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Property records

Know what is on record before you buy, build or dig.

Septic records and permit history for a property, gathered from the offices that hold them and put on one page. Every fact links to its source and says when it was last updated.

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    26202 110th Ave E, Graham

    Parcel 0418272026 · Pierce County · vacant land · 10.43 acres

    Property factsOn recordVacant land, 10.43 acres, assessed land value $149,200. Last recorded sale in 2015.
    Utilities and accessNo water hookupInside the Graham Hill Mutual Water service area, but the assessor records no public water connection. No sewer main within a mile.
    Septic and on-site sewage recordsOn record1 file: a 2020 high winter water table review for a planned 3-bedroom house, linked to the scan.
    Permit historyOn record8 permits from 2016 to 2026: wetland checks, a driveway, site development, and a 2026 pre-application to build a house.
    Mapped constraints and hazardsWetland and stream69.7% of the lot is inventoried wetland, and a mapped stream crosses it. Buffers can limit where a house and drain field go.
    Soil for a septic drain fieldVery limitedThe USDA soil survey rates Kapowsin soil very limited for a drain field. Median slope 2.4%.

    What a report covers

    Septic records

    What the health department has on file for the parcel, linked to the original scans. Records that exist only on microfilm are looked up one parcel at a time, and the report says when they were not.

    Permit history

    Building permits from the local office, set beside the year the assessor says the house was built. A house with no permit on record since it was built is marked for a second look, not called unpermitted.

    The county's and the city's own maps

    Wetlands, landslide, lahar, floodplain and aquifer areas from the county's critical-area maps, and zoning and sewer mains from the city where it keeps its own. National map tools read federal layers only: on our example lot, one shows no wetland where the county maps one.

    Beyond one lot

    We hold these records for every lot in Pierce County, so we can answer for a whole area. Ask for what you would use and we will email you.

    Lot lists

    Every lot in an area that fits what you build or buy: room for an ADU, sewer or septic, no mapped hazards, years since the last sale, size. A spreadsheet with each address and why it made the list.

    Area reports

    One city or community at a time: how many lots can take an ADU, vacant land sales and price per acre, new homes permitted each year, and how much land sits in hazard areas.

    Land and building by quarter

    Each quarter, for the whole county: vacant land sales and prices, new-home permits, and which places are growing fastest, city by city.

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    One page, sources attached

    Each section opens with a plain summary and lists the records behind it. Open any scan or permit at the office that issued it, and confirm before you rely on it.

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