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Our goal is to leverage our decades of experience in the environmental due diligence and title research industries and become your trusted partner for historical and land title research as you navigate the complexities of a property’s history and it’s environmental risk.
We continue to enrich our proprietary database of nearly three billion commercial and residential records, business names, and occupant records for every city and town in the United States from present back to 1992.  We are in the process of adding volumes of historical content never before available so please check back as we continue to expand our data sets and product offerings. 

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Premium City Directory Report

Goes beyond ASTM E1527-21 with unrivaled nationwide coverage from our proprietary database of business names and occupant records.


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1980 Environmental Lien & AUL Report

Documents each transaction of the property and researches any environmental liens and activity and use limitations against the property, under the name of each owner back to January 1, 1980.

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50 Year Chain of Title Report

Documents previous owner(s) of the specified property from most current publicly available data back 50 years.



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50 Year Environmental Lien & AUL Report

Documents each transaction of the property and researches any environmental liens and activity and use limitations against the property, under the name of each owner back 50 Years.

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Environmental Lien & AUL Report


Documents owner(s) of the most recent transaction and analyze records for environmental liens and activity and use limitations against the property.


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1940 Chain of Title Report


Documents previous owner(s) of the specified property from most current publicly available data back to 1940.



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What Drives Us

"Our goal is to partner with the industries whose mission is to better understand a property's unique story."

- Hank Burnham
CEO Property Archives

Property Archives was founded based on a belief that there is an immense and untapped opportunity with historical content that can be sourced, curated and leveraged to better tell a property’s story.

As accomplished innovators and content development experts with over 50 years of combined experience with historical research, including city directories and land title records, we are driven by:

  • Tackling complex problems
  • Challenging conventional thinking
  • Innovating with a tech-forward mentality
  • Identifying value in overlooked data sets
  • Supporting many industries

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Premium City Directory Report

Property Archives’ Premium City Directory Report exceeds the ASTM E1527-21 standard and provides the most comprehensive coverage in the industry by including a search of Property Archives’ proprietary database of over two billion commercial and residential records, business names and occupant records for every city and town in the United States, at approximate five-year intervals, from recent years back to 1993 for the street and address ranges for the subject and adjoining properties.

Further investigation is performed by Property Archives’ professional research staff in national repositories, including the Library of Congress and the Allen County Public Library. Coverage is researched in city directories, cross directories and street address directories in hardcopy or microfilm format.

Abstracts of the information from the directories are provided and where possible, images from directories in the public domain, are included in the final report.
Base Price $80 (includes 2 streets)
Each Additional Street $20
Estimated TAT (days) 2 to 4
Rush Delivery $40

*The “Premium City Directory” product will be researched at or around 5-year intervals.

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1980 Environmental Lien & AUL Report

Property Archives’ 1980 Environmental Lien & AUL Report exceeds the ASTM E1527-21 Standard by including:

  • A chain of ownership from the most current publicly available date back to January 1, 1980
  • A review of the local land records, relevant state agency records, and judicial records where applicable, for environmental liens and activity and use limitations recorded against the property, under the name of each owner
  • A copy of the most recent deed
  • Copies of any documents deemed relevant to the environmental professional
Base Price $375
Each Additional APN $300
Estimated TAT (days) 5 to 7
Rush Delivery Contact us for rush requests as they are not available in all areas.
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50 Year Chain of Title Report

Property Archives’ 50 Year Chain of Title report includes:

  • A chain of ownership from the most current publicly available date back 50 years
  • The names of the grantors and grantees, dates of transaction, dates of record, and the instrument or book and page numbers of the deeds or equivalent
  • A copy of the most recent deed
Base Price $300
Each Additional APN $250
Estimated TAT (days) 5 to 7
Rush Delivery Contact us for rush requests as they are not available in all areas.

*Additional years, such as 1932 scopes are available, and associated pricing is available upon request.

50 Year Environmental Lien & AUL Report

Property Archives’ 50 Year Environmental Lien & AUL Report exceeds ASTM E-1527-21 Standard by including:

  • A chain of ownership from the most current publicly available date back 50 years.
  • A review of the local land records, relevant state agency records, and judicial records where applicable, for environmental liens and activity and use limitations recorded against the property, under the name of each owner
  • A copy of the most recent deed
  • Copies of any documents deemed relevant to the environmental professional
Base Price $475
Each Additional APN $375
Estimated TAT (days) 7 to 10
Rush Delivery Contact us for rush requests as they are not available in all areas.

Environmental Lien & AUL Report

Property Archives’ Environmental Lien & AUL Report includes:

  • A chain of ownership from the most current publicly available date back to the date of the most recent transaction
  • A review of the local land records, relevant state agency records, and judicial records where applicable, for environmental liens and activity and use limitations recorded against the property, under the name of each owner back to the date of the last transaction or back to January 1, 1980
  • A copy of the most recent deed
  • Copies of any documents deemed relevant to the environmental professional
Base Price $95
Each Additional APN $75
Estimated TAT (days) 3 to 5
Rush Delivery $40

*Rush requests may not be available in all areas.

1940 Chain of Title Report

Property Archives’ 1940 Chain of Title report includes:

  • A chain of ownership from the most current publicly available date back to January 1, 1940
  • The names of the grantors and grantees, dates of transaction, dates of record, and the instrument or book and page numbers of the deeds or equivalent
  • A copy of the most recent deed
Base Price $325
Each Additional APN $300
Estimated TAT (days) 7 to 10
Rush Delivery Contact us for rush requests as they are not available in all areas.

*Additional years, such as 1932 scopes are available, and associated pricing is available upon request.