[header] How to do a title search [title] Check the tax assessor's records. [step] You need to gather as much information as you can about the current property owner and the property itself. You do this so that you can more easily locate the current and past deeds for the property in which you are interested. 
Most property tax records can be located at the tax assessor's office in the county or city in which the property is located. These records are open to the public and many places have their records online.