Homeowners Watch List (HOWL)

Homeowner Watch List (HOWL)
Homeowners may register their property and receive e-mail notification(s) when a deed or any land record affecting their property is recorded and/or filed with the Suffolk County Clerk.
Once registered, this program will electronically alert registered property owners by email when any occurrence related to a land record takes place on their property.
Under New York State law, Counties are required to record all deeds and mortgages that are proper on their face. Permission from the property owner is not needed when recording land documents at the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office. Therefore, property owners may be unaware of any activity on their property until they sell their home, transfer title to a relative, refinance their mortgage, or become subject to a foreclosure action.

Registration Instructions
On the Search Records page on the Clerk’s Kiosk website, enter the property address and select from the dropdown menu. NOTE: If you are searching a condominium you cannot use the property address to search. You must enter the exact Tax Map Number for the property. If you do not have the Tax Map Number you may contact the Town Assessor’s office in which the property is located. (The Search Records page can be accessed by the link at the bottom of this page. Please read the instructions fully before accessing the webpage.)

Click on the house where it is located on the map. (The link will take a few seconds to become available.)

Select “HOWL”.

Please enter your homeowner information and email address above to Register for Homeowner's Watch List (HOWL) and click “Register for HOWL”.
If you have recently purchased the property (within 8-10 weeks) the new deed transferring the property to you may not be recorded yet.

Confirm the entry: The Tax Map Number for the property along with the current owner(s) will display.
If the information is correct click “Yes”.
A confirmation message will display. Allow 48 hours to receive an email confirmation of the updated information.
If the information is wrong click “NO”.
You may have selected the wrong property. Click the X in the upper right corner of the registration window and try selecting your property again.
NOTE: If you have recently purchased the property (within 8-10 weeks) the new deed transferring the property to you may not be recorded yet.
If you still cannot register your property, please email countyclerk@suffolkcountyny.gov and include the owner's first and last name, property address, and the property's tax map number (located on your tax bill).

Click here to access the Search Records page on the Clerk’s Kiosk website. You must scroll down and accept the USE AND DISSEMINATION AGREEMENT to register your property.

DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
The Suffolk County Clerk assumes no liability for failure to provide the requested notice of recorded documents with respect to property for which you are registering to receive notification. The County of Suffolk and the Suffolk County Clerk make no warranty nor any guaranty regarding the issuance, lack of issuance, completeness or timeliness of any notification from this service and the subscriber waives its right to seek or obtain damages as a result thereof. It is the sole responsibility of the subscriber to affirmatively ascertain the source, accuracy and validity of any recorded document associated with the property for which you are registering to receive notification. The County of Suffolk and the Suffolk County Clerk, assumes no liability for fulfilling their legal duty to record documents, even if those documents are in some instances later determined to be erroneous, fraudulent or invalid.