Search Kent County Property Records

This page helps users handle a property search in Kent County, Delaware, by focusing on official tools for parcel details, ownership research, maps, tax data, and related property records.

The main starting point is the Kent County Levy Court - Property Records System. For deed history or recorded land documents, the Kent County Recorder of Deeds provides a separate land records search.

Kent County Levy Court - Property Records System

Use the search Kent County property records tool to look up property information through the county’s public Property Records System.

Have a few basic details ready before searching. The county property records materials point users to name-based searching and street address searching, depending on the record task.

• Owner name or other recorded name
• Street number and street name
• Parcel or property details when available

For a practical search, start broad enough to find the correct property, then narrow the record using the address, owner, parcel information, sales details, permits, or tax data shown in the system.

• Open the Kent County property records search tool.
• Enter the available property or owner information.
• Review the matching record for ownership, sales, permits, tax data, and related property details.
• Use the parcel details to confirm you are viewing the correct Kent County property.

Kent County GIS Map

The open the Kent County GIS Map option is useful when you need to review a property spatially instead of only by a text record.

The map includes parcel, address, road, district, town boundary, zoning, floodplain, soils, planning, permits, utilities, sewer, imagery, and other map layers. It also includes tools for search, measuring, basemap selection, printing, and map layers.

Tip: Use the GIS map to verify the parcel location, nearby roads, district boundaries, zoning context, and other mapped layers before relying on a record for a next step.

Deeds and ownership history

Property search results and deed records serve different needs. The county explains that the Property Records Search tool is different from the Deeds Records Search tool.

For deeds, recorded instruments, older ownership history, and chain-of-title research, use the search Kent County deeds records system. Electronic deed records are searchable by name, and viewing watermarked documents is free.

Recorded real property indices and images are certified from January 30, 1874 to the present. For older records, the Recorder of Deeds office keeps bound books in the office.

Copy fees and access options

Searching and watermarked document viewing are free in the deeds records system. Printing or downloading copies has separate costs.

The deeds system also states that search results may be printed for $2.00 per page, so review what you are printing before completing a paid action.

Property fraud alerts

Kent County offers a free Property Fraud Alert service for recorded land documents. The service sends an email notification when a land records document is recorded with a requested name in the Recorder of Deeds office.

Before registering, the county recommends checking the Deeds Search page and noting how your name, business, or trust appears on recorded documents. You can then register for Property Fraud Alert using the name format shown in the records.

Kent County property records contacts

Use these county contacts when you need help with assessment records, GIS mapping, or recorded deed documents.

• Assessment Office — Phone: (302) 744-2401; Email: [email protected]
• GIS/Mapping — Phone: (302) 744-2416; Email: [email protected]
• Kent County Recorder of Deeds, 555 Bay Road, Dover, DE 19901 — Phone: (302) 744-2314; Fax: (302) 736-2035; Email: [email protected]; Office Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Fri