Haines Borough
Alaska
Last verified September 16, 2026
Haines Borough is a county in Alaska. Haines Recording District serves as State Recorder's Office, 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 Haines Borough.
Borough Assessor
- Phone
- 907-766-6401
- Address
- 103 Third Avenue South, PO Box 1209, Haines, AK 99827
Recording District
- Official
- Haines Recording District
Official County Records (opens in a new tab)
How to Search Property and Court Records
A Borough Assessor and a Recording District hold different pieces of the same property's history, and knowing which one to search saves time. The Borough Assessor'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 Recording District'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 Recording District search, not a Borough Assessor 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.