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
}

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