Protection

Property records redaction

A separate filing with your county recorder or assessor that redacts your home address from publicly indexed property records. Most county recorders publish deed and tax data online by default.

What this protection actually does

Property records are the highest-leverage source of address leak after data brokers. When you buy a house, the deed transfer is recorded with the county and indexed on the recorder's public website within days. Brokers scrape it. From there, your name and home address are linked publicly forever.

Property-records redaction is a separate filing track from your agency public-records election. The agency election shields your work records. The property records redaction shields your county recorder, county assessor, and county treasurer files.

How to invoke

The mechanics vary state by state but generally follow this pattern:

Confirm you're a covered person under the state's property-records statute.
File the affidavit or request form with the county where you own real property.
Some states require court approval (Arizona, e.g., requires presiding-judge sign-off). Others let the recorder act on the affidavit alone.
The redaction usually applies to the searchable index — your name still appears in the underlying scanned deed image, but it stops showing in the property-search portal.

Texas Form 50-284 (Tax Code §25.025) is the canonical example. Wide coverage: peace officers, jailers, TDCJ, federal judges, state judges, US Marshals, DAs, firefighters, EMS, customs/border patrol officers, and many others. File with the county appraisal district.

What it doesn't reach

Property records redaction binds the county. It doesn't bind:

Existing scrapes. Brokers that already have your name and address from before you filed. Removing the data from the recorder's portal doesn't pull it back from Spokeo.
The deed image itself. The redaction is usually in the searchable index, not in the underlying scanned PDF. A determined searcher can sometimes still find it via direct image lookup.
Other counties. If you own property in two counties, file with both.
Title companies and title insurance records. Those are private but cached.

We sweep the broker side that the county redaction can't reach. Filing the property-records redaction is the slow, durable layer; the broker sweep is the layer that runs every two weeks.

State-by-state coverage

Per-state protection level for property records. Tap any state for the full state guide.

Strong coverage

Alabama

[Ala. Code §41-13-7.1](https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-41/chapter-13/article-1/section-41-13-7-1/) — agency request form reaches property records.

Arizona

[Ariz. Rev. Stat. §11-484](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/11/00484.htm) — court-supervised redaction, 5-year terms.

California

[Cal. Govt. Code §6254.21, §6254.24](https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-1/division-7/chapter-3.5/article-1/section-6254.21/) — property tax and recorder redaction.

Colorado

[Colo. Rev. Stat. §18-9-313](https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-18/article-9/part-3/section-18-9-313/) — protected persons may demand internet redaction from recorder/assessor/treasurer.

Florida

[F.S. §119.071(4)(d)](https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0100-0199/0119/Sections/0119.071.html) — property records covered under same statute as personnel records.

Georgia

[Ga. Code §50-18-78](https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/title-50/chapter-18/article-4/section-50-18-78/) — written request to local government, mandatory online form.

Illinois

[5 ILCS 347/15](https://www.ilga.gov/ftp/Public%20Acts/104/104-0443.htm) — Public Official Safety and Privacy Act covers property records.

Indiana

[Ind. Code §36-1-8.5-7](https://law.justia.com/codes/indiana/title-36/article-1/chapter-8-5/section-36-1-8-5-7/) — covered person may submit written request to restrict home address access.

Maryland

[Md. Code Real Prop. §3-114](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/laws/StatuteText?article=grp&section=3-114) — ACP/Judicial ACP participants may shield real property records.

Minnesota

[Minn. Stat. §5B.05(d); §13.045](https://www.sos.mn.gov/safe-at-home/about-safe-at-home/) — Safe at Home participants file Real Property Notice with government entity.

Nebraska

[Neb. Rev. Stat. §23-3211; §84-712 et seq.](https://revenue.nebraska.gov/sites/default/files/doc/pad/forms/Law_Enforcement_Application_Withhold_Address.pdf) — application to county assessor, 5-year term.

New Jersey

[N.J.S.A. 47:1B-3](https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-47/section-47-1b-3/) — Daniel's Law property protections via OIP secure portal.

North Carolina

[N.C.G.S. §153A-148.2; §160A-208.2 (HB 826)](https://lrs.sog.unc.edu/billsum/h-826-2023-2024) — written request to county/city to remove personal info from websites.

Ohio

[Ohio Rev. Code §319.28(C)(1), §149.45(D)(1)](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-319.28) — designated public service workers submit affidavit to county auditor.

Oklahoma

[68 O.S. §2899.1](https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/title-68/section-68-2899-1/) — court order based on sworn affidavit; elected officials, peace officers, ACP participants.

South Carolina

[S.C. Code §30-2-510, §30-2-710](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/3736.htm) — notarized request to each government entity holding records.

Tennessee

[Tenn. Code §10-7-504(f); §67-5-517](https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/title-10/chapter-7/part-5/section-10-7-504/) — assessor unlists name from online searchable database.

Texas

[Tex. Tax Code §25.025](https://law.justia.com/codes/texas/tax-code/title-1/subtitle-d/chapter-25/section-25-025/) — peace officers, families, judges, firefighters, EMS, federal LE. Form 50-284.

Utah

[Utah Code §63G-2-305](https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S305.html) — GRAMA at-risk government-employee classification covers property records.

Washington

[RCW 40.24.030(1)](https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=40.24.030) — ACP-based property protection via revocable living trust.

Wisconsin

[Wis. Stat. §59.43(1r)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/acts/2023/235) — judicial officers submit written request to register of deeds.

Moderate coverage

District of Columbia

[D.C. Code §4-555.05(d)(2)](https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/2-534) — ACP participants may have OTR omit name from online indexes.

Iowa

[Iowa Code §331.604(2)](https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/iacode/2001/331/604.html) — property records redaction via ACP.

Louisiana

[La. R.S. 44:5(B)(11) (Act 495 of 2024)](https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=962797) — automatic confidentiality of public-employee home addresses.

Maine

[33 M.R.S.A. §651-B](https://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/33/title33sec651-B.html) — register of deeds privacy procedure available at no fee.

Massachusetts

[M.G.L. c.4 §7 cl. 26(o), (p)](https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleI/Chapter4/Section7) — personnel exemption extends to property records.

Mississippi

[Miss. Code §25-61-12](https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/title-25/chapter-61/section-25-61-12/) — public-records exemption covers property records.

Montana

[Form AB-NonDisc, MT Dept of Revenue](https://revenuefiles.mt.gov/files/Forms/Request-for-Nondisclosure-of-Property-Record-Information-Form-AB-NonDisc.pdf) — Request for Nondisclosure of Property Record Information.

Nevada

[NRS 250.130; NRS 250.140](https://law.justia.com/codes/nevada/chapter-250/statute-250-130/) — court order based on sworn affidavit, or ACP fictitious address.

New Mexico

[NMSA §1-1-27.1; NMAC 1.10.37](https://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/chapter-1/article-1/section-1-1-27-1/) — public officials may file Address Confidentiality Request.

New York

[NY Exec. Law §108](https://dos.ny.gov/ACP) — ACP plus county recorder redaction options. No officer-specific property statute.

North Dakota

[N.D.C.C. §44-04-18.3(5)](https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t44c04.pdf) — written request, renewed annually.

Virginia

[Va. Code §18.2-186.4:1](https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter6/section18.2-186.4:1/) — public officials may petition circuit court to prohibit internet publication.

Weak coverage

Alaska

[Anchorage municipal ordinance](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2025/04/22/new-anchorage-law-lets-police-firefighters-and-first-responders-keep-property-records-from-public-database/) — no state-wide statute.

Arkansas