Is there a web site that I can go to and input an adress and get a list of all of the recent occupants?
2006-11-02 07:29:31 · 6 answers · asked by mcnees79 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
Finding information for the owner of a property is pretty easy. The local city or county website might have info in the clerk's office section or tax assessor's section. If not, you may have to call and visit these places in person to view the public record.
Now finding info on a tenant non-owner is a bit harder. There are a few websites (found with an easy Yahoo search) that will charge a fee to do a reverse address look up. Private I's and process servers use these religiously. Beyond that, you may need a private I's help. Good luck.
2006-11-02 07:50:45 · answer #1 · answered by Stick66 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends where you live. If you're looking for the current occupant, a lot of cities/towns have a link to the town Assessor's webpage. Some don't have any real info, maybe just an address telling you to send them a letter for information but others offer more. You would want to look for the last "reval" (revaluation) info which would be the last time all the buildings in town had been assessed for tax purposes. Some require that you set up an account (free) for a password. You can usually search the property by address, lot number or sometimes by the property owner's name. Most will give you the name of the currant occupant and what the assessed value of the property is. Some don't mention the owner's name at all. Occasionally, it will list the last few dates of sale so you can see the names of the people who owned the property before. There is no way to find occupants of apartment buildings if the apartments are being rented, same for houses. They will only give the owner's name. NYC recently added a searchable database for co-op apartments in the city. It has current owner info and you can see most of the people who own an apartment in a particular building.
There's no easy way to find a list of all past occupants that I know of other than private pay websites that search old phone book listings. Ancestry.com has this feature and will give you info for most towns from 1994 on.
Searching for this info is a real pain and can take awhile. Google searches including the name of the town or county and "reval" "tax assessor" or "property" sometimes work if you can't get to the page from the town's official website.
Here's an example but it's only for some towns in New England:
http://www.visionappraisal.com/
2006-11-02 15:53:53 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a Lexis-Nexis account, you can get this information.
They do have an a la carte service, so you might be able to search their website to see if you can get this service on a piecemeal basis without having to to sign up for a full fledged account.
They use the same sources of information that ChoicePoint does so you can get the same access as an insurer would have but only need to pay the consumer rate, not a commercial rate.
2006-11-02 16:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by markmywordz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Insurance companies and most agencies can find out that information. Although it is not always correct. The previous owners of a house or previous tenants of an apartment can show up. The report used is called an A.D.D. report. (additional driver discovery)
2006-11-02 16:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by blb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but that information IS available through Choicepoint for people like insurance companies, so they can find out if there are any other household members you aren't listing on your auto policy.
2006-11-02 15:57:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I sure as hell hope not.
2006-11-02 15:36:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