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"TAPESTRY" and "LAREDO" are paid searches. You can see the actual documents and print copies for a fee.
"RECORDS SEARCH ONLY" is free and you must enter the name exactly as it is on the document. You can only see that a document has been filed, the recording date, and the document number.
We are now an e-Recording county. (we do not e-record documents that transfer (Deeds, Affidavits, etc) but we do e-record mortgages, releases, assignments, etc.
The assumed Business Name form is available under Reports/Forms.
Recorders' fee schedule. This is the new fee schedule which takes effect July 1, 2017
Recorder’s Office
- Your County Recorder: Records any instrument submitted for recording, providing it meets essential requirements. (See below*)
- Records Deeds, Mortgages, Assignments, Releases, Powers of Attorney, Real Estate Contracts, Annexations, Trustee Elections, Affidavits, Surveys, Federal Tax Liens, Mechanics Liens, Military Discharges, Articles of Incorporation, Cemetery Deeds, Bonds, Plats, Condominiums, Firms Doing Business Under Assumed Names, Delinquent Sewer Liens, and Miscellaneous Instruments.
- Files Uniform Commercial Code instruments.
- Supplies copies of any instrument and certifies to those recorded upon request (Fee charged).
- Essential Recording Requirements:
- Acknowledgments: To entitle any conveyance, mortgage, or instrument of writing to be recorded.
- Legibility of Names: Typed or printed under each signature exactly as signed.
- Name of Person Preparing Instrument: Each document affecting real estate.
- Notarized Documents: Requires county residence of notary and commission expiration.
- Transfer of Deeds for Taxation: Endorsement by Auditor before recording.
- Release of Satisfaction of Liens: May be executed by the President, Vice-President, Cashier, Secretary, Treasurer, or General Manager.
- Documents must be in 10 pt font if typewritten and have a 2" top and bottom margin on 1st page.
Office Hours: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday
Documents coming in after 3:00 pm may be processed the next business day.
The office is located on the main level of the county courthouse.
By State statute, the County Recorder maintains and preserves all legal documents affecting title to real property. Any instrument submitted for recording, providing it meets essential requirements, is recorded. These records are the legal basis for determining ownership of real property.
The County Recorder prepares and furnishes official copies of any record or instrument when required by law, ordered by the court, or requested by any parties. All documents are public information except for Military Discharge records. Since the Recorder's office is a State constitutional office, fees charged by the recorder are established under Indiana Code 36-2-7. All transactions are audited by the Indiana State Board of Accounts.
