Fayette County Deed Records Lookup

Fayette County deed records are kept by the Recorder of Deeds office in Uniontown, the county seat in southwestern Pennsylvania. The office serves as the official custodian of all land records and property documents for Fayette County. Searching Fayette County deed records gives you access to property transfers, mortgages, easements, and other recorded instruments. Records are available at the courthouse in Uniontown and through the statewide Pennsylvania land records portal.

About Fayette County Deed Records

Fayette County was established in 1783 from Westmoreland County and is named for the Marquis de Lafayette. The county seat is Uniontown, located at 61 East Main Street in the heart of southwestern Pennsylvania. Fayette County deed records go back to the county's founding and document the full history of land ownership in this region over more than two centuries.

Pennsylvania law at 21 P.S. § 351 requires that all deeds for property located in Fayette County be recorded with the Recorder of Deeds in Uniontown. Recording provides public notice and protects the buyer against prior unrecorded claims. Each document is indexed by grantor and grantee name, assigned a book and page number, scanned into the county's system, and preserved on microfilm. Both the index and the document images are available to the public as part of Fayette County's land records.

Fayette County's history includes significant coal, coke, and steel industry activity. This industrial background means that many Fayette County deed records include mineral rights conveyances, coal rights separations, and subsidence easements tied to underground mining. Researchers dealing with properties in Fayette County should be aware that surface rights and mineral rights may have been separated long ago in the deed chain. The county website at fayettecountypa.org provides general information about county government and services.

Fayette County Recorder of Deeds

The Fayette County Recorder of Deeds office is located at the Fayette County Courthouse in Uniontown. The main county address is 61 East Main Street, Uniontown, PA 15401. The county website at fayettecountypa.org and the government page at fayettecountypa.org/government provide contact information for the Recorder's office and other county departments. Regular office hours are Monday through Friday. Call ahead to confirm current hours before visiting.

At the Uniontown courthouse, you can search Fayette County deed records by grantor and grantee name, book and page number, instrument number, document type, or date range. Staff can help locate records and provide certified copies for a fee. They cannot give legal advice, conduct title searches, or advise on specific title questions. For title research or legal questions about a Fayette County property, consult a licensed Pennsylvania title company or real estate attorney.

Searching Fayette County Deed Records Online

The statewide land records portal at pa.uslandrecords.com provides online access to Fayette County deed records from any location. This portal serves all 67 Pennsylvania recorder districts and lets you search without traveling to Uniontown. The search interface lets you look by party name, document type, and date range to find specific instruments.

The image below is from the Fayette County official website, the primary source for information about county services including the Recorder of Deeds.

The Pennsylvania Association of Recorders of Deeds at padeeds.com maintains a directory of county recorder contacts across the state and provides a fee calculator at padeeds.com/fee-calculator. Third-party portals such as NETROnline also link to Fayette County assessor and recorder resources that supplement direct access to county records.

Fayette County Recording Requirements

All documents submitted for recording in Fayette County must meet Pennsylvania's requirements. Every deed must include a complete legal description, the names of all parties, a notary acknowledgment from a commissioned Pennsylvania notary, and a Uniform Parcel Identifier (UPI). The UPI requirement under 16 P.S. § 9781 ties each recorded deed to the county's tax parcel map. Documents missing a valid UPI will not be recorded.

Pennsylvania's 1% state realty transfer tax applies to most property transfers in Fayette County. Local municipalities in the county impose their own additional transfer taxes. All deeds must be accompanied by Form REV-183, the Realty Transfer Tax Statement of Value. Certain transfers are exempt from the transfer tax, including direct family line transfers, some trust conveyances, and corrective deeds made to fix errors in prior instruments. The Pennsylvania Department of Revenue at pa.gov provides current exemption guidance. Notary status for any acknowledgment can be confirmed at notaries.pa.gov.

Fayette County Property and Historical Land Records

Fayette County's coal and coke history makes its deed records particularly complex in certain areas. The National Road, one of the first federally funded highways in the United States, passed through Fayette County, and many early land grants were made along this route. These early conveyances are part of the historical layer of Fayette County deed records that researchers studying the region's development will find valuable.

The Pennsylvania State Archives holds land warrant records and survey maps for Fayette County going back before the county's 1783 creation. Researchers tracing property through the earliest land grants can use the Archives' research guides at pa.gov/agencies/phmc to find warrant registers and warrantee township maps for the southwestern Pennsylvania region. The 2026 General Fund Budget for Fayette County, available through the county's website at fayettecountypa.org/government, reflects the county's current financial planning and governance structure that supports all county offices including the Recorder of Deeds.