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I'm interested to know if it would be possible to locate a property on Google Earth (longitude and latitude) and then use this information to find out who owns the land through a database or county records. I am willing to pay any fees necessary to access these records.
My goal is to locate land that billboards sit on and then find out who owns this land.
I would assume it would depend on the county. In my county (Ada, in Idaho), you don't even have to use Google Earth for that. You can identify the property on the aerial maps on the Assessor's website, then just call the assessors office and give them a parcel number. Ownership is public information.
If your county does not have the aerial maps online, I have no idea if the assessor's office could identify by longitude and latitude. You might have to go down in person and see if you can match up what you saw with whatever maps they have available.
I guess it may vary by state but land records are open to the public here. Anyone may look at them if they want. They can charge fees to make copies and such but otherwise it costs nothing to go to the office and read the records. If you can locate the property on a map at the office where the land records are (they generally have a map) you don't need to use google earth or anything else for that matter, just the map and look up the owner. The records are online in AK where I bought property but so far as I can tell, not where I am in VT. So you may be best just going in person to the office.
I'm interested to know if it would be possible to locate a property on Google Earth (longitude and latitude) and then use this information to find out who owns the land through a database or county records. I am willing to pay any fees necessary to access these records.
My goal is to locate land that billboards sit on and then find out who owns this land.
easy to do in some areas. where about are you looking? some of the county appraiser offices have maps
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