owner of record

noun [C] (plural owners of record) (also record owner)

Definition

› PROPERTY a person or organization that is listed in public records as the owner of a property: Thompson, who still is owner of record, declared bankruptcy in September, listing liabilities of $1.5 million. → Compare holder of record

(Definition of owner of record noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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