Juneau Deed Records Lookup

Deed records for Juneau are filed at the Alaska DNR Recorder's Office at 400 Willoughby Avenue, 4th Floor, where the Juneau Recording District is based. Juneau serves as both Alaska's capital city and a consolidated city-borough. You can search the Juneau Recording District deed index at the Recorder's Office or through the Alaska DNR online index at dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff. The City and Borough of Juneau Assessor also maintains a property search portal for current ownership data, valuation records, and parcel information.

Juneau Deed Recording Office

The Juneau Recording District office is physically located in Juneau, making it one of the few recording districts outside Anchorage and Fairbanks with a local DNR presence. The office is at 400 Willoughby Avenue, 4th Floor. All deeds, mortgages, liens, and other real property instruments for the City and Borough of Juneau are filed and indexed here.

The grantor-grantee index for the Juneau Recording District is part of the statewide DNR system and goes back to 1970. You can search online or visit the office in person. This is the same office that serves Hoonah-Angoon, so researchers working on properties across Southeast Alaska can handle multiple districts in one visit.

The City and Borough of Juneau's website at juneau.org provides links to the Assessor's office and other local government departments relevant to property research.

Juneau Assessor's Office

The Juneau Assessor's Office maintains property assessment records for all parcels in the City and Borough of Juneau. Assessor Mary Hammond leads the office. For property research, the assessor's database is a good starting point to confirm ownership and parcel details before diving into the deed index.

The CBJ Lands and Resources Office at 155 South Seward Street, phone (907) 586-5252, also maintains real property documents and information for city-owned lands and municipal conveyances. Both offices are in the same building in downtown Juneau.

How to Search Juneau Deed Records

The Alaska DNR free online grantor-grantee index is the main tool for deed searches in Juneau. Visit dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff and select the Juneau Recording District. Search by grantor or grantee name. You can narrow by document type and date range to reduce results.

For in-person searches, the Juneau DNR office at 400 Willoughby Avenue is open during regular business hours. Staff can pull documents, make copies, and assist with chain-of-title research. Certified copies can be ordered on the spot. This is useful when you need records quickly or when the document is too old for the online index.

The Juneau Assessor at (907) 586-0330 can help identify the correct parcel and legal description before you search. The Alaska Mapper GIS at mapper.dnr.alaska.gov also shows parcel boundaries for Juneau properties. For a full title search, you may want both the assessor records and the deed index.

Recording Fees

Recording fees for Juneau follow Alaska law under AS 40.17.030. The standard fee is $20 for the first page and $5 for each additional page. Non-standard documents that don't meet the formatting requirements carry an additional $50 fee. These fees apply to all documents recorded in the Juneau Recording District.

Copies of recorded documents cost $1.25 for the first page and $0.25 for each additional page. Certified copies add $5. You can request copies in person at the Juneau DNR office, by mail, or online. E-recording through Simplifile, CSC, and ePN is available. Full document requirements are at dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff/PreparingDocs.

Chain of Title Research in Juneau

Juneau has a long and complex property history as Alaska's capital and a major Southeast Alaska community. Properties in the Juneau area range from downtown commercial parcels with decades of ownership history to newer residential developments in the Mendenhall Valley. A chain of title traces each successive transfer from the current owner back through every recorded deed in the grantor-grantee index.

Start your research at the Juneau Assessor's Office at juneau.org/assessor or call (907) 586-0330 to get the current owner name and parcel ID. Then search the DNR Juneau Recording District index for deeds recorded under that name. Each deed points back to the prior owner. Work backward through the chain until you reach the original recorded conveyance or state land disposal.

For older properties, the Juneau DNR office at 400 Willoughby Avenue can assist with records predating the 1970 online index. Juneau was an incorporated city before Alaska statehood, and some older title records are held in physical files at the office. The Alaska Mapper GIS at mapper.dnr.alaska.gov shows current parcel boundaries and helps confirm the legal description before you search. Properties near the waterfront and in older parts of downtown Juneau often have complex legal descriptions due to tidelands patents and early municipal plats.

Juneau City and Borough Deed Records

Juneau is a consolidated city-borough. All deed records for the borough go through the same Juneau Recording District. For more information about the borough-wide system and recording details, visit the Juneau City and Borough deed records page.

View Juneau City and Borough Deed Records

Nearby Cities

These cities in Southeast Alaska also file deed records through the Alaska DNR recording district system.