Allegan County MI UCC & Lien Records Search

Search Allegan County, Michigan recorded UCC fixture filings, federal and state tax liens, judgment liens, statutory liens, lis pendens and releases by debtor, lender or instrument number. Get clean, flat JSON with parties, recorded date, book/page, amounts and related instruments.

This actor is built for lien research, UCC monitoring and public-record due diligence in Allegan County, including Allegan, Holland, Wayland, Plainwell, Otsego, Fennville, Saugatuck, Douglas, Gun Plain Township and the surrounding West Michigan communities. It returns public recorded-document data only. It does not pull consumer reports, credit files or non-public information.

Here is one real record from this actor.

{
  "record_id": "2026017371",
  "document_number": "2026017371",
  "instrument_number": "2026017371",
  "doc_type": "FEDERAL TAX LIEN",
  "doc_type_code": "FTL",
  "filing_type": "tax_lien",
  "filing_type_label": "Federal tax lien",
  "lien_category": "tax_lien",
  "lien_category_label": "Tax lien",
  "is_release": false,
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-13",
  "recorded_datetime": "2026-10-13 14:40:29",
  "recorded_year": 2026,
  "document_date": null,
  "debtor_name": "ALWAYS BELIEVE IN CHILDREN DAYCARE CENTER",
  "debtor_names": "ALWAYS BELIEVE IN CHILDREN DAYCARE CENTER; PELL, AMY DAWN",
  "debtor_count": 2,
  "secured_party_name": "USA",
  "secured_party_names": "USA",
  "secured_party_count": 1,
  "grantor_name": "USA",
  "grantor_names": "USA",
  "grantee_name": "ALWAYS BELIEVE IN CHILDREN DAYCARE CENTER",
  "grantee_names": "ALWAYS BELIEVE IN CHILDREN DAYCARE CENTER; PELL, AMY DAWN",
  "party_direction": "grantee_debtor",
  "direction_source": "published",
  "party_roles": "USA | Grantor; ALWAYS BELIEVE IN CHILDREN DAYCARE CENTER | Grantee; PELL, AMY DAWN | Grantee",
  "party_count": 3,
  "book_type": null,
  "book": "5184",
  "page": "246",
  "book_page": "5184/246",
  "page_count": 1,
  "signature_page": null,
  "legal_description_page": null,
  "amount": 1971.4,
  "amount_source": "detail_amount",
  "legal_description": null,
  "municipality": null,
  "related_document_number": null,
  "related_document_type": null,
  "related_recorded_date": null,
  "related_book": null,
  "related_page": null,
  "marginal_reference_count": 0,
  "instrument_status": "Recorded and Verified document",
  "county": "Allegan",
  "state": "MI",
  "source": "Allegan County Register of Deeds (Michigan)",
  "source_page": "https://www.allegancounty.org/",
  "source_url": "https://www.allegancounty.org/",
  "search_url": "https://countyfusion3.kofiletech.us/countyweb/loginDisplay.action?countyname=AlleganMI",
  "search_role": "secured_party",
  "search_term": "USA",
  "search_terms": "types=ucc,tax_lien,lien,judgment,lis_pendens; releases=false; 2024-10-22..2026-10-22",
  "search_type": "name",
  "match_type": "secured_party",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-22T05:26:45.926Z",
  "confidence": 0.98
}

Input | Output | Pricing

Table of contents

• What you get
• Input and filters
• Use cases
• Coverage and freshness
• Pricing
• Comparison with other Apify actors
• Related LienIntel actors
• FAQ
• Run it through the Apify API

What you get

• Instrument identity: instrument number, published instrument description, normalized filing type and lien category.
• Parties: debtor, owner or taxpayer names; secured party, lien claimant, agency or judgment creditor names; and the raw published grantor and grantee lists.
• Dates: recorded date, recorded time and a combined recorded timestamp.
• Recording data: book, page, combined book/page and page count.
• Money: lien, judgment or tax amount when the county publishes it.
• Property and legal: legal description, subdivision, lot, block, section, township and range, plus the municipality or township named in the legal description.
• Chain data: prior instrument number, type, recorded date and book/page from the associations section.
• Source links: the public search page and the public detail page for the instrument.

Each record can carry these 60 fields. A field the source does not publish for a record comes back as null.

