Blog · October 14, 2026 · Illinois
Washington Property Search: finding who owns a parcel
Property records for land near North Pekin are a few clicks away.
Main page: Tazewell County, IL GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, county facts and neighboring maps).
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For a parcel near Deer Creek, the Washington property search returns the owner of record, a mailing address and a parcel number. Covered here for Washington: which viewer to use, what trusts, estates and LLCs mean, and how to confirm with the deed.
Getting started with the Washington property search
The Tazewell County ArcGIS parcel map is the free tool for this; try the address first, then the owner's name.
Where the parcel data lives
Go first to the Tazewell County ArcGIS parcel map; it maps every tax parcel around North Pekin and Morton. For land near North Pekin, enter a street address, an owner's name or a parcel number, then pick the result to center the map on it. For land near East Peoria, write down the parcel ID before closing the panel; every office in the county will want it.
City limits and county records
Washington lies within Tazewell County, Illinois, and the county assessor maps its lots. If the land is near Deer Creek, city or town hall handles matters such as zoning, permits and utilities inside its limits, while the county keeps the tax map. Acreage past the city limits toward North Pekin generally falls under county rules rather than the town's.
Places you'll see on the map
Pekin is the county seat, home to the main records offices. Other places on the map include East Peoria, Morton, Deer Creek, and Creve Coeur, where town lots give way to larger tracts. Roughly 129,541 people live in Tazewell County (Census Bureau estimate, 2023) across some 646 square miles. Tazewell County was organized in 1827, and some chains of title near Morton are long.
Legal descriptions in Illinois
Illinois uses the Public Land Survey System, so rural legal descriptions near North Pekin cite section, township and range. Each section is nominally a mile square, about 640 acres, and a township holds 36 of them, though sections near East Peoria can be irregular. Write down the legal description for the tract near Morton before you request a deed or survey.
Which office to call
Anything recorded against property around North Pekin come from the county Recorder of Deeds (in many counties the County Clerk and Recorder), usually searchable by name or document number. Questions about what you can build around Morton need the planning or permitting office, town or county, depending on location.
Reading the owner field
Out toward North Pekin, the owner field shows who the tax bill names, which may be a person, a trust, a company or an estate. An estate listed as owner near Deer Creek often points to an open probate, and the executor handles questions.
Confirming with the deed
Use the book and page or instrument number from the record near Deer Creek so the lookup is fast; hire a title company before money changes hands.
What the map can't tell you
Acreage on the record is an assessed number; only a licensed surveyor can set the real boundary on land around Creve Coeur. For a parcel near Deer Creek, records update in batches, so a deed recorded last month can take weeks to appear.
Backing up the map with records
The map is an index, not the title: deeds, subdivision plats and easements covering ground around Marquette Heights sit with the county Recorder of Deeds (in many counties the County Clerk and Recorder). Long-held tracts near North Pekin can go back through several deeds, and a title company can sort it out on a real sale.
Context from nearby lots
Look at adjoining lots near North Pekin to see who owns the neighboring land; that's handy for easements and access.
Taking the map into the field
The parcel map usually runs in a mobile browser, which helps when you're standing on land near Creve Coeur, so load it before you lose signal. A printout of the tract near Marquette Heights keeps working without signal.
When a parcel crosses a boundary
Tazewell County touches Fulton County, Logan County, McLean County, Mason County, and Peoria County; every one of them runs a separate parcel map. Acreage along the edge near Morton may show up across two assessors' files, so open the neighboring map as well. Closer to East Peoria, our state page links each bordering county map for Illinois.
Reaching an owner
A short letter to the mailing address on the record gets more replies than a cold call for property around Morton.
Values and taxes
Many records show assessed value and taxes for land near Morton; questions about value go to the Supervisor of Assessments, working with township assessors.
Frequently asked
Why is a deceased person listed as owner around Marquette Heights?
Out toward Creve Coeur, it usually means title hasn't passed yet after the owner's death; the probate court record names them.
Can I search by owner name around North Pekin?
Closer to Marquette Heights, most viewers allow owner-name search, often last name first.
Can I find a property owner for free in Washington?
Generally, the Tazewell County ArcGIS parcel map lists owners at no cost; just search or click the parcel.
What if an LLC owns the land near Morton?
For property near North Pekin, look up the company in the state registry.
What's a legal description around North Pekin?
For land near Morton, Deeds use lot and block, metes and bounds or survey descriptions; copy it for any survey or title request.
Open the official Tazewell County, IL parcel map See it in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.