Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Finance and Business: [header] How to do a title search [title] Check the tax assessor's records. [step] You need to gather as much information as you can about the current property owner and the property itself. You do this so that you can more easily locate the current and past deeds for the property in which you are interested.

Ending1: [substeps] Your first task may be getting an official quitclaim deed for the property. The surviving owner may have made more than one title report to the real estate division and he or she may have named another title officer to report that to them. Ending2: [substeps] For example, in order to know whether the owner lived in the property you need to dig up all of the remaining deeds. You also may look into the history of the property, which typically includes tax paperwork, proper inspections, and residential records. Ending3: Most property tax records can be located at the tax assessor's office in the county or city in which the property is located. These records are open to the public and many places have their records online. Ending4: [substeps] The tax assessor's records are kept confidential, therefore you need to find them. Consult with an attorney or certified public accountant to help you determine what form of documentation you must use to conduct a title search.

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