# Orange County CA Liens: UCC, Tax, Mechanics & Judgments (`lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings`) Actor

Search Orange County, California recorded liens by debtor, lender or document number. Get UCC filings, federal and state tax liens, mechanics liens, judgments, lis pendens and releases with parties, property data and dates in clean JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings.md
- **Developed by:** [LienIntel - UCC & Secured Lending Intelligence.](https://apify.com/lienintel) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Automation
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# README

## Orange County CA Lien Filings: UCC, Tax, Mechanics & Judgments

Search the Orange 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, federal or state tax lien, mechanics lien, judgment, lis pendens or other statutory lien, with the debtor and the secured party or claimant already separated.

Orange County is one of the largest recording jurisdictions in California. Its public index carries the county-level lien families that the California Secretary of State UCC system does not: recorded federal and state tax liens, mechanics and construction liens, judgment liens, abstracts of judgment, lis pendens and HOA or other statutory liens.

### What you get

- **Document identity**: document number, all published document types, recorder type code, recording date, page count and prior instrument number when the record terminates or releases an earlier filing.
- **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`, `termination`, `tax_lien` or `lis_pendens`.
- **Release handling**: terminations, UCC releases and lis-pendens releases are flagged. When the index publishes the prior instrument number, the actor resolves the original filing so the debtor and secured party stay on the correct side.
- **Property data**: city, lot and tract when the county publishes them on the document detail, plus the transfer-tax amount where present.
- **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.

### Who it is for

- **MCA and ISO brokers** who want new UCC-1 filings and lender changes 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.
- **KYB, legal and due-diligence teams** checking whether a counterparty already has recorded secured debt.
- **Tax-lien and real-estate researchers** working Orange County recordings.

### How to use it

Add one or more of the following:

| Input | What it does |
|---|---|
| `debtorNames` | Search the debtor, defendant or owner side. Partial names work, for example `SMITH` or `PATEL`. |
| `securedPartyNames` | Search the lender, claimant, plaintiff or creditor side, for example `INTERNAL REVENUE` or `SOLAR MOSAIC`. |
| `documentNumbers` | Look up exact Clerk-Recorder document numbers, for example `2026000270379`. |
| `lienTypes` | Keep only the categories you need: `ucc`, `tax_lien`, `mechanics_lien`, `judgment_lien`, `lis_pendens`, `other_lien`. |
| `includeReleases` | Set `false` for new liens and active filings only; terminations and releases are excluded. |
| `dateFrom` / `dateTo` | Recorded-date window in `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty dates mean the last 30 days on a browse run and the last five years on a name search. |
| `maxFilings` | Maximum unique records to return and charge. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run. |

Leave all search fields empty to browse the newest recordings in the selected categories.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "debtorNames": ["SMITH"],
  "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "judgment_lien", "lis_pendens"],
  "dateFrom": "2026-01-01",
  "maxFilings": 25
}
```

### Coverage and freshness

- **Jurisdiction**: Orange County, California.
- **Record families**: UCC-1 and the UCC-3 chain, federal tax liens, state and county tax liens, mechanics and construction liens, judgments, abstracts of judgment, lis pendens, writs and other statutory liens.
- **Source**: Orange 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.
- **History**: the county's public name index covers recordings from 1963 to present.

### Output

