Jackson County MI UCC, Tax Lien & Judgment Records

Search Jackson County, Michigan recorded UCC fixture filings, federal and state tax liens, judgment liens and releases by debtor, creditor or exact instrument number. Get clean, flat JSON with the published parties, recording date, book and page, lien amount, legal description and property data.

One record = one recorded instrument. $0.03 per record + $0.003 actor start.

What you get

• UCC fixture filings recorded against real property, with the debtor and secured party.
• UCC fixture filing continuations that extend an existing filing.
• Federal tax liens filed by the IRS, with the taxpayer and lien amount.
• Michigan state tax liens filed by the State of Michigan, with the taxpayer and lien amount.
• Judgment liens, with the judgment creditor and judgment debtor.
• Releases, including UCC fixture filing releases, state tax-lien releases, lien releases and lis-pendens releases, with is_release=true.
• Exact instrument lookup by Jackson County document number.

Every row includes the published First Party and Second Party lists, the mapped debtor and secured party, party counts, recording date, signed date, processed and received timestamps, liber, page, page count, recording status, lien amount, legal description, parcel number, property address, comments and a public detail URL.

Fields

Field	Description
document_number	Jackson County instrument number, for example 3017926
doc_type	Published instrument type, for example FIXTURE FILING or JUDGMENT LIEN
filing_type	Normalized type: ucc_fixture_filing, ucc_fixture_continuation, ucc_fixture_release, federal_tax_lien, state_tax_lien, state_tax_lien_release, judgment_lien, lien_release or lis_pendens_release
lien_category	ucc, tax_lien, judgment or other_lien
is_release	true for releases
recorded_date	Recorded date, YYYY-MM-DD
signed_date	Instrument signed date when published
debtor_name, debtor_names	Debtor, taxpayer or judgment debtor
secured_party_name, secured_party_names	Secured party, creditor, agency or lien claimant
grantor_names, grantee_names	Raw published First Party and Second Party lists
party_direction	grantor_debtor for UCC fixture filings and continuations; grantee_debtor for tax liens, judgment liens and releases
book, page, book_page	Liber and page
page_count	Number of recorded pages
amount, amount_text	Lien amount when published
legal_description	Legal description as published
parcel_number	Parcel number extracted from the legal description
property_address, property_city, property_state, property_zip	Property address when published
document_status	Recording status, for example Recorded and Verified document
detail_url	Public document-detail page
observed_at	ISO timestamp when the record was observed

Example output

{
  "document_number": "3017926",
  "doc_type": "FIXTURE FILING",
  "filing_type": "ucc_fixture_filing",
  "lien_category": "ucc",
  "is_release": false,
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-28",
  "debtor_name": "GLENN THERON REMINGTON",
  "secured_party_name": "REPRISE FINANCIAL DBA; SKOPOS FINANCIAL DBA",
  "party_direction": "grantor_debtor",
  "book": "2291",
  "page": "0433",
  "book_page": "2291/0433",
  "page_count": 3,
  "legal_description": "SUMMIT SE QTR SECTION: 12 T/R: T3S/R1W PART OF PARCEL: 000131245404501",
  "parcel_number": "000131245404501",
  "property_address": "1845 E SOUTH ST",
  "property_state": "MI",
  "document_status": "Recorded and Verified document"
}

Inputs

Input	Type	Description
debtorNames	array	Debtor, taxpayer or judgment-debtor names; partial names supported
securedPartyNames	array	Creditor, lender, agency or lien-claimant names
documentNumbers	array	Exact Jackson County instrument numbers
lienTypes	array	ucc, tax_lien, judgment, other_lien; empty = all
includeReleases	boolean	Include releases; default true
dateFrom, dateTo	string	Recorded-date range in YYYY-MM-DD
maxFilings	integer	Maximum records to return; 1–200

The county index matches names from the beginning of the published party name. Use the leading words as published: TERRAZAS, SMITH, JACKSON PLACE, INTERNAL REVENUE, STATE OF MICHIGAN, OAKS CAPITAL or REPRISE FINANCIAL. A word from the middle of a long party name can return no results.

If no names or instrument numbers are supplied, the actor browses the recorded-date range. The default browse range is the last 30 days. Name searches default to the last 2 years.

Coverage and freshness

• Jurisdiction: Jackson County, Michigan.
• Source: Jackson County Register of Deeds public recorded-document index, a free public CountyFusion guest search.
• Coverage: UCC fixture filings, UCC fixture filing continuations and releases, federal tax liens, Michigan state tax liens and releases, judgment liens, lien releases and lis-pendens releases.
• Freshness: the index publishes instruments as they are recorded and indexed. Newly recorded instruments can show Verify with OCR for a short time while the county completes indexing.
• Not included: deeds, mortgages, mortgage discharges, assignments of mortgage, death certificates, plats, easements, powers of attorney, probate records, family-law records, notary bonds, notices of commencement, generic LIEN rows without an identifiable claimant, terminations without an identifiable secured party, and subordination agreements that publish no debtor.

Who uses it

• Commercial lenders, equipment financiers and factors checking a debtor's county-recorded UCC and tax-lien position.
• Credit and collections teams monitoring federal tax liens, state tax liens and judgment liens.
• Title, escrow and legal researchers pulling parties, legal descriptions, parcel numbers and release status.
• Data teams enriching a CRM or risk model with fresh public-record events.
• MCA and small-business funders using fixture filings and judgment liens as a financing or distress signal.

Pricing and limits

• $0.03 per result (result event), flat.
• $0.003 actor start (apify-actor-start), charged once per run at 512 MB.
• Minimum total charge $0.033.
• Free Apify users are capped at 10 results per run.
• No charge when the search returns no records or fails; error rows have no billable event.
• The actor stops as soon as your configured spend limit is reached.
• Runs at 512 MB with a 1-hour default timeout.

FAQ

Does this cover Michigan statewide UCC filings? No. Michigan statewide UCC filings are a separate state system. This actor covers instruments recorded with the Jackson County Register of Deeds, including county-level UCC fixture filings, tax liens, judgment liens and releases.

Does it return deeds or mortgages? No. The actor requests and returns only the lien and UCC families listed above.

Can I search by debtor, creditor and instrument number? Yes. Use debtorNames, securedPartyNames or documentNumbers. Each term is searched separately and results are deduplicated by instrument number.

Why is a party name sometimes on the other side? The county publishes First Party and Second Party. For UCC fixture filings the debtor is the First Party. For tax liens, judgment liens and releases the creditor or agency is the First Party and the debtor is the Second Party. The actor applies the verified direction for each instrument type and always includes the raw published lists.

Is this a consumer report? No. It is public-record research for business, legal and due-diligence workflows, not an FCRA consumer report and not legal advice.

Related LienIntel actors

• Wayne County MI Lien Filings — Wayne County Register of Deeds.
• Allegan County MI Lien Filings — Allegan County Register of Deeds.
• Stark County OH UCC & Lien Filings — Ohio county recorder index.
• Berks County PA UCC Filings — Pennsylvania county recorder index.

Source and scope

• Jurisdiction: Jackson County, Michigan.
• Source: Jackson County Register of Deeds public index, a free public CountyFusion guest search linked from the county's online services.
• Party mapping: the published detail page is authoritative. UCC fixture filings and continuations put the debtor first and the secured party second. Federal tax liens, state tax liens, judgment liens and releases put the agency, creditor or releasing secured party first and the debtor second.
• Legal: public-record research, not a consumer report and not legal advice. Do not use the output for FCRA eligibility decisions. Verify any record against the county before relying on it for a legal or financial decision.