Baldwin County AL Liens: UCC, Tax & Judgment

Search Baldwin County, Alabama recorded liens and UCC filings by debtor, lender or document number. Get county-recorded UCC-1 and UCC-3 filings, federal and state tax liens and releases, judgments, lis pendens, hospital/HOA/state liens, vendor's lien deeds and their release chains with debtor and creditor names, amounts, legal descriptions, dates and document numbers as flat rows.

Baldwin County is a separate Alabama recording jurisdiction on the Gulf Coast, with its own Probate Judge recorded-document index. Data comes from the Baldwin County Probate Judge's public real-property and UCC indexes directly.

Here is one real record from this actor. document_url, source_page, source_url are left out of this example and included in your dataset.

{
  "record_id": "2026-2284045",
  "document_number": "2026-2284045",
  "instrument_number": "2284045",
  "doc_type": "VENDORS LIEN DEED",
  "doc_type_code": "VL",
  "doc_group": "RP",
  "department": "RP",
  "filing_type": "vendors_lien_deed",
  "filing_type_label": "Vendor's lien deed",
  "lien_category": "other_lien",
  "lien_category_label": "Other lien",
  "is_release": false,
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-20",
  "instrument_date": "2026-10-20",
  "recorded_year": 2026,
  "recorded_time": "4:22 PM",
  "debtor_name": "COBB CHARLES B",
  "debtor_names": "COBB CHARLES B; COBB NORMA A",
  "debtor_count": 2,
  "secured_party_name": "SPENCE EDWIN J",
  "secured_party_names": "SPENCE EDWIN J",
  "secured_party_count": 1,
  "grantor_name": "SPENCE EDWIN J",
  "grantor_names": "SPENCE EDWIN J",
  "grantee_name": "COBB CHARLES B",
  "grantee_names": "COBB CHARLES B; COBB NORMA A",
  "party_direction": "grantee_debtor",
  "party_roles": "SPENCE EDWIN J | grantor; COBB CHARLES B | grantee; COBB NORMA A | grantee",
  "party_count": 3,
  "amount": 139900,
  "amount_raw": "$139,900.00",
  "amount_source": "consideration",
  "consideration": "$139,900.00",
  "loan_amount": 137400,
  "down_payment": 2500,
  "book": null,
  "volume": null,
  "page": null,
  "book_volume_page": null,
  "page_count": 6,
  "legal_description": "Subdivision: GRAND RIVIERA RV RESORT | Subdivision- Name: GRAND RIVIERA RV RESORT Lot: 8",
  "property_description": "GRAND RIVIERA RV RESORT, Lot 8",
  "municipality": null,
  "subdivision": "GRAND RIVIERA RV RESORT",
  "condo_name": null,
  "lot": "8",
  "block": null,
  "unit": null,
  "condo_unit": null,
  "condo_building": null,
  "parcel_numbers": null,
  "section": null,
  "township": null,
  "range": null,
  "acres": null,
  "remarks": "Subdivision: GRAND RIVIERA RV RESORT",
  "filed_by": "GULF SHORES TITLE CO INC",
  "county": "Baldwin",
  "state": "AL",
  "source": "Baldwin County Probate Judge (Alabama)",
  "search_role": "new_filings",
  "search_term": null,
  "search_terms": "types=ucc,tax_lien,judgment_lien,lis_pendens,other_lien; releases=true; 2026-09-21..2026-10-21",
  "search_type": "browse",
  "match_type": "browse",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-21T20:26:53.138Z",
  "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

• One row per recorded lien or UCC filing: deduplicated by the county document number.
• Debtor and secured-party detail: every published party and role, not just the name that matched the search.
• Amounts: consideration, loan amount and down payment when the county publishes them.
• Property data: the recorded legal description, subdivision, lot, block, unit, section/township/range, acreage and PIN.
• Document data: document number, type code, type description, department, recording date and time and page count.
• Release flags: IRS releases, partial federal tax-lien releases, UCC terminations, partial releases and revocations are marked so you can separate active liens from paid-off filings.
• Matching context: the search term, search side and search type that produced the record.

