Selected-property public-record research

City public-record research for municipal lien-search teams

Review one supported city’s published permit or status fields for a property your team already knows before your certified or title process. This is research context—not a title, lien, closing, legal, condition, or availability result.

What you get

Each market page identifies its public source, newest published record, and available fields before you subscribe.

One selected property and one declared city at a time.
Publisher, source date, and record-type labels remain visible on the result.
Only fields returned by the named city workflow are shown; unavailable fields are not inferred.
City permit and code-case records remain distinct from title, lien, inspection, and legal processes.
Use the official publisher and a qualified process for consequential decisions.

Start with the record type and the city that publishes it

Municipal lien-search teams still need the issuing authority’s certified process for a lien certificate, recorded-lien search, utility balance, special assessment, title work, or closing result. Before that step, a source-dated public-record worksheet can keep the exact City permit or enforcement field beside the property file without turning a published status into a clearance conclusion.

Municipal portals do not publish one uniform property file. A permit application, an explicitly open code case, and a property-record result can have different publishers, dates, status vocabulary, and limits. Select one property and one supported city before using a record in an operational or diligence workflow.

PermitGrab keeps the publisher link and the returned record date visible. If a field is not published by that city, the workflow labels it unavailable rather than substituting a different record type.

Current selected-property workflows

PHILADELPHIA · PERMITS + OPEN CASES

Philadelphia municipal public-record sheet

Enter one Philadelphia street address to review City-published permit records and cases whose published status is exactly OPEN.

A result is not proof that there are no other cases, obligations, liens, or records.

Open Philadelphia’s source-labelled sheet
ORLANDO · PERMIT APPLICATION STATUS

Orlando permit-status research

Enter one Orlando street address to read the City-published permit application statuses and dates returned for that exact address.

A status is shown as published; it is not a lien, title, code-enforcement, or closing result.

Open Orlando’s source-labelled status sheet
NEW YORK CITY · ONE BUILDING BIN

NYC selected-building record research

Enter one seven-digit NYC Building Identification Number (BIN) to separately review City-published DOB NOW filing, DOB violation, DOB ECB violation, and HPD violation fields.

A returned status, disposition, or published balance-due field is shown as published; it is not a lien, title, certified or current balance, clearance, legal, or compliance result.

Open NYC’s source-labelled building sheet

A practical review sequence

  1. Confirm the exact address and jurisdiction. A city name alone is not a property identity.
  2. Read the publisher and source date. Treat a record as the city published it on that date, not as a current decision or clearance.
  3. Keep record types separate. A permit status, an open-case status, and a title or lien result answer different questions.
  4. Use the authoritative process for consequential decisions. Obtain any title, lien certificate, closing clearance, inspection, legal, or compliance determination from the appropriate qualified source.

What this workflow does not provide

This is not a municipal lien search, title search, lien certificate, closing clearance, legal opinion, property-condition assessment, or proof that a property has no other public records. It does not establish ownership, financial position, a required repair, project availability, or a request for service.

Simple pricing
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  • City-level public-source and freshness disclosures
  • Available permit, contractor, owner, and violation fields by market
  • CSV export for records available to your plan
  • Saved city and trade research workflows
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Frequently asked questions

Each workflow is limited to the named city source and selected property. Review the publisher’s record and source date before acting.

Is this a municipal lien search?

No. It is selected-property research using the permit or status fields a supported city publishes. It is not a lien search, title search, lien certificate, closing clearance, or legal opinion.

Which cities have a selected-property workflow?

Philadelphia currently offers City-published permit records and cases whose status is exactly OPEN. Orlando currently offers City-published permit application statuses and dates. NYC separately offers DOB NOW filing, DOB violation, DOB ECB violation, and HPD violation fields for one known BIN. A DOB ECB published balance-due field is not a lien, certified balance, or current-account conclusion. The pages name the applicable publisher and fields before a lookup.

Does an empty result prove there are no records?

No. A no-match result only describes the fixed city query. It does not establish that no permit, code case, title item, lien, obligation, or other public record exists.

Who is this research workflow for?

It is for facilities, portfolio, diligence, and operations teams researching a property they already know. It is not a source of homeowner enquiries, a project bid list, or a property decision.

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