Richland County OH Liens: UCC, Tax & Mechanics

Search Richland County, Ohio recorded liens by debtor, lender or document number. Get county-recorded UCC fixture filings and terminations, federal tax liens and releases, mechanics liens and releases, workers-compensation premium liens, lis pendens and releases with debtor and secured-party names, recording dates, amounts, legal descriptions, book/page and the prior-document chain as flat rows.

Richland County is a separate Ohio recording jurisdiction with its own Recorder index. It is not the Ohio Secretary of State UCC system, and it is not Stark, Tuscarawas, Clermont, Fayette or any other county recorder actor. Data comes from the Richland County Recorder's public online index and returns the recorded lien families that a statewide UCC feed does not publish.

Here is one real record from this actor.

{
  "record_id": "202500003008",
  "document_number": "202500003008",
  "instrument_number": "202500003008",
  "doc_type": "RELMECHLIEN",
  "doc_type_code": "RML",
  "filing_type": "mechanics_lien_release",
  "filing_type_label": "Mechanics lien release",
  "lien_category": "mechanics_lien",
  "lien_category_label": "Mechanics lien",
  "is_release": true,
  "recorded_date": "2025-04-02",
  "recorded_datetime": "2025-04-02 12:24:40",
  "recorded_year": 2025,
  "document_date": "2025-04-01",
  "debtor_name": "SMITH MICHAEL",
  "debtor_names": "SMITH MICHAEL",
  "debtor_count": 1,
  "secured_party_name": "JAMISON WELL DRILLING INC",
  "secured_party_names": "JAMISON WELL DRILLING INC; SALTZGABER DRILLING COMPANY",
  "secured_party_count": 2,
  "grantor_name": "JAMISON WELL DRILLING INC",
  "grantor_names": "JAMISON WELL DRILLING INC; SALTZGABER DRILLING COMPANY",
  "grantee_name": "SMITH MICHAEL",
  "grantee_names": "SMITH MICHAEL",
  "party_direction": "grantee_debtor",
  "direction_source": "published",
  "party_roles": "JAMISON WELL DRILLING INC | Grantor; SALTZGABER DRILLING COMPANY | Grantor; SMITH MICHAEL | Grantee",
  "party_count": 3,
  "book_type": "OR",
  "book": "3025",
  "page": "4751",
  "book_page": "3025/4751",
  "page_count": 3,
  "signature_page": 2,
  "legal_description_page": null,
  "amount": null,
  "amount_source": null,
  "legal_description": "WASHINGTON TWP T20 R18 | Remarks: NE S23 4.77 ACR",
  "municipality": "WASHINGTON TWP T20 R18",
  "related_document_number": "202400003836",
  "related_document_type": "MECHLIEN",
  "related_recorded_date": "2024-04-24",
  "related_book": null,
  "related_page": null,
  "marginal_reference_count": 1,
  "instrument_status": "Recorded and Verified",
  "county": "Richland",
  "state": "OH",
  "source": "Richland County Recorder (Ohio)",
  "source_page": "https://www.richlandcountyoh.gov/departments/recorder/",
  "source_url": "https://www.richlandcountyoh.gov/departments/recorder/",
  "search_url": "https://countyfusion13.kofiletech.us/countyweb/loginDisplay.action?countyname=RichlandOH",
  "search_role": "debtor",
  "search_term": "SMITH",
  "search_terms": "types=ucc,tax_lien,mechanics_lien,workers_comp_lien,lis_pendens; releases=true; 2024-10-21..2026-10-21",
  "search_type": "name",
  "match_type": "debtor",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-22T00:27:54.525Z",
  "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 Richland County document number.
• Debtor and secured-party detail: every published grantor and grantee, with the recorder's role labels.
• Accurate party direction: initial UCC fixture filings, federal tax liens, mechanics liens, workers-comp premium liens and continuations keep the debtor, owner or employer on the grantor side. Terminations and releases reverse that direction: the releasing secured party or agency is the grantor and the debtor is the grantee. Lis pendens party order is not consistent enough to assert a debtor, so those records are marked mixed and keep both published sides. A small number of UCC fixture records are recorded with the lender on the grantor side; the actor detects that case with a lender-name check, swaps the sides and marks direction_source=lender_heuristic.
• Recording data: document number, document type, recorded date and time, book type, book/page, page count, signature page and legal-description page when published.
• Money: the consideration or lien amount when the county publishes one, with amount_source.
• Chain context: the prior or related document number, type, book/page and date from the annotation/reference section, so you can connect a termination or release to its original filing.
• Legal description: the published municipality, township, lot, acreage and remarks.
• Release flags: UCC terminations, tax-lien releases, mechanics-lien releases, workers-comp releases and lis-pendens releases are marked so you can separate active liens from paid-off filings.
• Search context: the search term, search side and search type that produced the record.

