Imperial County CA Lien Filings: UCC, Tax & Mechanics

Search the Imperial County, California Clerk-Recorder public index and get clean, structured lien records for secured-lending, credit, collections and due-diligence workflows. One row per recorded UCC filing, tax lien, mechanics lien, judgment, lis pendens or other statutory lien, with the debtor and the secured party or claimant already separated.

Imperial County is a Southern California agricultural and commercial recording jurisdiction on the Mexico border. Its county index carries the recorded lien families that the California Secretary of State UCC system does not: federal and California tax liens, mechanics liens, judgment recordings, lis pendens, assessment liens and other statutory liens.

Here is one real record from this actor.

{
  "record_id": "2026016381",
  "document_number": "2026016381",
  "doc_type": "RELEASE OF TAX LIEN - FOR ANY",
  "doc_type_code": "2081",
  "filing_type": "tax_lien_release",
  "filing_type_label": "Tax lien release or removal",
  "lien_category": "tax_lien",
  "lien_category_label": "Tax lien",
  "is_release": true,
  "release_status": "release_or_termination",
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-20",
  "recorded_year": 2026,
  "page_count": 1,
  "debtor_name": "HUEREQUE, MARISSA",
  "debtor_names": "HUEREQUE, MARISSA",
  "debtor_count": 1,
  "secured_party_name": "STATE OF CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD",
  "secured_party_names": "STATE OF CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD",
  "secured_party_count": 1,
  "grantor_name": "STATE OF CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD",
  "grantor_names": "STATE OF CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD",
  "grantee_name": "HUEREQUE, MARISSA",
  "grantee_names": "HUEREQUE, MARISSA",
  "party_direction": "grantee_debtor",
  "party_roles": "STATE OF CALIFORNIA FRANCHISE TAX BOARD | Grantor; HUEREQUE, MARISSA | Grantee",
  "county": "Imperial",
  "state": "CA",
  "source": "Imperial County Clerk-Recorder (California)",
  "source_page": "https://recorder.co.imperial.ca.us/RecorderWorksInternet/?ln=en",
  "search_role": "new_filings",
  "search_term": null,
  "search_terms": "types=tax_lien; releases=true; 2026-09-22..2026-10-22",
  "search_type": "browse",
  "match_type": "browse",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-22T01:19:35.760Z"
}

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

• Document identity: document number, all published document types, RecorderWorks type code, recording date and page count.
• Debtor side: every debtor, defendant, owner or grantor name, with counts and the raw grantor list.
• Secured-party side: every secured party, plaintiff, judgment creditor, tax agency or lien claimant, with counts and the raw grantee list.
• Lien classification: normalized ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens and other_lien categories, plus a normalized filing type such as ucc_initial, ucc_termination, tax_lien, mechanics_lien or lis_pendens.
• Release handling: explicit lien releases, removals, satisfactions and UCC terminations are flagged. Set includeReleases to false to keep only new liens and active filings.
• Clean JSON: flat snake_case keys, no nested objects, no HTML, stable record IDs and semicolon-separated party lists.
• Exact document lookup: pull one known document number without a date range.

