Environmental Lien Search Reports

An Environmental Lien is defined as a charge, security, or encumbrance upon title to a property to secure the payment of a cost, damage, debt, obligation, or duty arising out of response actions cleanup, or other remediation of hazardous substances or petroleum products upon a property, including (but not limited to) liens imposed pursuant to CERCLA 42 USC 9607(1) and similar state or local laws.

ASTM E1527-21 Compliant ELS – Ownership back to 1980

To create this ASTM E1527-21 Compliant Environmental Lien Search Report, a network of professional, trained researchers, following established procedures, uses client supplied property information to:

• Search for parcel information and/or legal description;
• Search for ownership information back to 1980;
• Research official land title documents recorded at jurisdictional agencies such as recorder’s office, registries of deed, county clerks’ offices, etc.;
• Access a copy of the deed;
• Search for environmental encumbering instrument(s) associated with the deed;
• Thorough review of CC&Rs
• Provide a copy of any environmental encumbrance(s) based upon a review of key words in the instrument(s) (title, parties involved and description); and
• Provide a copy of the deed or cite documents reviewed.

If ordering an Environmental Lien Search Report with more than one address, parcel number, lot/block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, lot/block, legal description, etc.

ELS – Current Owner Only

To create an Environmental Lien Search Report, a network of professional, trained researchers, following established procedures, uses client supplied property information to:

• Search for parcel information and/or legal description;
• Search for CURRENT ownership information;
• Research official land title documents recorded at jurisdictional agencies such as recorder’s office, registries of deed, county clerks’ offices, etc.;
• Access a copy of the deed;
   Search for environmental encumbering instrument(s) associated with the deed;
• Provide a copy of any environmental encumbrance(s) based upon a review of key words in the instrument(s) (title, parties involved and description); and
• Provide a copy of the deed or cite documents reviewed.

If ordering an Environmental Lien Search Report with more than one address, parcel number, lot/block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, lot/block, legal description, etc.