How to Find Land Owners in Massachusetts?
- 1). Determine the exact town and county in which the property resides. Some land records are available through the county, while others are available through the municipality. There are 14 counties in Massachusetts and hundreds of municipalities; knowing the exact location is critical. For a list of counties and towns in Massachusetts, see the "Resources" section.
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Check the city or town's website for "property tax records" before taking any other action. For instance, in the town of Framingham (the largest town in Massachusetts), all landowners for all land plots are listed on the town's website under "Residents" then "Town Services" then "Property Inquiry." For Framingham, you then choose the street name from a pull down menu, then the street address for the land. The land owner of record is listed for each parcel. - 3). Call the town in question if you cannot find its property records online. While most towns in Massachusetts have landowners on file in online databases, some towns have not digitized their records. Ask the individual town's procedures for researching landowners in Massachusetts.
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Move on to county records if the town records are not easily available. The Massachusetts state "Registry of Deeds" is available online, and you can perform a county-by-county search for landowners. - 5
Search the Massachusetts Registry of Deeds by name, document type, town or date. - 6). Print any records you are searching for, either in town databases or in county databases, or both.
- 7). Compare town and county records if you find a record for the same parcel of land in both databases. If the information for the landowner matches, use online databases such as the White Pages to get the landowner's telephone number or contact information.
- 8). Contact the town or county in which the parcel resides if you find two records for the same parcel of land with different landowners listed. One database may be out of date.
- 9). Determine which landowner is the correct for the land, and use the White Pages to find contact information.
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