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Riverside County property data
Where Riverside County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Moreno Valley and Corona.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Riverside County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Recording Services. The Records Index Search can be used free online by owner name, but images are only viewed on office computers (records back to 1975, older ones at Gateway Riverside); copies ordered online cost $8 for the first page and $1 per added page.
Owners and values
Riverside County Assessor (RivCoView). RivCoView shows assessed values, property details, recent sales and a free downloadable Assessor map for each parcel.
Tax sales
Riverside County Treasurer-Tax Collector. The annual tax sale is held online through Bid4Assets, and the parcel list PDF is posted on the Treasurer-Tax Collector's website (countytreasurer.org).
Foreclosure sales
Riverside County Sheriff's Court Services (court-ordered sales); private trustees for most foreclosures. The Sheriff posts a free calendar of upcoming real property Sheriff's sales with each notice of sale, plus a bidder pre-qualification notice.
Parcel maps
County of Riverside GIS, Map My County. Map My County is a free online parcel map, and the Assessor's more than 21,000 parcel map pages can be downloaded free through RivCoView or bought by mail for $8 a copy.
How property is sold here
Riverside 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, not tax liens, once taxes have gone unpaid five years. Riverside County holds one large tax sale a year online through Bid4Assets in spring; the 2026 sale ran April 23 to 28 with 826 tax-defaulted parcels, after Board of Supervisors approval on January 13, 2026, and unsold parcels were reoffered at a reduced minimum bid. The parcel list is posted on the Treasurer-Tax Collector's website, and dates are announced by county press release.
Foreclosure sales
Most Riverside County home foreclosures are private trustee sales under a deed of trust, with notices recorded with the County Recorder. Court-ordered Sheriff's sales of real property are run by Sheriff's Court Services and listed with their notices of sale on the Sheriff's online Real Property Sales calendar; the sales listed for November 2026 were all set on Wednesdays.
Assessed values
Values are set as of the January 1 lien date each year under Proposition 13, reset to market only on a sale or new construction and otherwise raised no more than 2% a year; the 2026 roll was completed in July 2026 at $483.98 billion, up 5.18%.
Transfer tax
California counties charge a documentary transfer tax of $0.55 per $500 of value (about $1.10 per $1,000), paid to the Riverside County Recorder when the deed is recorded with a Documentary Transfer Tax affidavit.
Worth knowing
Riverside County's spring tax sale is one of the largest in California, with 826 parcels offered in 2026 and some parcels starting at a $100 minimum bid.
Worth knowing
The Recorder's online index is name-only and does not show images; document images can be viewed free only on computers at a county office.
Worth knowing
The 2026 assessment roll holds more than one million assessments worth $483.98 billion in net taxable value.
Every town in Riverside County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Banning city
- Beaumont city
- Blythe city
- Calimesa city
- Canyon Lake city
- Cathedral City city
- Coachella city
- Corona city
- Desert Hot Springs city
- Eastvale city
- Hemet city
- Indian Wells city
- Indio city
- Jurupa Valley city
- La Quinta city
- Lake Elsinore city
- Menifee city
- Moreno Valley city
- Murrieta city
- Norco city
- Palm Desert city
- Palm Springs city
- Perris city
- Rancho Mirage city
- Riverside city
- San Jacinto city
- Temecula city
- Wildomar city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Riverside County?
Deeds are recorded by the Riverside County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder. You can search the record index online by name and order copies online, by mail or at a county office.
When is the Riverside County tax sale?
The Treasurer-Tax Collector holds one online tax sale a year through Bid4Assets, usually in April. The 2026 sale ran April 23 to 28 and offered 826 parcels.
How do I find who owns a property in Riverside County?
Look up the parcel in RivCoView or Map My County, then search the owner's name in the Recorder's Records Index Search. The Assessor's office can also help by phone at (951) 955-6200.
Are Riverside County property records online?
Mostly. The deed index, RivCoView values and maps, Map My County, the tax sale list and the Sheriff's sale calendar are online, but deed images must be viewed at a county office or ordered as copies.
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.
- rivco.gov/node/6751
- rivco.gov/node/7116
- rivcoacr.org/obtainingrecordcopies
- rivcoacr.org/RecordingServices
- rivcoacr.org/AssessorMaps
- rivcoacr.org/MasterFAQs-FrequentlyAskedQuestions
- rivcoacr.org/ChangeofOwnershipandTransfersofRealProperty
- rivcoview.rivcoacr.org/
- gis1.countyofriverside.us/Html5Viewer/?viewer=MMC_Public
- riversidesheriff.org/158/Court-Services
- riversidesheriff.org/DocumentCenter/View/8091
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