Land records search accuracy improved, risk of fraud reduced, with Parcel ID number verification

2016 NACo Achievement Award Winner

Macomb County, Mich., MI

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2016

Macomb County Register of Deeds real estate record searches are now more useful and reliable due to a new process that verifies Parcel Identification Numbers on all recorded documents. This process creates a tract index, which establishes a chain of title based on the PIN’s. That unifies the land records database for the future and past and makes it possible to search for records by location.