Field	Type	Description
record_id	string	Unique record key: the Allegan County instrument number
document_number	string	Allegan County recorded instrument number, for example 2026017879
instrument_number	string	Instrument number; same as the document number in Allegan County
doc_type	string	Instrument description as published, for example FIXTURE FILING, LIEN JUDGEMENT, FEDERAL TAX LIEN, STATE TAX LIEN, LIEN, RELEASE OF LIEN or RELEASE OF LIS PENDENS
doc_type_code	string	Normalized type code, for example FF, FFC, FFT, FTL, FTLR, STL, STLR, LIEN, LIENR, JL, JLR, LP or LPR
filing_type	string	Normalized filing type, for example ucc_fixture_filing, ucc_termination, tax_lien, state_tax_lien, lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens or their release types
filing_type_label	string	Human-readable filing type
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax_lien, lien, judgment or lis_pendens
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable lien category
is_release	boolean	True for UCC fixture terminations, tax-lien releases, lien releases, judgment-lien releases and lis-pendens releases
recorded_date	string	Recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format
recorded_datetime	string	Recorded date and time as published, for example 2026-10-19 08:21:33, when the county publishes a time
recorded_year	integer	Four-digit recorded year
document_date	string	Document or instrument date in YYYY-MM-DD format when published
debtor_name	string	First debtor, owner, employer or taxpayer name on the mapped debtor side
debtor_names	string	All debtor, owner, employer or taxpayer names on the mapped debtor side, semicolon-separated
debtor_count	integer	Number of debtor-side parties
secured_party_name	string	First secured party, lien claimant, agency, judgment creditor or lender name on the mapped secured-party side
secured_party_names	string	All secured-party, lien-claimant, agency, judgment creditor or lender names on the mapped secured-party side, semicolon-separated
secured_party_count	integer	Number of secured-party-side parties
grantor_name	string	First published grantor name
grantor_names	string	All published grantor names, semicolon-separated
grantee_name	string	First published grantee name
grantee_names	string	All published grantee names, semicolon-separated
party_direction	string	Party mapping used by the actor: grantor_debtor, grantee_debtor, secured_party_transfer, claimant_heuristic or mixed
direction_source	string	How the party direction was chosen: published, claimant_heuristic or secured_party_transfer
party_roles	string	Published party names with their recorder roles, semicolon-separated
party_count	integer	Total number of published party roles
book_type	string	Recorded book type when published, for example OR
book	string	Book or volume number
page	string	Page number
book_page	string	Book and page as book/page
page_count	integer	Number of recorded pages
signature_page	string	Signature page number when the county publishes one
legal_description_page	string	Legal-description page number when the county publishes one
amount	number	Lien, judgment or tax amount in USD when published on the record
amount_source	string	Where the amount came from: detail_amount or legal_description
legal_description	string	Legal description as published, including subdivision, lot, block, section, township and range when present
municipality	string	Municipality or township named in the legal description when published
related_document_number	string	Prior or related instrument number published in the associations section, for example the original fixture filing on a termination
related_document_type	string	Type of the related document, for example FIXTURE FILING, STATE TAX LIEN or LIEN JUDGEMENT
related_recorded_date	string	Recorded date of the related document in YYYY-MM-DD format
related_book	string	Book number of the related document when published
related_page	string	Page number of the related document when published
marginal_reference_count	integer	Number of marginal-reference instrument numbers on the record
instrument_status	string	Recording status as published, for example Recorded and Verified document
county	string	Allegan
state	string	MI
source	string	Allegan County Register of Deeds (Michigan)
source_page	string	Official Allegan County government website
source_url	string	Official Allegan County government website
search_url	string	Public Allegan County recorded-document search entry point
search_role	string	Search side that produced the record: debtor, secured_party, document_number or new_filings
search_term	string	Name or instrument number searched, when applicable
search_terms	string	Category, release and recorded-date filters used for the search
search_type	string	Search mode: name, document or browse
match_type	string	Search match side or mode that produced the record
observed_at	string	ISO timestamp when the actor observed the record
confidence	number	Parser confidence, 0.98 for a full detail page and 0.85 for a list-only fallback
error	string	Error message when no records were returned or the run failed; error records are not charged

Input and filters

All inputs are optional.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
debtorNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the debtor, owner or taxpayer side, up to 20. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH, JONES or RODRIGUEZ. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.
securedPartyNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the secured-party, lien-claimant, agency or judgment-creditor side, up to 20. For example STATE OF MICHIGAN, MIDLAND CREDIT, ONEMAIN FINANCIAL or a contractor name. Releases are also matched by the releasing party.
documentNumbers	array	no	(none)	Exact Allegan County recorded instrument numbers, up to 20, for example 2026017879 or 2026017878. The actor returns the exact instrument, not prefix matches.
lienTypes	array	no	["ucc", "tax_lien", "lien", "judgment",	Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, lien, judgment, lis_pendens. Leave empty for all categories.
includeReleases	boolean	no	true	Include UCC fixture terminations, federal and state tax-lien releases, lien releases, judgment-lien releases and lis-pendens releases. Turn off to return only new liens and active filings.
dateFrom	string	no	(none)	Earliest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for the last 2 years on a name search, or the last 60 days on a browse run.
dateTo	string	no	(none)	Latest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for today.
maxFilings	integer	no	25	Maximum number of unique lien or UCC records to return and charge. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run.

