Running a Tax Search by Address and/or Name

To run a tax search by address and/or name:

Click Tax to display Tax Search. Alternatively, you can run a tax search in conjunction with a Combination Search.
Type an order number to Create an Open Order or Add Search to an Existing Order. If adding a search to an existing order, you must also click Add to Existing Order.

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Do not type an order number to perform a Non-Order Search.

Note: Unless you choose View Extended Tax Information, only abbreviated tax reports are available when performing a Non-Order Search, and the complete tax reports are available when you open an order.

Optionally type Order Comments or Starter Remarks.
Click to Choose State, County, Company, Department, and Title Officer options.
Click for the Address and/or City and/or Name Search By method to display address and name fields. You can search for a tax report by Entering an Address and/or Name.
Type the property address into Address, if you are not searching for a tax report by Name, or if you want to search in conjunction with a Name.
Type a name into Business or Individual, if you are not searching for a tax report by Address, or if you want to search in conjunction with an Address.

Click:

View Prior Year Taxes to retrieve a complete tax report (if you did not include an order number).

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Full Tax to retrieve a Full Tax Report (in Cook, IL only). This option requires an order number.

If applicable, select either TitleTax or Property Tax Direct to select the who will fulfill the tax request.
Click Add More Addresses and Names if needing to type more than one address or name combination in the available fields. Each time you click Add More Addresses and Names, the fields that display double.

Click Begin Search to start the search.

If one result is found, the tax report is automatically searched.
If more than one result is found, the Cross Reference Pick List displays.

If you:

Chose to open an order, then TitlePoint creates the order with the appropriate search components.
Are not creating or adding to an order, then each search saves as a Non-Order Search.

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Print Only to begin your search. The search launches (as described for Begin Search) and the report automatically prints if one result is found. If more than one result is found, the Cross Reference Pick List displays.

If the tax report displays, see Viewing Tax Report for the next steps. If Cross Reference Pick List displays, see Using Cross Reference Pick List for the next steps. How results display depends on how you set up your Tax Search Preferences and whether you clicked Begin Search or Print Only.

Note: It is possible, and acceptable, for a Tax Search to yield no results. TitlePoint will respond with a "No records found" message.