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Is there a separate deed for a house versus the property? This is Dave at TitleSearch.com. We had a question from a client today. They had a title search that they received and they had the deed and all the property information for the parcel, but they were wondering, where's the deed for the house that's on the land? Well, in most cases, the house is an attachment to the land. It's part of the improvements of that real estate. So just because the legal description describes the land, it also includes the attached property or the improvements on that land. There's some exceptions to that. One of them would be a mobile home. Sometimes a mobile home is a separate asset. In that case, it's a vehicle. It's not really part of the real estate. It has a title just like a vehicle would. So the deed may not reflect that depending upon if it's attached or non-attached or what the legalities of that particular piece of real estate are. But there's no separate deed for a house. When you buy a piece of property, normally you get one deed. It covers all the property there. If there's any sheds or carports or houses, it's all included. You don't need another deed. So it's an interesting question. You don't need a deed for every separate structure on a piece of real estate. There's exceptions to that, whether it's air rights or other on a typical residential single family home, the deed covers all of what's on that property. If you have questions about running a title search on real estate, you can reach us at our website at title search dot com.