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Recorder - Duties & Responsibilities

Duties & Responsibilities

The Recorder's office is responsible for maintaining official records relating to real estate, handling vital records, selling and issuing registrations, and handling licenses and titles.

The Recorder's office also collects real estate transfer tax on conveyances of property, performs federal and state tax lien searches, collects and reports auditor's fee for the transfer of property, and houses records for genealogy research.

Lands and Records Management

  • Deeds
  • Contracts
  • Mortgages
  • Assignments, Releases
  • Federal and State Tax Liens
  • Affidavits
  • Plats and Surveys
  • Section Corner Certificates
  • Certified Copies of Military Service Records
  • Easements
  • Condemnations
  • Leases of Personal Properties
  • 28e and Drainage Agreements
  • Bills of Sale
  • Financing Statements

Vital Records

  • Issue Marriage Licenses
  • Registers Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates
  • Certifies Vital Records

Licenses-Registrations-Applications

  • Boat Registrations/Titles/Liens
  • Snowmobile Registrations/Titles/Liens
  • ATV Registrations
  • Hunting and Fishing Licenses
  • Fur Harvester Licenses
  • Small Game, Duck and Fish Stamp
  • Deer and Wild Turkey Applications
  • Landowner/Tenant Gun and Archery Permits

Genealogy

  • Records for Genealogy Research

Passport Agents

  • Assist in completing and mailing applications for U.S. passports
  • Take passport photos for new applicants or for renewals
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