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Property/Land Records: Real Property

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Agency Responsible

Annexations

General information

Boundary Review Board
Yesler Building
400 Yesler Way, Room 240
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-6800

Maps and information

Development & Environmental Services
900 Oakesdale Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057-5212
206- 296-6600

King County Council records about
annexations

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first

Condominiums

Recording

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Characteristics, owner, value, etc.

Assessor's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 700A
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-7300
1-800-325-6165, ext. 67300

Deeds

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Microfilmed deeds (access by volume and page number only)

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first

Easements

 Between private parties

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Public easements (roads, utilities) in unincorporated King County

King County Road Services Division
Map and Information Services, MS KCS-0106
201 South Jackson Street, 1st floor
Seattle, WA 98104-3856
Telephone: 206-296-6548
Fax: 206-205-7350
map.roads@metrokc.gov

GIS Data, Aerial Photographs, or Maps

Natural Resources and Parks
201 S. Jackson Street, Suite 700
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-6500

Development & Environmental Services
900 Oakesdale Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057-5212
206- 296-6600

Historical aerial photographs and maps: 

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first.

Historical Building Photographs (Businesses and Houses)

   
  • Businesses, 1937-1972
  • Houses, 1937-2006
 

Washington State Archives 
Puget Sound Region
425- 564-3940
archives@bcc.ctc.edu
By appointment only

1996 to present:

 

Assessor's Office
206- 296-7300
1-(800) 325-6165, ext. 67300
Call to ensure photo is available.

Historic Landmark Designation

 

King County Historic Preservation Program
Office of Business Relations and Economic Development
King County Courthouse
701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000
Seattle, WA 98104
Telephone: 206- 296-8689

See also:
Historic Preservation, Resources for Researchers
4Culture heritage publications 

Land Title Research

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Land Use Decision Case Digest

 

Hearing Examiner
400 Yesler Way, Room 404
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-4660
Case Digest Search

Liens

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Mortgages

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Plats

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Short plats, 1971-present

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

 Assessor's notations of short platting (KC SUBD) on a property, pre-1971

 

Washington State Archives 
Puget Sound Region
425- 564-3940
archives@bcc.ctc.edu
By appointment only

Property Research

 

Development & Environmental Services
Records Center
900 Oakesdale Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057- 5212
206- 296-6696

Online tax parcel viewer

Quit Claim Deeds

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Registered Land

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Surveys

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

General Land Office surveys (1800s):

 

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first.

Road surveys:

 

King County Road Services Division
Map and Information Services, MS KCS-0106
201 South Jackson Street, 1st floor
Seattle, WA 98104-3856
Telephone: 206- 296-6548
mailto:map.roads@metrokc.gov

Tax Parcel Number

 

Assessor's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 700A
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-7300
1-(800) 325-6165, ext. 67300

Online parcel viewer

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filings

King County:

 

Recorder's Office
King County Administration Building
500 4th Avenue, Room 311
Seattle, WA 98104
206- 296-1570

Statewide:

 

Washington State Dept. of Licensing (UCC)
405 Black Lake Boulevard SW
Olympia, WA 98502
(360) 664-1530
ucc@dol.wa.gov

Vacation Orders (road and plat)

 

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first

Zoning Records and Maps

Current county zoning:  online map

 

Development & Environmental Services
900 Oakesdale Avenue SW
Renton, WA 98057-5212
206- 296-6600

King County Zoning Atlas

Historical zoning records and information (pre-1969)

 

King County Archives
206- 296-1538
archives@kingcounty.gov
By appointment only -- please call first.

Updated: Sept. 4, 2007


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