A working example to paste into the Input tab:

{
  "securedPartyNames": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "maxFilings": 2,
  "includeReleases": false,
  "lienTypes": [
    "ucc",
    "tax_lien",
    "lien",
    "judgment",
    "lis_pendens"
  ]
}

Use cases

• Watch West Michigan federal tax liens and fixture filings per debtor, and pick up the releases that end them.

Coverage and freshness

Allegan County, Michigan.

Family	Instruments
UCC / secured	FIXTURE FILING, CONTINUATION OF FIXTURE FILING, TERMINATION OF FIXTURE FILING
Federal tax	FEDERAL TAX LIEN, RELEASE OF FEDERAL TAX LIEN
State tax	STATE TAX LIEN, RELEASE OF STATE TAX LIEN
Statutory	LIEN, RELEASE OF LIEN
Judgment	LIEN JUDGEMENT, LIEN JUDGEMENT RELEASE
Lis pendens	LIS PENDENS, RELEASE OF LIS PENDENS

Deeds, mortgages, mortgage releases, mortgage assignments, deeds of trust, plats, surveys, easements, leases, powers of attorney, death certificates, probate orders, tax redemption certificates, notices of commencement and other non-lien instruments are never returned.

Allegan's index publishes tax liens and judgment liens with the agency, creditor or claimant on the grantor side and the debtor on the grantee side. UCC fixture filings publish the debtor on the grantor side and the secured party on the grantee side. Lis pendens are marked party_direction=mixed because the index does not consistently label plaintiff and defendant roles. The raw grantor and grantee lists are always included, so no party is invented.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. These are the current Apify prices, read on 2026-11-06.

Event	Price	When it is charged
result	$0.015	Each record delivered to your dataset
apify-actor-start	$0.003	When a run starts, once per GB of run memory with a minimum of one

At the default 512 MB, a run that delivers 100 records costs $1.503.

• Apify asks for a maximum spend of at least $0.018 per run on this actor.
• Accounts on the free Apify plan receive up to 10 results per run.
• If nothing matches or the source fails, you get one row with an error field and no result charge. The start event still applies to the run.
• Set a maximum cost per run and the actor stops delivering results when it reaches that limit.

Comparison with other Apify actors

No dedicated actor for this source on the Apify Store as of November 2026. We searched the public Store on 2026-11-06 with queries including "Allegan County Michigan lien", "Allegan County recorder" and "Allegan County ucc", and we reviewed the listings for this source and data type. Broader actors exist: shelvick/property-deed-records searches deed and lien records from county recorder indexes and regdata/us-county-recorded-documents lists county clerk records in TX, OH and MI. Their listings do not name this source, so we could not confirm that they cover it. Store listings change, so run the same search before you rely on this.

Related LienIntel actors

Other public LienIntel actors for the same buyer:

• Jackson County MI UCC, Tax Lien & Judgment Records: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Michigan
• Wayne County MI Lien Filings: Debtors, Lenders & Tax Liens: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Michigan
• Alaska Recorder UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors & Lenders: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Alaska

FAQ

Does this cover Michigan UCC-1 filings?

It covers UCC fixture filings recorded with the Allegan County Register of Deeds.

Can I search by lender or lien claimant?

Yes. Use securedPartyNames for banks, credit unions, finance companies, state agencies, the IRS, judgment creditors and contractors.

Does it include releases and terminations?

Yes, by default. Turn off includeReleases to return only new liens and active filings.

How fresh is the data?

Data comes from the county's public recorded-document index, which is updated as instruments are recorded. The index was current through 2026-10-21 when last checked.

Does it return document images?

No. The actor returns index metadata, party and property details and links to the public search. It does not download images or certified copies.

Is this a consumer report?

No. This is public-record research for business, lien, lending and due-diligence workflows.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~allegan-county-mi-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"securedPartyNames": ["USA"], "maxFilings": 2, "includeReleases": false, "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "lien", "judgment", "lis_pendens"]}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/allegan-county-mi-lien-filings --input '{"securedPartyNames": ["USA"], "maxFilings": 2, "includeReleases": false, "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "lien", "judgment", "lis_pendens"]}'

Every run writes to a dataset that you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel from the Storage tab or through the Apify API.

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LienIntel is an independent data provider and is not affiliated with any government office named on this page. Records are public and are provided for research and workflow automation. This is not a certified search and not a consumer report under the FCRA.