What property records are actually at the King County Archives?
In general, two types of property records can be found at the King County Archives: (1) Legislative files (Council ordinances and motions; Commissioner resolutions and orders) document official actions relating to property in unincorporated King County. These actions can be such things as road establishments, road and plat vacations, zoning, and land use classifications. Reports, studies, and correspondence relating to these actions are often present in the Archives’ holdings as well. Please contact the Archives if you are looking for this type of record. (2) Records that happen to show, or relate to, individual properties, even though the records were created by King County for another purpose. For example, an Engineering Department photograph of proposed street paving improvements in 1965 can also show a suburban neighborhood’s homes and businesses. This type of record is usually accessed indirectly by a combination of keywords and location information, rather than directly by owner
Related Questions
- My home used to be in unincorporated King County but its now part of an incorporated city. Would I find old pre-incorporation property records at the King County Archives?
- Can I look up records by street address or tax parcel number at the King County Archives?
- Why aren all King Countys property records located centrally in one place?