Each record can carry these 71 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 county document number
document_number	string	Baldwin County document number, for example 2026-2284045
instrument_number	string	Instrument number when published
doc_type	string	Document type as published, for example UCC1, LIEN, JUDGEMENT, TAX LIEN, LIS PENDENS or VENDORS LIEN DEED
doc_type_code	string	County index code, for example LIE, JDG, TAX, LIS, UCC1, UCC TERM or UCC ASG
doc_group	string	County document group as published
department	string	County department: RP (Deeds and Records) or UCC
filing_type	string	Normalized filing type, for example ucc_initial, ucc_termination, tax_lien, judgment, lis_pendens or vendors_lien_deed
filing_type_label	string	Human-readable filing type
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens or other_lien
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable lien category
is_release	boolean	True for releases, partial releases, terminations and revocations
recorded_date	string	Recording date in YYYY-MM-DD format
instrument_date	string	Instrument or document date in YYYY-MM-DD format when published
recorded_year	integer	Recording year as an integer
recorded_time	string	Recording time as published
debtor_name	string	Primary debtor, owner, defendant or grantor name
debtor_names	string	All debtor-side names
debtor_count	integer	Number of debtor-side names
secured_party_name	string	Primary secured party, lien claimant, creditor or plaintiff name
secured_party_names	string	All secured-party names
secured_party_count	integer	Number of secured-party names
grantor_name	string	Primary grantor name as published
grantor_names	string	All grantor names as published
grantee_name	string	Primary grantee name as published
grantee_names	string	All grantee names as published
party_direction	string	How the county's grantor/grantee sides map to debtor and secured party
party_roles	string	Every published party and role, joined with semicolons
party_count	integer	Number of published parties
amount	integer	Consideration, loan amount or down payment when published
amount_raw	string	Amount exactly as published
amount_source	string	consideration, loan_amount or down_payment
consideration	string	Consideration as published
loan_amount	integer	Loan amount as published
down_payment	integer	Down payment as published
book	string	Book when published
volume	string	Volume when published
page	string	Page when published
book_volume_page	string	Book/volume/page as published
page_count	integer	Number of pages
legal_description	string	Recorded legal description and remarks
property_description	string	Compact property description built from the published legal data
municipality	string	City or municipality when published
subdivision	string	Subdivision or ranch name
condo_name	string	Condominium name
lot	string	Lot or unit number
block	string	Block
unit	string	Unit
condo_unit	string	Condominium unit
condo_building	string	Condominium building or phase
parcel_numbers	string	Parcel or PIN numbers
section	string	Section or quarter-section
township	string	Township
range	string	Range
acres	string	Acreage
remarks	string	Published remarks and additional legal text
filed_by	string	Filing submitter when published
document_url	string	Link to the public county search page for this document
county	string	County
state	string	Two-letter state code
source	string	Source name
source_page	string	Public search page used for the record
source_url	string	Public search page used for the record
search_role	string	debtor, secured_party, document_number or new_filings
search_term	string	Name or document number that produced the record
search_terms	string	Category, release and date filters used for the run
search_type	string	name, document or browse
match_type	string	name, document or browse
observed_at	string	Run timestamp in ISO 8601
confidence	number	Normalization confidence score
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, defendant or grantor side, up to 20. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH, JONES or GOODLEAP. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.
securedPartyNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the secured-party, lien claimant, creditor or plaintiff side, up to 20. For example INTERNAL REVENUE, SERVISFIRST BANK, a hospital, an HOA or a contractor. Releases are also matched by the releasing party.
documentNumbers	array	no	(none)	Exact Baldwin County Probate Judge document numbers, up to 20, for example 2026-2284045 or 2026-2284039. The actor returns the exact document number, not prefix matches.
lienTypes	array	no	["ucc", "tax_lien", "judgment_lien", "li	Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens, other_lien. Leave empty for all categories.
includeReleases	boolean	no	true	Include IRS tax-lien releases, partial releases of federal tax liens, UCC terminations, partial releases and revocations. 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 5 years on a name search, or the last 30 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:

{
  "maxFilings": 1,
  "dateFrom": "2026-09-21",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-21",
  "lienTypes": [
    "ucc",
    "tax_lien",
    "judgment_lien",
    "lis_pendens",
    "other_lien"
  ],
  "includeReleases": true
}

Use cases

• Pull Gulf Coast liens from Baldwin County, including vendor's lien deeds, with the document type and code on each row.
• Commercial lenders and credit teams: monitor a borrower or lender name for new secured-party activity.
• Collections and recovery: surface federal tax liens, judgments, hospital liens and HOA liens against a debtor.
• KYB and due diligence: inspect the parties, amounts, property and document data behind a recorded lien.
• Construction, title and property researchers: pull Baldwin County lien and UCC records without a subscription.

