of these services may be able to locate an owner where other records searches fail.
In some cases, the neighbors of a piece of property may be able to provide information about its owner. Asking a few questions about a property in a specific neighborhood may provide the correct information without necessitating a trip to the county records.
Another simple way to try to locate the owner is to send a letter or postcard to the street address. If the property is vacant, there may be a forwarding address on file that reach the owner of the property. It is up to the recipient to reply, however, so he may not provide the requested information.
Other public county and state records may also be useful for finding a property's owner. Marriage, motor vehicle and voting records associated with an address may give clues about an absentee owner.
If manually searching records does not provide the information, professional skip tracers and other services can scan multiple government databases quickly, for a fee. One of these services may be able to locate an owner where other records searches fail.
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