Extract data from property deeds
A deed is the document that moves ownership of real property from one party to another, and title companies, escrow officers, and county recorders handle them as scans of recorded paper that can be decades old. Fields that matter stay consistent across deed types: the grantor conveying the property, the grantee receiving it, the consideration paid, the legal description that defines the parcel, the recording information stamped by the county, and the parcel or APN that ties the deed to the tax roll. A title examiner building a chain of title for a single property reads a stack of these in sequence, each one transferring the same parcel forward in time.
What complicates extraction is the legal description and the deed-type distinctions. The legal description is dense, formal text, either a lot-and-block reference (Lot 7, Block 3, of the Cedar Ridge Subdivision) or a metes-and-bounds description that traces the boundary by bearing and distance, and it has to be captured verbatim because a transcription error clouds title. Deed type carries legal weight: a warranty deed guarantees clear title, a quitclaim deed conveys only whatever interest the grantor holds, and a grant deed sits between them, so the type cannot be inferred from layout. Recording stamps add the document number, book and page, and the recording date that establishes priority. Notary acknowledgment is required for the deed to be recordable.
Talonic reads the deed and returns the grantor, grantee, consideration, deed type, the legal description verbatim, the parcel number, and the recording detail. A title or escrow team builds a chain of title from structured data while keeping the legal description exact for the examiner. A grant deed recorded 2026-05-20 in Travis County, Texas conveys Lot 7, Block 3 of the Cedar Ridge Subdivision from 1200 Market Holdings LLC to the Goodwin Family Trust for $1,250,000 in USD with a $9,375 transfer tax, superseding a prior 2019-03-15 transfer, so a US title examiner can trace the chain across the United States land records.
What gets extracted from property deeds
How extraction works for property deeds
Deeds arrive as scans of recorded paper, county-recorder exports, and title-plant images, often aged and handwritten in part. Talonic reads the deed and maps it to the deed schema in the Field Registry, which captures the grantor, grantee, consideration, deed type, legal description, parcel, and recording detail. Deed type is identified explicitly (warranty, grant, quitclaim, trustee) rather than inferred, since it determines what title the grantee receives. Whether lot-and-block or metes-and-bounds, the legal description is captured verbatim because a single altered bearing or lot number clouds title. Recording detail is parsed into the document number, book and page, and recording date that set priority. Every value returns with a confidence score and pixel-region provenance under DIN SPEC 91491 conformity, so a title examiner can verify a captured parcel or grantor against the source deed.
Sample extraction
A recorded grant deed scanned from county records
{
"deed_type": "grant_deed",
"grantor": "1200 Market Holdings LLC",
"grantee": "Goodwin Family Trust",
"consideration": 1250000,
"currency": "USD",
"legal_description": "Lot 7, Block 3, of the Cedar Ridge Subdivision, City of Austin, County of Travis, State of Texas",
"parcel_apn": "012-345-678",
"recording": {
"document_number": "2026-0558102",
"book": "4821",
"page": "233",
"recording_date": "2026-05-20"
},
"notarized": true
}Frequently asked
Does it identify the deed type?
Deed types are identified explicitly rather than inferred from layout. Warranty, grant, quitclaim, and trustee deeds each carry different guarantees, because the type determines whether the grantee receives clear title or only the grantor existing interest.
How is the legal description captured?
Legal descriptions are captured verbatim, whether a lot-and-block reference or a metes-and-bounds boundary, because an altered bearing or lot number clouds title and cannot be normalized away.
Does it capture recording information?
County recording stamps are parsed into the document number, book and page, and recording date, which together establish the priority of the conveyance in the chain of title.
What fields are extracted from property deeds?
Talonic returns property deeds as schema-validated, typed fields. Common fields include Deed Type, Grantor, Grantee, Consideration, and more, each normalized (dates to ISO 8601, amounts as numbers) and mapped to a stable key so the output shape stays the same across layouts.
How accurate is extraction from property deeds, and how is confidence reported?
Every extracted cell carries a confidence score from 0.0 to 1.0 and a provenance pointer back to the source page and region, so low-confidence values can be reviewed against the original before the data is trusted downstream. There is no single accuracy number: confidence is reported per field so you can gate on it.
Can I use property deeds extraction in production?
Yes. The same engine behind this guide is available as a production REST API and Node SDK with sync, async, and streaming modes, schema versioning, signed webhooks, and EU-resident processing. Start free with an API key, then scale on usage-based pricing.
What does it cost to extract data from property deeds?
There is a free tier for prototyping and agent evaluation with no credit card. Paid usage is credit-based at 1,000 credits per euro: page ingestion is 100 credits per page and registry-resolved queries are free. See talonic.com/pricing for current rates.
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Author note
Reviewed by Talonic engineering, schema review · last reviewed 2026-06-13
- Source: Cornell Law LII, Deed