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Essex County

Northern Essex Registry of Deeds

The Northern Essex registry records deeds, mortgages and plans for 4 cities and towns. Here’s where it is and how to get certified copies from home.

Cities and towns this registry covers

Andover · Lawrence · Methuen · North Andover

Documents recorded here

  • Deeds, including quitclaim deeds
  • Mortgages, assignments and discharges
  • Declarations of homestead
  • Plans, condominium master deeds and easements
  • Liens, attachments and other recorded instruments

Certified copies without the trip

You can view many documents for free on the registry’s online search. For a certified copy, which courts, lenders, title companies and foreign governments often require, the registry has to certify it. We order it for you and ship it with tracking. Registry copy fees are set by state law at about $1 per page.

  • Certified deed or recorded documentFrom $40
  • With apostille, for use abroad+$49

ZIP is null because sources conflict: the Secretary's district listing shows 01843, and another listing shows 01840. Parking is off Island Street, not Union Street. An older MIT-hosted document lists 381 Common Street, which is outdated.

Other registries in Essex County

Probate and Family Court for this county

Essex Probate and Family Court, Salem.

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