How to find a property owner’s phone number

1. 01

   The county property appraiser

   Search the county’s property records by the address. The record names the owner and the mailing address the tax bill goes to.

   Pros

   Free and official, and the mailing address tells you whether the owner lives there or somewhere else.

   Cons

   No phone numbers. Every county site works a little differently, and you search one property at a time.

2. 02

   Searching the owner’s name

   Search the owner’s name with the mailing address’s city and state in a people-search directory or a search engine, then compare age, relatives and past addresses.

   Pros

   Free for one owner, and you judge every match yourself.

   Cons

   Slow. Common names and old listings make it easy to call the wrong person, and nothing tells you whether a number is still theirs.

3. 03

   An address-only lookup

   Enter just the street address and get the people who live there, with their numbers. The free lookup works this way when you leave the name blank.

   Pros

   Fast, no name needed, and right for a home the owner lives in.

   Cons

   It reaches the residents, including tenants. For a rental that is the tenant, not the owner.

4. 04

   The state business registry, for an LLC

   If a company owns the house, search it in the state’s business registry: in Florida, the Division of Corporations’ Sunbiz. Annual reports often list the managers or managing members (LLC owner lookup).

   Pros

   Official and free, and it names the people behind the company.

   Cons

   The registered agent is usually a filing service or a lawyer, some states don’t list managers, and one company can own another.

5. 05

   A skip trace

   Send the owner’s name and mailing address, for one owner or a whole list, and get back the best phone numbers for each.

   Pros

   Seconds per owner at list scale. The best number (Phone 1) comes with its line type, the caller name (CNAM) checked against the owner, and a DNC flag against your list and ours.

   Cons

   It costs money past the free records, it still needs the owner from the county record, and no source finds everyone: some owners come back with no phone number.

• Owner

  The caller name matches the owner. Dial these first.

• Household

  The caller name shares the owner’s surname: often a spouse or relative at the same address. Ask for the owner by name.

• Not the owner

  The caller name belongs to someone else, often a past resident or a reassigned number. Skip it.

• No name

  No caller name came back for the number, so the check can’t say either way. Ask for the owner by name.

A fictional example with masked numbers, not real people. The group is how the trace page sorts Phone 1, not a column in the export: choose “Owner’s own line only” there and you export only the owner matches. The group, the line type and the DNC flag are for Phone 1; Phone 2 and Phone 3, when a row has them, come without their own. The line type tells you whether you are dialing a mobile or a landline. The standard trace doesn’t ask the carrier live; Verified (+2¢ a record) adds a paid live carrier check.

• Florida Department of Revenue, Florida Property Tax Data Portal: statewide property tax data compiled by the Department; every county property appraiser also publishes its own records.
• Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations (Sunbiz): Florida’s business registry, where a company’s filings and annual reports are public.
• FTC, Q&A for Telemarketers & Sellers About DNC Provisions in TSR: who must use the National Do Not Call Registry, and how often to update from it.
• The federal rules cited in the FAQ, from the eCFR: 16 CFR 310.4 and 47 CFR 64.1200.

The Department of Revenue, FTC and eCFR pages were read on September 29, 2026. This guide is not legal advice.