{"id":7873,"date":"2025-07-22T19:41:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/?page_id=7873"},"modified":"2025-07-22T19:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:41:50","slug":"public-records-requests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/public-records-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Records Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All of the records maintained by the Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds are public record and all records &#8211; from the first in 1640 to the present day &#8211; are available to be viewed, downloaded, and printed on our website free of charge or in person at the Registry. You can access the records from our homepage either using the simplified&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/salemdeeds.com\/salemdeeds\/HomeOwnersSearch2.aspx\">Homeowner\u2019s Search<\/a>&nbsp;or the advanced&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/salemdeeds.com\/salemdeeds\/DefaultSearch2.aspx\">Search Our Records<\/a>&nbsp;page.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For assistance finding your record you can contact our Customer Service team by phone at 978-542-1704 Monday through Friday 8:00 am &#8211; 4:30 pm or by&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/salemdeeds.com\/salemdeeds\/CSPage.aspx\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main function of the Registry of Deeds is to maintain and provide access to public records; therefor requests for documents do not necessitate a formal Public Records Request unless the request is for data extractions beyond the normal use of our website or physical records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Records Access Officer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vincent Phelan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Southern Essex Registry of Deeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100 Cummings Center, Suite 206-C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beverly, MA 01915<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>salemrao@sec.state.ma.us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.state.ma.us\/divisions\/public-records\/public-records.htm\">Learn more at the Secretary of State\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of the records maintained by the Southern Essex District Registry of Deeds are public record and all records &#8211; from the first in 1640 to the present day &#8211; are available to be viewed, downloaded, and printed on our website free of charge or in person at the Registry. You can access the records &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Public Records Requests\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/public-records-requests\/#more-7873\" aria-label=\"Read more about Public Records Requests\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7873","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/essexsouth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}