Record Research Options

Lake County Recorder Records are digitized and accessible online from January 1980 to present. Lake County was established March 6, 1840. Deed and Mortgage Record BOOKS begin in 1840. These two volume types combined to be the Official Public Record on January 3, 1983. Public record requests can be emailed to: RecorderPublicRecordRequest@LakeCountyOhio.gov

At the Recorder’s Offices in Painesville, Ohio, records research can be done in the Records Rooms. Digital Records searching is available on several Public Computer stations on business days from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. A self-serve copy machine is available for use and copies are $0.25 per page. System copies without watermark and all staff assisted paper copies are $2.00 per page per Ohio Revised Code.

There are various remote services in place to offer accessibility to records. For searching the index information, viewing and printing available digitized record images and scheduling bulk records delivery, please review our website or contact our offices at 440-350-2510.