This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. Chester County Residents Directory is a private reference service. We cannot retrieve a record, certify a copy, verify who is at an address, or alter a government roll or database. Send those requests to the office that keeps the record. For an emergency, call 911. If someone is stalking or harassing you, contact local law enforcement.
Finding a Particular Record
Use the route that matches the record type and the question you have:
- Address and street records: use the Chester County street directory for parcel, deed, and municipal-record pathways
- Historic directory volumes and former households: use the Chester County city directory collection route
- Verifying one named person: use the Chester County resident lookup process
- Office responsibilities: see the Chester County records offices reference
- County-held records not online: submit a focused request under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law to the custodian that holds the record
Chester County Recorder of Deeds
Recorded land documents, deeds, mortgages, plans, and land-transfer indexes.
313 W. Market Street, Suite 3302
West Chester, PA 19380
610-344-6330
Office hours: weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Recording submissions close at 4:00 p.m. The Search Library is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Chester County Right-to-Know Route
For county-held public records and help identifying the proper county custodian, use the county's electronic request portal or the Solicitor's Office.
Solicitor's Office
313 W. Market Street, Suite 6702
West Chester, PA 19380
Mail, fax at 610-344-5471, in-person state form, and electronic requests are documented by the County.
County records are not always the right route. After ChescoViews identifies the municipality for a parcel, contact that township, borough, or city for permits, zoning, code, or certificates of occupancy. For historical repository questions, the Chester County History Center Library is open Wednesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m., at 610-692-4800 x221.