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Allegheny County deeds and property records

Owner and value: the Office of Property Assessments. Tax bills: the Allegheny County Treasurer. Deeds: the Division of Real Estate. Each official search is below, with copy fees, the appeal route and the Pennsylvania rules that apply.

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On this page
  1. Look up a property, its owner and its tax
  2. Deeds: search the index and order copies
  3. Disagree with the value? Appeals
  4. Who does what in Pennsylvania
  5. More about Allegheny County property records
  6. Questions people ask
  7. Official copies vs look-alike sites
  8. Sources

Look up a property, its owner and its tax

The Office of Property Assessments keeps the parcel record: owner of record, value and property details.1 The Allegheny County Treasurer bills and collects the tax.2 The deed itself, which proves the transfer, is at the Division of Real Estate.3

Parcel and owner search
realestate.alleghenycounty.us1
GIS: data cd
Real Estate Data CD $50, updated quarterly5

Office of Property Assessments

Phone
412-350-4636 (INFO), option 26
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (phone)6

Allegheny County Treasurer

Address
Room 108, Courthouse, 436 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 152194

Deeds: search the index and order copies

Online search
pa_allegheny.uslandrecords.com/palr3Free search, fee for copies
Cost
Free index search; document images fee per page8
Who runs it
Avenu Insights (portal support link; site hosted at uslandrecords.com)8
Copy fee
$1.00 per page in person; mail requests $10.00 per document request9
Certified copy fee
Copy fee ($1.00/page) plus $1.00 certification per document9
Recording fee
Deed standard recording fee $200.00 (effective January 1, 2026)10
How to order
In person at Room 101 County Office Building; by mail with request form; online via the Land Record Databases11
Payment
No personal checks, debit or credit cards at the Division; cash, money order, business check or draw-down account9
Fraud alerts
Free Property Fraud Alert e-mail notification8

What Pennsylvania law sets for every county:

Copy fee
$0.50 per uncertified page (42 P.S. § 21051)12
Certified copy fee
$1.50 per certified page (42 P.S. § 21051)12

Division of Real Estate (Department of Real Estate)

Address
County Office Building, Room 101, 542 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh13
Mail
Allegheny Division of Real Estate, 542 Forbes Ave Suite 101, Pittsburgh PA 152199
Phone
412-350-4636, option 23
Hours
Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm13

Disagree with the value? Appeals

Appealing a value: body
Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review (BPAAR); second level Board of Viewers / Court of Common Pleas6
Appealing a value: deadline
Annual appeal for tax year 2027 filed July 1, 2026 to September 1, 20266
Appealing a value: fee
No filing fee6

The Pennsylvania rules:

Appeal deadline
Annual appeal: on or before September 1 (or a county-designated date no earlier than August 1)14
Appeal deadline option
County commissioners may set a date no earlier than August 114
Change notice appeal
Appeal within 40 days of a notice of change in assessment14

Who does what in Pennsylvania

Who sets values
County assessment office (chief assessor) values property; Board of Assessment Appeals/Revision hears appeals15

Liens on a property

Fixture filings
Fixture filings at the office that records mortgages (county Recorder of Deeds)16
Judgment liens
Civil judgments (including confessed judgments) and their satisfactions are entered by the county Prothonotary17

More about Allegheny County property records

Assessment record copies
Property record cards $0.25/page; certification $3.50 per document (plus 7% tax)11

Questions people ask

How do I find who owns a property in Allegheny County?

Search the parcel records of the Office of Property Assessments by owner name, address or parcel number: realestate.alleghenycounty.us1

Where do I look up a Allegheny County property tax bill?

The Allegheny County Treasurer has the tax bill search: realestate.alleghenycounty.us/search4

How much is a certified copy of a deed in Allegheny County?

Copy fee ($1.00/page) plus $1.00 certification per document. Copies come from the Division of Real Estate (Department of Real Estate).9

Official copies vs look-alike sites

A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Allegheny County office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.

Sources

Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 17 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.

  1. Property AssessmentsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  2. Open RecordsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  3. Land RecordsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  4. Allegheny County Treasurer
  5. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  6. AppealsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  7. Treasurer Open RecordsAllegheny County Treasurer
  8. Welcome to the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds Online SearchAllegheny County Division of Real Estate (vendor-hosted portal)
  9. Methods for Obtaining Copies and Associated Fees (PDF)Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  10. Recording Fees, Allegheny County Division of Real Estate (PDF)Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
  11. Obtaining CopiesAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  12. Official RTKL Fee SchedulePennsylvania Office of Open Recordsarchived copy
  13. Recording DocumentsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania
  14. 53 Pa.C.S. § 8844 Notices, appeals and certification of valuesPennsylvania General Assembly
  15. 53 Pa.C.S. § 8802 Definitions (Consolidated County Assessment Law)Pennsylvania General Assembly
  16. 13 Pa.C.S. § 9501 Filing office (UCC)Pennsylvania General Assembly
  17. 42 Pa.C.S. § 2737 Powers and duties of the office of the prothonotaryPennsylvania General Assembly