How can I check if my landlord is current on mortgage and/or taxes?

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Submitted by waiting for bottom on June 8, 2009 - 12:45pm

The San Diego County site does not pull up my address when I search....anyone know any alternatives?

I have not been able to get ahold of my landlord for two months...phone is disco...

Submitted by UCGal on June 8, 2009 - 1:05pm.

If you're rental is a single family, you can get the parcel # from zillow or redfin.

Then use that (rather than the address) to look up the property on the county website. Put the parcel # in for the bill # field on the sdtreastax website.

You can also see if a lien has been placed against your landlord by going to sdarcc.com and doing a grantee/grantor search. Put in the landlord's name. That would show previous year's liens for property taxes (or other taxes) - but liens for the new defaults haven't been recorded yet for this year.

Additionally - you can go to http://www.sdcourt.ca.gov/portal/page?_p... and put in your landlord's name - see if anyone is suing him/her.

(I'm working on becoming a super-sleuth, trying to figure out if it's worth going after our former @#$# contractor that abandoned our project. Public records show him to be a widely varied deadbeat... so if we sue him, it will be for moral victory more than anything.)

Submitted by waiting for bottom on June 8, 2009 - 3:16pm.

Thank you, that was very helpful info.