How to Search a Property When You Only Have the Street Address

Sep 17

2 min read

If all you have is a street address, you can often use it as the starting point for a property-title search. The important step is not stopping at the address: confirm the legal parcel before ordering the final document.

Why one address can return several results

A single address can be associated with multiple lots, strata or community-title lots, car spaces, storage lots, access parcels or adjoining land. Rural properties can also comprise several titles.

What to compare before ordering

Check the suburb, lot number, plan number, title or folio reference and any unit details shown in the results. Where a contract is available, compare those identifiers with the contract.

What if the address has changed?

Street addressing and registered parcel identifiers serve different purposes. An older or alternative address may still relate to the same legal parcel, so the lot, plan and title reference are the stronger identifiers once located.

Frequently asked questions

Why did my address return several titles?

The address may cover multiple legal parcels, units, car spaces or adjoining land.

What if I cannot tell which lot is correct?

Compare the legal description with your contract or existing records, or ask your conveyancer.

Before relying on the result

A title search is not a complete due-diligence report and does not establish a physical boundary on the ground. Separate planning, council, survey or legal enquiries may be needed depending on your purpose.

Official sources

Titles Queensland · NSW Land Registry Services · Land.Vic · Landgate · Land Services SA · Service Tasmania · Access Canberra · Northern Territory Land Titles Office. Last reviewed: 8 September 2026.

A title search reports information recorded in the relevant land-title register at the time represented by the search. Later dealings may change the register.

Title Now is an independent property-document ordering service. It is not a government department, land registry, law firm, conveyancing practice or surveying business. This information is general and does not constitute legal, conveyancing, planning or surveying advice.