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 Richland County document number
document_number	string	Richland County recorded document number, for example 202600012435
instrument_number	string	Instrument number; same as the document number in Richland County
doc_type	string	Document type as published, for example FIX FILING, TERM FX, FTAX, MECHLIEN, CERTPREMDUE or LIS PENDENS
doc_type_code	string	Normalized type code, for example UCCFIX, UCCFIXC, UCCFIXT, FTL, FTR, ML, RML, LP, RLP, WCL, WCLC or WCR
filing_type	string	Normalized filing type, for example ucc_fixture, ucc_termination, tax_lien, tax_lien_release, mechanics_lien, workers_comp_lien or lis_pendens
filing_type_label	string	Human-readable filing type
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, workers_comp_lien or lis_pendens
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable lien category
is_release	boolean	True for UCC terminations, tax-lien releases, mechanics-lien releases, workers-comp 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 2026-10-20 14:23:05, 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 grantor name on the mapped debtor side
debtor_names	string	All debtor, owner, employer or grantor 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 or grantee name on the mapped secured-party side
secured_party_names	string	All secured-party, lien-claimant, agency or grantee 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 or mixed
direction_source	string	How the party direction was chosen: published (the recorder published that order) or lender_heuristic (a UCC fixture record with the lender on the grantor side was swapped)
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	integer	Signature page number when the county publishes one
legal_description_page	string	Legal-description page number when the county publishes one
amount	number	Consideration or lien amount in USD when the county publishes one
amount_source	string	Where the amount came from, for example consideration
legal_description	string	Legal description as published, including municipality and remarks
municipality	string	Municipality or township named at the start of the legal description when published
related_document_number	string	Prior or related document number published in the annotation/reference section, for example the original UCC on a termination
related_document_type	string	Type of the related document, for example FIX FILING or MECHLIEN
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 annotation/reference document numbers on the record
instrument_status	string	Recording status as published, for example Recorded and Verified
county	string	Richland
state	string	OH
source	string	Richland County Recorder (Ohio)
source_page	string	Official Richland County Recorder page
source_url	string	Official Richland County Recorder department page
search_url	string	Public Richland 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 document 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, employer or grantor 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, creditor or grantee side, up to 20. For example INTERNAL REVENUE, GOODLEAP or a contractor name. Releases and terminations are also matched by the releasing party.
documentNumbers	array	no	(none)	Exact Richland County recorded document numbers, up to 20, for example 202600012435 or 202600012309. The actor returns the exact document number, not prefix matches.
lienTypes	array	no	["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "w	Categories to include. Allowed values: ucc, tax_lien, mechanics_lien, workers_comp_lien, lis_pendens. Leave empty for all categories.
includeReleases	boolean	no	true	Include UCC terminations, federal tax-lien releases, mechanics-lien releases, workers-comp 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 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:

{
  "debtorNames": [
    "SMITH"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "2024-10-21",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-21",
  "maxFilings": 3,
  "lienTypes": [
    "ucc",
    "tax_lien",
    "mechanics_lien",
    "workers_comp_lien",
    "lis_pendens"
  ],
  "includeReleases": true
}

Use cases

• Find mechanics lien releases and workers comp liens around Mansfield, Ohio.
• Commercial lenders and credit teams: monitor a borrower or lender name for new secured-party activity.
• Collections and recovery: surface federal tax liens, workers-comp premium liens, mechanics liens and releases against a debtor.
• KYB and due diligence: inspect the parties, recording data, amount and document chain behind a recorded lien.
• Construction and supplier credit: find recorded mechanics liens and releases by owner, contractor or claimant.

Coverage and freshness

Lien families covered

Family	Richland document types	Examples
ucc	FIX FILING, CONT FIX, TERM FX	UCC fixture filings, continuations and terminations recorded with the county
tax_lien	FTAX, RFTX	IRS federal tax liens and releases
mechanics_lien	MECHLIEN, RELMECHLIEN	Construction and supplier mechanics liens and releases
workers_comp_lien	CERTPREMDUE, CONCERTPRED, RELWORKCOMP	Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation premium liens, continuations and releases
lis_pendens	LIS PENDENS, REL LIS PEN	Pending-suit notices and releases

Deeds, mortgages, mortgage satisfactions, assignments of mortgage, leases, easements, plats, powers of attorney, notices of commencement, tax-certificate transfers, subordinations and other non-lien instruments are not returned. OJFS / Ohio Job and Family Services records, child-support, family-support, CSE, Medicaid, welfare, divorce, custody, paternity and protection-order records are consumer-sensitive and are filtered out.

A recent 30-day window contained 236 target lien, UCC, tax, mechanics, workers-comp and lis-pendens records; the index was current through the run date.

This is public-record research, not an FCRA consumer report. Use it for business, credit, title and due-diligence research. Verify any record against the official county image before making a legal or lending decision.

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 "Richland County Ohio lien", "Richland County recorder" and "Richland 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:

• Clermont County OH Liens: UCC, Tax & Mechanics: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Ohio
• Fayette County OH Lien Filings: UCC, Tax & Mechanics: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Ohio
• Hancock County OH Lien Filings: UCC, Tax & Mechanics: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Ohio
• Madison County OH Liens: UCC, Tax, Mechanics & Workers Comp: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Ohio

FAQ

Is this a consumer credit report?

No. It returns public recorded documents for research and workflow automation. It is not a consumer report under the FCRA and must not be used to decide credit, employment, housing or insurance eligibility.

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.

What can I filter by?

The input accepts debtorNames, securedPartyNames, documentNumbers, lienTypes, includeReleases, dateFrom and dateTo. The Input and filters section explains each one.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes. Create an Apify schedule for the actor, then send the dataset to your database, a spreadsheet or a webhook.

Run it through the Apify API

Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lienintel~richland-county-oh-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "dateFrom": "2024-10-21", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "maxFilings": 3, "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "workers_comp_lien", "lis_pendens"], "includeReleases": true}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/richland-county-oh-lien-filings --input '{"debtorNames": ["SMITH"], "dateFrom": "2024-10-21", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "maxFilings": 3, "lienTypes": ["ucc", "tax_lien", "mechanics_lien", "workers_comp_lien", "lis_pendens"], "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.