1. The deed grantee is the company name
The tax mailing address may be a property manager, an accountant, or the registered office. Write the legal name and the suffix before you search. A shortened name will hit the wrong file. The property owner guide is the county half of that copy. Commercial and multifamily rows use the same county documents as a house. The difference is how often the grantee is an entity. This page does not claim a percentage for that.
2. Read the state that actually prints names
Six states are written up in detail because their public records differ:
- Texas shows managers, and members of a member-managed LLC, on the Public Information Report, plus a parent that owns 10 percent or more.
- Florida shows member, manager, and authorized representative titles on Sunbiz. A manager may not be a member.
- California asks Form LLC-12 for each manager, or each member if no manager was appointed.
- New York does not keep member or manager names in the public database.
- Delaware free search shows the file number and the registered agent. The certificate of formation does not have to name members.
- Wyoming articles name the initial registered agent and office, not a member list. Annual reports follow the anniversary month.
The LLC owner guide is the shared method. The glossary defines the titles.
3. A stack of LLCs
If the manager is another LLC, open that company too. Texas is specific: the Public Information Report's "Owned By" section is each parent corporation, LLC, limited partnership, professional association, or financial institution that owns 10 percent or more. Other states may print nothing about a parent. Delaware will not add members because you asked twice. The signer on the deed, with the title under the signature, is a lead from the land record. It is still not the operating agreement.
Is the registered agent the owner keeps the agent, the organizer, and the manager in separate definitions. None of those titles is ownership by itself.
4. Then, and only then, a phone
LLC owner lookup is the product path: you see the company's records and confirm the company before anyone named in the filing is searched. If a source cannot be checked, the page says Locate Next shows the official link and holds the row for review instead of reporting that the company was not found. Skip tracing is how a chosen person gets a contact review. What a match proves still applies to that phone. Locate Next exports only the people you pick. Commercial acquisitions are listed with the other workflows in skip tracing uses.
Common questions
How do I find who owns a commercial property?
Start with the county deed and copy the grantee. If the grantee is a company, search the state registry for that exact name and read the people and titles that state publishes.
What if another LLC is the manager?
Open that entity's filings next. In Texas, a Public Information Report lists a parent that owns 10 percent or more. Delaware's free search will not show members. Stop when the state record stops.
Who signs the deed for an LLC?
The instrument usually prints a name and a title. That is evidence of who signed, in the capacity the deed states. It does not state an ownership percentage.
Sources
- Texas Comptroller, Public Information Report fields. Checked October 22, 2026.
- Delaware Division of Corporations, entity search. Checked October 22, 2026.
- California Secretary of State, field and status definitions. Checked October 22, 2026.
This page is general information, not legal advice.