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Los Angeles County property data
Where Los Angeles County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Long Beach, Santa Clarita, Glendale and Lancaster.
- 88Cities and towns
- 2,399,978Parcels
Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Los Angeles County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. The office does not put its real estate records or indexes online, so records from 1851 to the present are viewed by appointment at its Norwalk headquarters.
Owners and values
Los Angeles County Office of the Assessor. The county links the free Assessor Portal as its online property address search for parcel details.
Tax sales
Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector. Auction schedules, property lists and sold-property lists are posted free on the TTC website, and bidding is online through GovEase.
Foreclosure sales
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Civil Management Bureau. The Sheriff posts its upcoming court-ordered real estate sales online for free with the date, case number, parcel number and address.
Parcel maps
Los Angeles County Enterprise GIS. The county GIS hub offers free map layers and data, including parcels, Assessor roll data and the Public Works Land Records Viewer.
How property is sold here
Los Angeles County follows California's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the California guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
California sells the property itself at tax-defaulted property auctions, not tax liens. Residential property becomes eligible after five years of unpaid taxes, and commercial property or vacant land after three years. Los Angeles County holds several online auctions a year through GovEase, such as the 2026B sale on October 17 to 20, 2026 and a follow-up sale on December 5 to 8, 2026, and posts the dates and property lists on the Treasurer and Tax Collector website.
Foreclosure sales
Most California mortgage foreclosures are trustee sales run privately by the lender's trustee, with notices recorded at the Registrar-Recorder. The Sheriff also sells real estate under court judgments at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, 111 N. Hill Street, Room 125B, and lists those sales on its website.
Assessed values
Under Proposition 13, assessed values are set when a property sells or is newly built and can rise by no more than 2% a year, and the Assessor publishes a new roll every year.
Transfer tax
California has no state transfer tax, but the county charges $1.10 per $1,000, and the City of Los Angeles adds $4.50 per $1,000 plus Measure ULA taxes of 4% on sales over $5.4 million and 5.5% on sales of $10.9 million or more (from July 1, 2026); Pomona adds $2.20 per $1,000.
Worth knowing
The 2026 assessment roll covers 2,399,978 taxable real property parcels and $2.272 trillion in net taxable value, with the City of Los Angeles alone worth $926.1 billion.
Worth knowing
Recorded documents are not searchable online in Los Angeles County, so investors use the Norwalk office by appointment or a title company for deed research.
Worth knowing
Tax auction buyers must pay a deposit of the greater of $5,000 or 10% of their spending limit to GovEase, and a tax deed does not wipe out public liens such as PACE, weed abatement and demolition liens.
Every town in Los Angeles County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Agoura Hills city
- Alhambra city
- Arcadia city
- Artesia city
- Avalon city
- Azusa city
- Baldwin Park city
- Bell Gardens city
- Bell city
- Bellflower city
- Beverly Hills city
- Bradbury city
- Burbank city
- Calabasas city
- Carson city
- Cerritos city
- Claremont city
- Commerce city
- Compton city
- Covina city
- Cudahy city
- Culver City city
- Diamond Bar city
- Downey city
- Duarte city
- El Monte city
- El Segundo city
- Gardena city
- Glendale city
- Glendora city
- Hawaiian Gardens city
- Hawthorne city
- Hermosa Beach city
- Hidden Hills city
- Huntington Park city
- Industry city
- Inglewood city
- Irwindale city
- La Cañada Flintridge city
- La Habra Heights city
- La Mirada city
- La Puente city
- La Verne city
- Lakewood city
- Lancaster city
- Lawndale city
- Lomita city
- Long Beach city
- Los Angeles city
- Lynwood city
- Malibu city
- Manhattan Beach city
- Maywood city
- Monrovia city
- Montebello city
- Monterey Park city
- Norwalk city
- Palmdale city
- Palos Verdes Estates city
- Paramount city
- Pasadena city
- Pico Rivera city
- Pomona city
- Rancho Palos Verdes city
- Redondo Beach city
- Rolling Hills Estates city
- Rolling Hills city
- Rosemead city
- San Dimas city
- San Fernando city
- San Gabriel city
- San Marino city
- Santa Clarita city
- Santa Fe Springs city
- Santa Monica city
- Sierra Madre city
- Signal Hill city
- South El Monte city
- South Gate city
- South Pasadena city
- Temple City city
- Torrance city
- Vernon city
- Walnut city
- West Covina city
- West Hollywood city
- Westlake Village city
- Whittier city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Los Angeles County?
Deeds and mortgages are recorded by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Records from 1851 to the present can be viewed by appointment at its Norwalk headquarters.
When is the Los Angeles County tax sale?
Los Angeles County holds several online tax-defaulted property auctions a year through GovEase. In 2026 the main fall auction ran October 17 to 20, with a follow-up auction December 5 to 8. Dates and lists are posted on the Treasurer and Tax Collector website.
How do I find who owns a property in Los Angeles County?
Start with the Assessor Portal to find the parcel and its details. For the name on title, check the recorded deed at the Registrar-Recorder in Norwalk or use a title company.
Are Los Angeles County property records online?
Partly. The Assessor Portal, tax auction lists, Sheriff sale lists and GIS parcel maps are online. Recorded deeds and their indexes are not online and must be viewed in person.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- lavote.gov/home/records/property-document-recording/documentary-transfer-taxes
- lavote.gov/home/recorder/real-estate-records/viewing-real-estate-records/view-real-estate-
- lacounty.gov/2026/07/14/la-county-property-values-surpass-2-2-trillion/
- content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CALACOUNTY/bulletins/4208395
- portal.assessor.lacounty.gov/
- propertytax.lacounty.gov/
- ttc.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026A-Terms-and-Conditions.pdf
- ttc.lacounty.gov/schedule-of-upcoming-auctions/
- ttc.lacounty.gov/auction-general-information/
- lasd.org/civil/
- civil.lasd.org/pub-new/sales
- lasd.org/courtservices/faq/
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