Wayne County MI Lien Filings: Debtors, Lenders & Tax Liens

Search recorded liens and secured-interest filings in Wayne County, Michigan: the Detroit metro, by debtor or creditor name. Get the parties, document type, recording date, parcel number, legal description and book/page reference as flat rows.

Wayne County records Michigan state tax liens, U.S. tax liens, UCC fixture filings, judgment liens, mechanics and claim-of-lien filings, and lis pendens. This actor turns that public index into structured rows you can load into a CRM, a spreadsheet or a credit workflow.

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

{
  "record_id": "2025190383",
  "document_number": "2025190383",
  "instrument_number": "2025190383",
  "doc_type": "JUDGMENT",
  "doc_type_code": "JDG",
  "doc_group": "RP",
  "lien_category": "judgments",
  "lien_category_label": "Judgment lien",
  "is_release": false,
  "recorded_date": "2025-06-13",
  "instrument_date": "2025-02-20",
  "debtor_name": "SMITH",
  "debtor_names": "SMITH",
  "debtor_count": 1,
  "secured_party_name": "SMITH",
  "secured_party_names": "SMITH",
  "secured_party_count": 1,
  "grantor_name": "SMITH",
  "grantor_names": "SMITH",
  "grantee_name": "SMITH",
  "grantee_names": "SMITH",
  "party_direction": "grantor_debtor",
  "parcel_numbers": null,
  "legal_description": null,
  "book": "59604",
  "volume": null,
  "page": "1446",
  "book_volume_page": "--/59604/1446",
  "page_count": 7,
  "county": "Wayne",
  "state": "MI",
  "source": "Wayne County Register of Deeds (Michigan)",
  "search_role": "party",
  "search_term": "SMITH",
  "search_terms": "categories=tax,judgments,mechanics; role=any; 2025-01-01..2026-10-21",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-21T04:31:38.304Z"
}

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

• Debtor and creditor parties: every grantor and grantee on the filing, plus a derived debtor name and secured-party name.
• Lien category: ucc, tax, judgments, mechanics or lis_pendens, with the county's own document type and code.
• Recording history: recorded date, instrument date, document number and instrument number.
• Property context: parcel number, legal description, book/volume/page and page count.
• Release flag: releases, terminations and withdrawals are marked so you can separate new liens from payoffs.
• Source traceability: source, source page, search term and observation timestamp on every row.

Each record can carry these 39 fields. A field the source does not publish for a record comes back as null.

Field	Type	Description
record_id	string	County document number, used as the unique record key
document_number	string	Recorded document number
instrument_number	string	Instrument number assigned by the Register of Deeds
doc_type	string	County document type, for example MICHIGAN STATE TAX LIEN or FIXTURE FILING
doc_type_code	string	County document type code, for example MSL or FXF
doc_group	string	County document group, for example RP, FS or TR LIEN
lien_category	string	Normalized category: ucc, tax, judgments, mechanics or lis_pendens
lien_category_label	string	Human-readable category label
is_release	boolean	True for releases, terminations and withdrawals
recorded_date	string	Recording date in YYYY-MM-DD format
instrument_date	string	Instrument date in YYYY-MM-DD format, when published
debtor_name	string	Primary debtor or property owner name
debtor_names	string	All debtor names, joined with semicolons
debtor_count	integer	Number of debtor names
secured_party_name	string	Primary creditor, lender or lien claimant name
secured_party_names	string	All creditor names, joined with semicolons
secured_party_count	integer	Number of creditor names
grantor_name	string	Primary grantor exactly as the county indexed it
grantor_names	string	All grantors, joined with semicolons
grantee_name	string	Primary grantee exactly as the county indexed it
grantee_names	string	All grantees, joined with semicolons
party_direction	string	Which side carries the debtor: grantor_debtor or grantee_debtor
parcel_numbers	string	Parcel or tax identification numbers, joined with semicolons
legal_description	string	Legal description, joined with a pipe
book	string	Liber or book number
volume	string	Volume number
page	string	Page number
book_volume_page	string	Raw book/volume/page string
page_count	integer	Number of pages in the recorded document
county	string	County; always Wayne
state	string	US state; always MI
source	string	Public source name
source_page	string	Public search page
source_url	string	Public source URL
search_role	string	How the record matched: party or new_filings
search_term	string	Party name that matched this record
search_terms	string	Filters used for the run
observed_at	string	Timestamp when the record was observed
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
partyNames	array	no	(none)	Names to search, up to 20. Partial names are supported, for example SMITH, EMBER CAPITAL or WAYNE COUNTY TREASURER. Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated.
partyRole	string	no	"any"	Match the name as grantor, grantee, or either side. Use either side unless you know how the county indexed the filing. Values: any, grantor, grantee.
lienCategories	array	no	(none)	Lien families to include. Leave empty for all of them. UCC covers fixture filings and financing statements; tax covers Michigan and U.S. tax liens and tax-sale certificates; mechanics covers claims of lien.
dateFrom	string	no	(none)	Earliest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for the last 30 days when no search term is given, or the last 10 years when searching by name.
dateTo	string	no	(none)	Latest recorded date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Leave empty for today.
maxFilings	integer	no	25	Maximum number of unique recorded filings to return and charge. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run.

A working example to paste into the Input tab:

{
  "partyNames": [
    "SMITH"
  ],
  "partyRole": "any",
  "lienCategories": [
    "tax",
    "judgments",
    "mechanics"
  ],
  "dateFrom": "2025-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-10-21",
  "maxFilings": 5
}

Use cases

• Monitor Detroit-area lien filings by debtor, lender and tax lien type.
• MCA and ISO brokers: find businesses with new secured filings and identify the incumbent funder.
• Equipment finance, factoring and commercial lenders: monitor competitor lending and new borrower activity.
• Credit, collections and recovery teams: spot tax liens, judgments and claim-of-lien filings.
• Construction suppliers and contractors: track claim-of-lien and mechanics-lien activity.

Coverage and freshness

• Jurisdiction: Wayne County, Michigan (Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Taylor, Westland and the rest of the county).
• Source: the Wayne County Register of Deeds public recorded-document index.
• Records: liens and secured-interest instruments recorded in the county index, including Michigan and U.S. tax liens, UCC fixture filings, judgment liens, claims of lien and lis pendens.
• Not included: deeds, mortgages and plats unless they are part of a lien chain.

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 "Wayne County Michigan lien", "Wayne County recorder" and "Wayne 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:

• Allegan County MI UCC & Lien Records Search: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Michigan
• Jackson County MI UCC, Tax Lien & Judgment Records: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Michigan
• Alaska Recorder UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors & Lenders: county recorded liens and UCC filings in Alaska

FAQ

Is this a consumer credit report?

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

Can I search by creditor instead of debtor?

Yes. Use the grantor/grantee role setting, or leave it on either side.

Can I list every new lien in a date range?

Yes. Leave the names empty and set a recorded-date range.

Does it include releases?

Yes. Releases and terminations are returned and marked with is_release: true so you can filter them out or use them as payoff signals.

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~wayne-county-mi-lien-filings/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"partyNames": ["SMITH"], "partyRole": "any", "lienCategories": ["tax", "judgments", "mechanics"], "dateFrom": "2025-01-01", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "maxFilings": 5}'

With the Apify CLI:

$apify call lienintel/wayne-county-mi-lien-filings --input '{"partyNames": ["SMITH"], "partyRole": "any", "lienCategories": ["tax", "judgments", "mechanics"], "dateFrom": "2025-01-01", "dateTo": "2026-10-21", "maxFilings": 5}'

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.