Entering Address and/or Names

When Running a Tax Search by Address and/or Name or Combination Search you search by an address and/or name.

To enter address and/or owner name into the tax or combination search:

Type the property address into Address and City if you are not searching for a tax report by owner name, or if you want to search in conjunction with an owner name. The results that return from your search vary depending on how you type the address, or whether you filter your results by also typing an owner name.

You can optionally type a "begins with" address to retrieve all permutations of that address for a list of possible matches. For example, typing "123 Any" will retrieve and display on the Cross Reference all tax records with addresses that contain "123 Any," such as "123 Anystreet," "123 Any Street," "123 Anymore Lane," "1213 Anymore Lane South," etc. Furthermore, typing "Green" will return names such as "Greenwood" and "Green Acres."
You can optionally type a street number only to find all street names that contain the street number, but you also must include a City to limit results that might return.

TitlePoint can interpret simple street numbers, such as "2589," "789-658," or "1/2." However, if an address "number" is ambiguous where it comprises all numeric characters ("ONE") or a combination of alpha and numeric characters ("24B"), then type a pound (#) at the beginning of the address, such as "#ONE" or "#24B."

When including a City, the system returns records both with the city you typed, and records without any city designation.

If expected results are not returned in cases where a street name is also a street designation, such as AVENUE for WEST AVENUE J4, then it is recommended you type the street number only and include the city.

Property addresses can be inconsistent when they can be typed as one or more words (such as "Doe Trail" or "Doetrail"). To adjust for this inconsistency, TitlePoint uses an algorithm that compresses street names when more than one word is entered, thus searching for the address name as two or more words, then searching it compressed. However, for this to work, you must type the name using two or more words. So, to search for "Doetrail" and "Doe Trail," you must type "Doe Trail."

You will most likely run additional searches when searching street names that begin with El, Los, La, Las, Von, Van, Le, Les, etc.

When you search multiple names, such as "Willow Crest," different name variations also display, such as "Willow Creek" or "Willow Glen."

To run addresses in this fashion requires choosing Run Multi-word Street Names as a Single Word in Searches Preferences.

TitlePoint uses system techniques to identify most address formats. When typing addresses, use the following sequence:
Street Number
Street Alpha (A, 1/2)
Street Direction
Street Name
Street Type
Street Post Direction
Unit Designation (Suite, Apt, #)
Unit
Type a city name to narrow your search results if you know the city in which the property resides. In some cases, such as when running Property Tax Direct (PTD) searches, City is required.
You can type an owner name in addition to your address to refine/filter the search results to display all tax records that match the owner name and address combination.

Type an Owner Name using the correct format (last,first middle) if you are not searching for a tax report by address, or if you want to search in conjunction with an address. The results that return from your search vary depending on how you type the owner name, or whether you filter your results by also typing an address.

Specific rules and examples about how you type names for a Tax Search can be found in Typing Business Names into Name Search.