```json
{
  "record_id": "2026000280718",
  "document_number": "2026000280718",
  "instrument_number": null,
  "prior_document_date": null,
  "doc_type": "ASGT TRUST DEED; ASSIGNMENT LSE; ASSIGNMENT RNT; UCC - F S",
  "doc_type_code": "762",
  "filing_type": "ucc_initial",
  "filing_type_label": "UCC initial financing statement",
  "lien_category": "ucc",
  "lien_category_label": "UCC / secured interest",
  "is_release": false,
  "recorded_date": "2026-10-06",
  "recorded_year": 2026,
  "page_count": 3,
  "debtor_name": "SMBC MANUBANK",
  "debtor_names": "SMBC MANUBANK; MANUFACTURERS BANK",
  "debtor_count": 2,
  "secured_party_name": "BANK OF HOPE",
  "secured_party_names": "BANK OF HOPE; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TR",
  "secured_party_count": 2,
  "grantor_name": "SMBC MANUBANK",
  "grantor_names": "SMBC MANUBANK; MANUFACTURERS BANK",
  "grantee_name": "BANK OF HOPE",
  "grantee_names": "BANK OF HOPE; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TR",
  "party_direction": "grantor_debtor",
  "party_roles": "SMBC MANUBANK | Grantor; MANUFACTURERS BANK | Grantor; BANK OF HOPE | Grantee; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TR | Grantee",
  "party_count": 4,
  "amount": null,
  "amount_raw": null,
  "amount_source": null,
  "city": "NO TRANS TAX",
  "lot": null,
  "tract": null,
  "legal_description": "NO TRANS TAX",
  "property_description": "NO TRANS TAX",
  "transfer_tax_amount": 0,
  "book": null,
  "volume": null,
  "page": null,
  "book_volume_page": null,
  "document_url": "https://cr.occlerkrecorder.gov/RecorderWorksInternet/?ln=en",
  "county": "Orange",
  "state": "CA",
  "source": "Orange County Clerk-Recorder (California)",
  "source_page": "https://cr.occlerkrecorder.gov/RecorderWorksInternet/?ln=en",
  "source_url": "https://cr.occlerkrecorder.gov/RecorderWorksInternet/?ln=en",
  "search_role": "new_filings",
  "search_term": null,
  "search_terms": "types=ucc,tax_lien,mechanics_lien,judgment_lien,lis_pendens,other_lien; releases=true; 2026-09-21..2026-10-21",
  "search_type": "browse",
  "match_type": "browse",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-21T18:00:00.000Z",
  "confidence": 0.98
}
```

Orange County does not publish a lien amount on the free public index, so `amount` is `null` rather than guessed. `transfer_tax_amount` is published separately and is not treated as a lien amount.

### Pricing

- **$0.03 per returned record** (`result` event).
- **$0.003 actor start** event, charged once per run at 512 MB.
- **$0.033 minimum** total charge.
- No charge for a run that returns no records. An uncharged error row explains why.

### FAQ

**Does this cover the California Secretary of State UCC system?**
No. This actor is dedicated to the Orange County Clerk-Recorder index. California statewide UCC filings are a separate source.

**Does it include federal and state tax liens?**
Yes. Federal tax-lien notices and state or county tax-lien notices are separate categories and can be filtered.

**Can I get only new liens and exclude releases?**
Yes. Set `includeReleases` to `false`. UCC terminations, UCC releases and lis-pendens releases are excluded.

**Are debtor and secured party separated?**
Yes. UCC initial filings, continuations and amendments put the debtor on the grantor side and the secured party on the grantee side. Mechanics liens, tax liens, judgments and other liens put the debtor, owner or taxpayer on the grantor side and the claimant or creditor on the grantee side. Lis pendens put the plaintiff on the grantor side and the defendants on the grantee side. Terminations and releases are resolved against the prior instrument when the county publishes it.

**Does it return document images?**
No. The actor returns the public index record and a link to the county's search page. Images and certified copies are ordered from the county.

**Is this an FCRA consumer report?**
No. It is public-record research for business, credit, legal and due-diligence workflows. Do not use it for credit, employment, tenant or other FCRA eligibility decisions.

### Related LienIntel actors

- `ucc-new-filings-co`, `ucc-new-filings-ct` and `ucc-new-filings-or` for state UCC new-filing feeds.
- `arizona-ucc-filings-search`, `arkansas-ucc-filings-search`, `idaho-ucc-filings-search`, `kentucky-ucc-filings-search`, `new-mexico-ucc-filings-search`, `rhode-island-ucc-filings-search` and `wisconsin-ucc-debtor-search` for state UCC searches.
- `harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings`, `johnson-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings`, `wayne-county-mi-lien-filings`, `stark-county-oh-lien-filings`, `berks-county-pa-ucc-filings`, `arapahoe-county-co-lien-filings`, `pitkin-county-co-lien-filings`, `kent-county-de-lien-filings`, `suffolk-county-ny-lien-filings`, `nassau-county-ny-lien-filings`, `tompkins-county-ny-lien-filings`, `utah-county-ut-lien-filings` and `alaska-recorder-ucc-lien-filings` for other county recorder indexes.
- `colorado-farm-products-efs-liens` and `oregon-farm-products-efs-liens` for farm-product EFS liens.

### Legal

The actor reads publicly available Orange County recorder index data. It does not download document images, does not bypass a login or captcha, and does not provide legal or credit advice. Verify every record against the official county source before relying on it for a legal, lending or collection decision.

# Actor input Schema

## `debtorNames` (type: `array`):

Names to search on the debtor, defendant or owner side, up to 20. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH, PATEL or 33 WEST MAIN. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.

## `securedPartyNames` (type: `array`):

Names to search on the secured-party, plaintiff, grantee or creditor side, up to 20. For example INTERNAL REVENUE, SOLAR MOSAIC or a contractor name. Releases and terminations are also matched by the releasing party.

## `documentNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact Orange County Clerk-Recorder document numbers, up to 20, for example 2026000270379. Spaces and hyphens are ignored.

## `lienTypes` (type: `array`):

Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, judgment_lien, lis_pendens, other_lien. Leave empty for all categories.

## `includeReleases` (type: `boolean`):

Include UCC terminations and releases, lis-pendens releases and lien removals. Turn off to return only new liens and active filings.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

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` (type: `string`):

Latest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for today.

## `maxFilings` (type: `integer`):

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.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "lienTypes": [
    "ucc",
    "tax_lien",
    "mechanics_lien",
    "judgment_lien",
    "lis_pendens",
    "other_lien"
  ],
  "includeReleases": true,
  "maxFilings": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per recorded Orange County lien, judgment, lis pendens or UCC filing with document number, type, recorded date, debtor and secured party, property data and a public source link.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings").call(input);

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    console.dir(item);
});

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```

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```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
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    print(item)

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```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lienintel/orange-county-ca-lien-filings"
        }
    }
}
```

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