Public property record categories an inspection report can cite

Assessed value, land/improvement split and year built give the report a public benchmark that is not the inspector's opinion.

The zoning/land-use class flags a use that conflicts with the inspection scope before anyone drives out.

The recorded legal description is what a transfer document and a report cover page must agree on.

Owner of record is compared against the client name on the order so a mismatch is caught before the inspection, not after the report ships.

The parcel identifier ties every other record — assessment, transfer, permit — to one property, and prints on the report so a client can look the same parcel up themselves.

Boundary geometry drives the site plan, setback context and the sketch's property outline.

Recorded arms-length transfers give the report a comparable-sales section drawn from the recorder, not from a listings feed.

A published sewer or septic service record decides whether a septic inspection is warranted and prefills the system section.

The situs address is the jurisdiction's own spelling of the property, which is what strict address matching is scored against.

Published year built, area and construction detail are cross-checked against what the inspector measures on site.

A published water-service record separates a well property from a public-supply one and drives whether water testing applies.