Laredo
What is Laredo, and who is it for?
Laredo is a subscription-based internet program designed for real estate professionals needing daily access to land records in the Rock County Register of Deeds office.
How can I access Laredo?
Print and complete the Internet Access Agreement with the Rock County Register of Deeds
Print and complete the Laredo Fee Addendum
After we have received your completed Agreement, Addendum, and fee, then we will contact you with access information.
What records can I access?
1830 -Present: Most of these records are searchable by Document Number or Volume/Page.
1956-Present: These records are searchable by Grantor/Grantee, Document Type, Document Number or Volume/Page. Not searchable by address or parcel number.
1978-Present: These records are searchable by Legal Description, Grantor/Grantee, Document Type, Document Number or Volume/Page. Not searchable by address or parcel number.
There is a large scale indexing project on-going to add more documents to the Grantor/Grantee Index and to the Tract Index.
What are the Laredo fees?
Please refer to the Laredo Fee Addendum listing all fees.
Laredo Search Tips
After login, you will get a screen with user news and a menu at the left of your screen. Check for any new messages and delete the old ones.
Register of Deeds Search
Party name search requires you to click on the Add button after you enter each name you want to search on. Subdivision and tract search also requires you to click on the Add button after you enter all criteria to search on. Record information only requires you to enter the document number, date range or search group. Click on the Find button to get search results. You can narrow your search by combining search criteria, such as name and beginning date.
Search By Party
Use this format: Gore Robert. You should look at all listings with the correct middle initial and those with no middle initial. Look at each record by clicking on the plus sign to the left of each entry.
Search By Document Number
These are relatively fast. You can search by the document number of your desired instrument.
Search By Volume and Page (other than CSMs)
Select Book_Page then enter Volume and page. Results may produce multiple choices. View images until the desired document is found.
Search By PIN
Not available at this time
Search By CSM
Select Survey Map then enter CSM V-Pg (ie. Enter CSM 37-44 For CSM Volume 37 pages 44 thru 46).
Search By Subdivision
Type the first 5 characters of the subdivision name and then click on the Look up button. Select the desired name by clicking on it. Enter a lot and/or block number and click on the Add button. You cannot search a range of lots. If you try to search without entering any lots, the program will search for several minutes and you will likely get an error message.
Search By Section Town & Range with quarter quarter section
Enter the section, town and range number and right click on the quarter section. Left click on the quarter quarter section and click on the Add button. Remember you will only get unplatted land in this search. If the land has been platted you must search by the updated legal.
Results Screen
Click on the information in columns 1,3,4 or 5 to expand indexing information. You can also click on the plus sign to the left of the first column to view limited information. To view the image, click on the document number.
Beginning a New Search
Be sure to click on the Clear button before doing a new search.
Wall Dates
The general rule is that the grantor-grantee (or party) index is available the same day after being recorded, and the tract index (by legal description) is available within the same day of the date recorded. The image is also available the same day of recording. There are occasional exceptions due to equipment failures and high recording volumes.
