My understanding is that the records are fairly up to date, maybe a couple of years old. However, if you do some research you'll see that it will only show a death in the home if it was a recorded in some kind of public record. Also, in certain states there is no requirement to disclose or record a death in a home unless it was a homicide, therefore if someone died of natural causes, and accident, or of suicide in the home it would not come up. They are not very clear about that. Depending on where you live and the age of your home it might be easier to just go to the library and do some independent research.