Each record can carry these 36 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 Imperial County recorder document number
document_number	string	Imperial County recorder document number, for example 2026016443
doc_type	string	All document types as published, for example FINANCING STATEMENT, TAX LIEN - FEDERAL or MECHANICS LIEN
doc_type_code	string	Imperial County RecorderWorks type code, for example 0361, 0351, 006, 001, 1521 or 202
filing_type	string	Normalized filing type, for example ucc_initial, ucc_termination, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens or other_lien
filing_type_label	string	Human-readable filing type
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens or other_lien
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable lien category
is_release	boolean	True for explicit releases, removals, satisfactions and UCC terminations
release_status	string	release_or_termination or active_lien
recorded_date	string	Recording date in YYYY-MM-DD format
recorded_year	integer	Recording year as an integer
page_count	integer	Number of recorded pages
debtor_name	string	Primary debtor, defendant or owner name
debtor_names	string	All debtor-side names, separated by semicolons
debtor_count	integer	Number of debtor-side names
secured_party_name	string	Primary secured party, plaintiff, claimant or creditor name
secured_party_names	string	All secured-party names, separated by semicolons
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 published grantor/grantee sides were mapped to debtor and secured party: grantor_debtor, grantee_debtor, claimant_heuristic, secured_party_transfer or mixed
party_roles	string	Every published party with its raw role, separated by semicolons
county	string	County name: Imperial
state	string	Two-letter state code: CA
source	string	Public source name
source_page	string	Public search page URL
search_role	string	Which side or mode produced the record: new_filings, debtor, secured_party or document_number
search_term	string	Name or document number used for this record, when the run was a search
search_terms	string	Human-readable summary of the categories, release setting and date window
search_type	string	browse, name or document
match_type	string	How the record matched: browse, name or document
observed_at	string	ISO timestamp when the record was collected
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, defendant or owner side, up to 20. Partial names work, for example SMITH, PATEL or a business name. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.
securedPartyNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search on the secured-party, plaintiff, grantee or creditor side, up to 20. For example GOODLEAP, INTERNAL REVENUE or a contractor name.
documentNumbers	array	no	(none)	Exact Imperial County recorder document numbers, up to 20, for example 2026016443. Spaces and hyphens are ignored.
lienTypes	array	no	["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "j	Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens, other_lien. Leave empty for all categories.
includeReleases	boolean	no	true	Include explicit lien releases, removals, cancellations, judgment satisfactions and UCC terminations. 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 or document 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, judgment, lis-pendens 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:

{
  "debtorNames": [
    "SMITH"
  ],
  "maxFilings": 10
}

Use cases

• Search Imperial County release documents for tax liens from the Franchise Tax Board, CDTFA and EDD.
• MCA and ISO brokers who want new UCC-1 filings and UCC-3 activity in Southern California.
• Equipment finance, factoring and commercial lenders monitoring competitor secured-party activity.
• Credit, collections and recovery teams tracking tax liens, judgments and mechanics liens against a business or property.
• Construction suppliers and contractors finding mechanics-lien filings and the owner/claimant pair.

Coverage and freshness

• Jurisdiction: Imperial County, California.
• Record families: UCC financing statements, amendments, continuations, releases, terminations and assignments; federal, California state, county, Franchise Tax Board, CDTFA and EDD tax liens plus releases, extensions and renewals; mechanics liens and releases; abstracts of judgment, general and money judgments, judgment releases and satisfactions; lis pendens and releases; assessment, certificate and other statutory liens.
• Source: Imperial County Clerk-Recorder public recorded-document index.
• Freshness: the public index is updated as documents are recorded. A browse run reads the most recent recordings first, so you get the newest liens without maintaining a date cursor.

Scope guard

Only lien, judgment, lis-pendens and UCC families are requested. Child-support, family-support, CSE, DCSS, welfare, divorce, custody, paternity and protection-order names are filtered out. Combined security-agreement and deed-of-trust packages and the child-support judgment code are excluded. 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 "Imperial County California lien", "Imperial County recorder" and "Imperial 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:

• Merced County CA Lien Filings: UCC, Tax & Mechanics: county recorded liens and UCC filings in California
• Orange County CA Liens: UCC, Tax, Mechanics & Judgments: county recorded liens and UCC filings in California
• Placer County CA Lien Filings: UCC, Tax & Mechanics: county recorded liens and UCC filings in California
• Alaska Recorder UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors & Lenders: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Alaska

FAQ

Does this return lien amounts?

No. The public result list does not publish the lien amount, so the actor leaves amount fields out rather than guessing.

Can I search by lender or secured party?

Yes. Use securedPartyNames. The actor checks the mapped secured-party side and also the published grantor and grantee lists for the name.

Are releases included?

Yes, by default. Explicit tax-lien releases, mechanics-lien releases, judgment releases and satisfactions and UCC terminations are flagged is_release=true. Set includeReleases to false to exclude them. Some mechanics-lien releases are published with the parties in either order, so those records are marked party_direction=mixed and keep both published sides.

Why are some document types missing?

Deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, plats and other non-lien instruments are deliberately excluded, and so are consumer-sensitive child-support records.

Is this a consumer credit report?

No. It is public-record research for business, legal and due-diligence workflows.

Does it return the document image?

No. You get the indexed data for each recording, along with the document number you need to order a copy from the recording office.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~imperial-county-ca-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "maxFilings": 10}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/imperial-county-ca-lien-filings --input '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "maxFilings": 10}'

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.