1.
ALL data
entered on the search criteria screen must match for a document to be found.
2. Grantor and
Grantee names are entered in the form "SMITH JOHN".
3. To find Grantor
or Grantee names where you are not sure if name is first or middle name, search for "SMITH%JOHN".
This will find "SMITH JOHN" and "SMITH
ROBERT JOHN".
4. Clerk File
Numbers are typically 4, 5 or 6 digits long in the format YYnn with the first two digits being the year
and the next digits being a counter as the documents were recorded. So
the first document recorded in 2005 will be Clerk Number 0501. The 50th
document is 0550. The 100th document would be 05100. And the 1000th document
would be 051000.
5. Generally, searches by Grantor or Grantee or
recording information will be more reliable then property searches
(Subdivision/Block/Lot or Abstract/Acres).
5. Dates are entered in the form
mm/dd/yyyy.
