Vermont

Baitball Blogger

(48,902 posts) Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:02 PM Apr 2020

Question about property lookups. RE Public Records.

Hi Vermonters. I have a friend who is looking up an old family property in Vermont. We live in Florida and these lookups are free. But my friend keeps getting fee requests for a simple lookup in Vermont. We tried the .org sites that looked legitimate, but they keep sending us to private realty sites for the information.

Anyone have an answer? Even if there is a fee involved, can you give us the best site for these kind of lookups?

Thank you, and stay well.

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Question about property lookups. RE Public Records. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 OP

County records is where I would go. I did that as part of my job in Mi. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #1

I thought that we did go to the county records. Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #2

There are plenty of "experts" in real estate. Mopar151 Apr 2020 #8

Where I live in PA the source for this kind of information is the County Recorder of Deeds. enough Apr 2020 #3

Yep that's what dept handles in Mi. gibraltar72 Apr 2020 #4

I'm not a Vermonter, but it looks like it is by City. I found this about Burlington. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #5

I just did a search for Londonderry, but nothing looks as official as the one you posted. Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #7

Found this site. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #9

We went to that one and it redirected us to a site sponsored by usrealty requesting Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #10

Yea, sorry about that. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #11

What a surprise, eh? Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #12

Yep, I grew up in St Petersburg, Florida. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #13

Quick google search shows property records Phoenix61 Apr 2020 #6

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)

1. County records is where I would go. I did that as part of my job in Mi.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:06 PM

Apr 2020

I'm sure it's all computerized. I used to have to go through the records and write down what I needed. Or I could pay a fee for copies. Try that.

Baitball Blogger

(48,902 posts)

2. I thought that we did go to the county records.

Reply to gibraltar72 (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:08 PM

Apr 2020

We did a search for Windham, VT. And we went to the county appraiser's officer.

Mopar151

(10,200 posts)

8. There are plenty of "experts" in real estate.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:19 PM

Apr 2020

Most of them, want to charge you handsomely for the time of day! And they'd like to see your watch, for "synchronization". If you are looking for deeds, or similar, The Register of Probate is probably who you want. In NH, OLD records go to the state archive The one in NH is quite nice, I had to search up some stuff there for my family.

enough

(13,480 posts)

3. Where I live in PA the source for this kind of information is the County Recorder of Deeds.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:09 PM

Apr 2020

It’s all public record and conveniently searchable online with no fee.

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)

4. Yep that's what dept handles in Mi.

Reply to enough (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:10 PM

Apr 2020

cayugafalls

(5,756 posts)

5. I'm not a Vermonter, but it looks like it is by City. I found this about Burlington.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:13 PM

Apr 2020

https://property.burlingtonvt.gov/

If you know the city you might try finding that site.

Baitball Blogger

(48,902 posts)

7. I just did a search for Londonderry, but nothing looks as official as the one you posted.

Reply to cayugafalls (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:17 PM

Apr 2020

cayugafalls

(5,756 posts)

9. Found this site.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #7)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:21 PM

Apr 2020

They say they are free and lookup is by county.

https://www.propertysearch.net/vermont/

Looks like they are not free....sorry

Baitball Blogger

(48,902 posts)

10. We went to that one and it redirected us to a site sponsored by usrealty requesting

Reply to cayugafalls (Reply #9)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:23 PM

Apr 2020

a small fee. Frankly, we gave up. No offense, but Vermont's public services are not that easy to use.

cayugafalls

(5,756 posts)

11. Yea, sorry about that.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #10)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:24 PM

Apr 2020

Hope you find something. I tried...lol

Baitball Blogger

(48,902 posts)

12. What a surprise, eh?

Reply to cayugafalls (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:31 PM

Apr 2020

Those of us in Florida who have enjoyed Public Records Request have everything to thank to those in the sixties and seventies who voted for free access. Everything began to fall to shit in the eighties.

cayugafalls

(5,756 posts)

13. Yep, I grew up in St Petersburg, Florida.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #12)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:38 PM

Apr 2020

Moved to Texas in the early 70's. We have similar ease of public records access here in Texas.

Phoenix61

(17,820 posts)

6. Quick google search shows property records

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2020, 01:16 PM

Apr 2020

are by town. There is not a county land office. Not sure if this helps.

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