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=== County Records === | === County Records === | ||
After land has been transferred from government to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, are recorded by the county. You | After land has been transferred from government to private ownership, subsequent transactions, including deeds and mortgages, are recorded by the county. Sometimes patents were also recorded as deeds. | ||
To start your deed search, first determine the county covering the land at the time the deed was made. Then contact that county recorders office. You might be able to obtain a copy of a county land record by writing to the county recorder, but most likely you will have the visit the recorders office. | |||
The Family History Library has copies of these records for only a few counties. [http://geology.com/county-map/nevada.shtml See a map of the 16 counties in Nevada].<br> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||