What happens to a document when it is brought to the register of deeds office?
There are a number of steps that are taken when a document is brought or mailed in to be recorded before the original document is mailed back to the concerned party. The document is first evaluated for obvious errors and record ability and the correct fee is ascertained. We do require a 3″ margin at the top of the first page and 1″ at the bottom of each page. Beginning indexing information is entered to create a receipt, fees are collected and a barcode is generated that provides a document/film-page number, this unique number is applied to all pages of the document. Then the document is scanned and the remaining indexing information is entered into the computer. Upon completion of the indexing information the document is verified to ensure that the information entered matches the information on the image. The imaged documents are then placed on our web site along with the indexing information. State law sets the recording fees, which is $8.00 for the 1st page plus $4.00 for each addit
