Establishing current and previous property ownership is an effect method to determine historical property uses for Phase 1 Site Assessments.
A Chain of Title + Lien Search provides the ownership history of a property from 1940 to present. COT searches contain the abstract of county index information including dates, involved parties, and recording information of conveyances of ownership.
Included within a COT
- Historical ownership to back to 1940
- Document type & document number
Plat maps available upon request - Activity/Use Limitations (AUL)
- Copy of current vesting deed
- ASTM 1527-21 compliant
- Grantor/grantee table
- Environmental liens
- Recording date