Bronx County
New York
Last verified September 16, 2026
Bronx County is a county in New York. NYC Office of the City Register serves as City Register, whose office maintains the county's official records, deeds, and court filings. Use the search tools below to look up property assessments, recorded deeds, and court documents for Bronx County.
NYC Department of Finance
- Phone
- 311
- Address
- 66 John Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Office of the City Register
- Official
- NYC Office of the City Register
Official County Records (opens in a new tab)
How to Search Property and Court Records
A NYC Department of Finance and a Office of the City Register hold different pieces of the same property's history, and knowing which one to search saves time. The NYC Department of Finance's office assesses each parcel's value for tax purposes and publishes a searchable record — owner name, assessed value, lot size, building details, and the parcel's legal description — usually searchable by owner name, address, or parcel ID.
The Office of the City Register's official records index is where deeds, mortgages, liens, satisfactions, and other recorded documents actually live. If you need to confirm who holds title to a property, trace a chain of ownership, or check for an outstanding lien, that's a Office of the City Register search, not a NYC Department of Finance search. Court dockets — civil, probate, family — are typically a separate search within the same office.
Why this matters for insurance and title work: confirming the named insured matches the recorded owner, checking for liens before binding a policy, and verifying a legal description all start with these two offices. Search tools and coverage vary by county — some counties use one shared portal for both, others keep them fully separate.