Coverage and freshness

Lien families covered

Family	County index codes	Examples
ucc	UCC, UCC1, UCC CONT, UCC TERM, UCC PREL, UCC REV, UCC ASG	UCC-1 initial financing statements, continuations, terminations, partial releases, revocations and assignments
tax_lien	TAX, IRS, PRFTL	Federal and state tax liens, IRS releases and partial releases of federal tax liens
judgment_lien	JDG	Judgment liens and judgment renewals
lis_pendens	LIS	Lis pendens notices
other_lien	LIE, VL, VLC, CVL	Hospital, HOA and state statutory liens; vendor's lien deeds and their corrected/condo versions

Consumer-sensitive family, child-support, Medicaid and welfare records are filtered out if they appear. Void records and generic UCC3/UCC AMEN rows are excluded because their party direction is not reliable.

• Jurisdiction: Baldwin County, Alabama (Probate Judge recorded-document index).
• Source: Baldwin County public real-property and UCC search.
• Index through: 2026-10-20 when last checked.
• Target-record volume: 507 real-property lien records and 26 UCC records in the last 30 days; 7,448 real-property lien records and 760 UCC records for 2026 year-to-date; 17,027 real-property lien records and 1,753 UCC records for 2025-01-01 through 2026-10-21.
• Families: UCC filings and the UCC-3 chain, federal and state tax liens and releases, judgments, lis pendens, hospital/HOA/state liens and vendor's lien deeds.

Counts move with recording activity. Use a date range and maxFilings to control the run.

Party direction

The county does not use one party convention for every instrument. The actor enforces this per index code:

• General liens (LIE), judgments (JDG), tax liens (TAX), IRS releases (IRS), partial federal tax-lien releases (PRFTL) and vendor's lien deeds (VL, VLC, CVL) publish the creditor, claimant or seller on the grantor side and the debtor, owner or purchaser on the grantee side.
• Lis pendens (LIS) publish the defendants on the grantor side and the plaintiffs on the grantee side, so the defendants are the debtor side.
• UCC initial filings, continuations and the generic UCC index (UCC, UCC1, UCC CONT) publish the debtor on the grantor side and the secured party on the grantee side.
• UCC terminations, partial releases and revocations (UCC TERM, UCC PREL, UCC REV) are filed by the secured party, so the debtor is the grantee and the releasing secured party is the grantor.
• UCC assignments (UCC ASG) transfer the secured-party position and name no debtor; all published parties are kept on the secured-party side.

The raw grantor and grantee lists are always included, so no published party is silently dropped.

Child-support, family-support, CSE, Medicaid, welfare, divorce, custody, paternity and protection-order names are filtered out if they appear. Document images and certified copies are not downloaded. The dataset is public-record research, not an FCRA consumer report.

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 "Baldwin County Alabama lien", "Baldwin County recorder" and "Baldwin 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. 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:

• Alabama UCC Debtor Search: Filings, Lenders & Status: state UCC filings in Alabama
• Alaska Recorder UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors & Lenders: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Alaska
• Allegan County MI UCC & Lien Records Search: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Allegan County, Michigan
• Allegheny County PA UCC Filings: Debtors & Secured Parties: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

FAQ

Is this an FCRA consumer report?

No. It is public-record research and workflow automation.

Does it return the actual document image?

No. It returns the index data and a link to the public search page for the document number. Images and certified copies are not downloaded or sold.

Does it include UCC-3 continuations and terminations?

Yes. The UCC department exposes continuations, terminations, partial releases, revocations and assignments. The actor maps each code and marks releases and terminations.

Why are some UCC codes missing?

The generic UCC3 and UCC AMEN codes are excluded because their party direction is not reliable.

Can I search by address?

Search is by party name or exact document number. The output includes the recorded legal description and property data, which you can filter downstream.

Does it include child-support or Medicaid liens?

No. Those are consumer-sensitive and excluded.

Can I get more than 10 results on a free plan?

No. Paid users can request up to 1,000.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~baldwin-county-al-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"maxFilings": 1, "dateFrom": "2026-09-21", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "judgment_lien", "lis_pendens", "other_lien"], "includeReleases": true}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/baldwin-county-al-lien-filings --input '{"maxFilings": 1, "dateFrom": "2026-09-21", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "judgment_lien", "lis_pendens", "other_lien"], "includeReleases": true}'

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.