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You'll find most California property deeds at the County Clerk's office, also called the Registrar/Recorder office. Some of them provide online searches. Others require visiting their offices. For example, the San Diego County Clerk's Office provides online searches.

Chain of title is often described as the sequence of historical transfers of title to a property from the current owner all the way back to the original owner. This also applies to land without a home on it. To put it simply, chain of title is the story of the ownership of a home.

Grantor-grantee index is a tool used by most counties in the United States to record the transferring of property ownership.

As part of the title search, the chain of title is researched to verify ownership, identify liens (a legal claim on assets which allows the holder to obtain access to property if debts are not paid ? more on that later) and make sure judgments and taxes have been settled.

In each entry, the name of the grantee (purchaser) is then given, along with the location of the affected parcel and the volume and page number where the full text of the deed or other recorded instrument describing the transfer may be found.

Recording a deed establishes your ownership interest over another's claim of ownership should there be conflicting claims against the property. Each state has its own recording statute that gives priority to those who record their interest in real property over those who don't.

An abstract of Title is is the brief chronological overview of all of the historical legal documentation associated with a property or asset, including titles, transfers and claims against the property.