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St. Louis city property data
Where St. Louis city's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in St. Louis city, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
City of St. Louis Recorder of Deeds, Land Records Department. The Recorder offers a free online land record search through Fidlar, and documents are recorded in person or by mail at City Hall, Room 126.
Owners and values
City of St. Louis Assessor's Office. Appraised and assessed values can be looked up free by street address or parcel number, but the City does not allow name searches of property records online.
Tax sales
City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue and Office of the Sheriff (Land Tax Sales). The suit and sale schedule is posted free by the Collector, and the Sheriff posts each sale's property list as a free PDF two weeks before the sale.
Foreclosure sales
City of St. Louis Office of the Sheriff. The Sheriff's site covers land tax sales and pre-registration; it does not post a list of private mortgage trustee sales.
Parcel maps
City of St. Louis Address and Property Information Search. Free search by address or parcel shows taxes, assessment, sales information, land use and boundary maps; the old Geo St. Louis map has been retired.
How property is sold here
St. Louis city follows Missouri's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Missouri guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Missouri's City of St. Louis does not sell tax liens; it sells the property itself at Sheriff's land tax sales after the Collector of Revenue files a delinquent land tax suit, about a year before the sale. Sales are held about five times a year (2026 sales ran May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11 and October 6) at 9:00 AM outside the Civil Courts Building at 10 N. Tucker Blvd., and bidders must pre-register online at least 10 days before. Winners pay by cashier's check or money order by 2:00 PM the same day plus $150 per parcel, and each purchase must be confirmed by the court in Division 29 with an appraiser testifying before the Sheriff's deed is issued.
Foreclosure sales
Most home foreclosures in St. Louis are trustee sales under a deed of trust, run by the trustee rather than a court, with notices published in the newspaper before the sale. The Sheriff handles land tax sales and court-ordered sales, and the land tax sale lists are published in the St. Louis Daily Record and on the City website two weeks before each sale.
Assessed values
The City of St. Louis Assessor reappraises all real property every odd-numbered year (the next is 2027), with residential assessed at 19% and commercial at 32% of appraised value.
Transfer tax
Missouri has no real estate transfer tax, and the City of St. Louis does not add one; recording a standard deed costs $25 for the first page plus $5 per added page.
Land bank
The Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), run through the St. Louis Development Corporation, owns and sells vacant lots and buildings, and its for-sale inventory can be searched and downloaded on the City's property search.
Worth knowing
St. Louis city is an independent city that plays the county's role; it is entirely separate from St. Louis County, which has its own offices.
Worth knowing
The Recorder requires all grantors and all grantees to be present when transferring property deeds.
Worth knowing
Land tax sale bidders are screened before approval and cannot own City property with delinquent taxes, unpaid special tax bills, vacant building fees or pending code violations.
Every town in St. Louis city
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
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Questions
Where are deeds recorded in St. Louis city?
Deeds are recorded by the City of St. Louis Recorder of Deeds, Land Records Department, at City Hall, 1200 Market St., Room 126. A standard deed costs $25 for the first page plus $5 per added page.
When is the St. Louis city tax sale?
The Sheriff holds land tax sales about five times a year at 9:00 AM outside the Civil Courts Building. The dates are on the Collector of Revenue's Delinquent Land Tax Suit and Sale Schedule page, and each property list is posted two weeks ahead.
How do I find who owns a property in St. Louis city?
Search the City's Address and Property Information Search by street address or parcel number to see ownership, taxes and assessment. The City does not allow searching by owner name online, so deed searches by name go through the Recorder's land record search.
Are St. Louis city property records online?
Yes. The Recorder's land record search, the Assessor's address and parcel search, the tax sale lists and the LRA property list are all free online.
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.
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/recorder/
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/recorder/land/land-records.cfm
- mostlouiscity.fidlar.com/MOStLouis/DirectSearch/
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/assessor/
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/assessor/real-estate/index.cfm
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/assessor/real-estate/appraised-value-vs-assessed-val
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/assessor/news/2023-reassessment-news-for-the-city-of
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/collector/real-estate-tax/property-sales.cfm
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/collector/news/city-of-st-louis-postpones-real-estat
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sheriff/
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sheriff/land-tax/land-tax-sales.cfm
- stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/sheriff/land-tax/guidelines.cfm
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