In this guide
01How it is defined in LeadCounty
Owned by a trust / trustee.
02How many are on the list today
Trust owner is on file in 99 of 99 counties this week. The most are in Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ (354,167), Clark County (Las Vegas), NV (168,594), Honolulu County, HI (110,818); the typical county has 14,093.
2,555,103properties are on the “Trust owner” list across 99 counties today
Weeklyrefreshed from the county offices
| County | On the list |
|---|---|
| Maricopa County (Phoenix), AZ | 354,167 |
| Clark County (Las Vegas), NV | 168,594 |
| Honolulu County, HI | 110,818 |
| Pima County (Tucson), AZ | 90,237 |
| Middlesex County (Cambridge), MA | 81,357 |
| Lee County (Fort Myers), FL | 77,019 |
| Salt Lake County, UT | 72,670 |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 56,563 |
| St. Louis County, MO | 48,958 |
| Fairfax County, VA | 48,912 |
| Oklahoma County (Oklahoma City), OK | 45,937 |
| Multnomah County (Portland), OR | 43,435 |
Counted from each county's own records at the weekly refresh. Totals only: the owners are in the app.
03Why it matters
Trusts are often part of estate planning; when the person who set it up dies, the trustee may need to sell.
04Where it shows up in public records
The owner name on the assessor's roll.
05How to find trust owner in 3 steps
- Step 1, find the record: the owner name on the assessor's roll.
- Step 2, match it to the property: join the record to the parcel by its parcel number and the owner's name and address, so you know which house it belongs to.
- Step 3, add a second reason: stack trust owner with another list to see which owners have more than one reason to sell. LeadCounty does steps 1 and 2 for every property each week.
06How we count it
LeadCounty counts trust owner from each county's own records and shows the number for every county in the table above, refreshed weekly. A county that does not publish the record shows no count rather than a guess.
07How to use it
- Write to the trustee at the mailing address on the tax roll.
08Best stacks with trust owner
One list gives you a reason; two or three lists together give you owners with several reasons at once. The stacks that work best with trust owner:
- Trust owner + owned 15+ years: 15+ years of ownership usually means paid-down debt and real equity.
- Trust owner + out-of-state owner: the owner lives in another state and manages from a distance.
