Your County Recorder
- Makes a complete, accurate and permanent record of every document pertaining to the conveyance and encumbrance of land within the county.
- Maintains permanent land records, retains them in archival form and makes them accessible to the public.
- Serves on the county's Record Commission and the Data Processing Board
- Collects fees for documents filed in the Recorder's office and pays these monies into the county's general fund and State Housing Trust Fund.
- Notifies the Board of County Commissioners and Township Trustees annually of their duty to file zoning resolutions, maps and amendments.
Your Type of Official Records Recorded or Maintained Include
- Deeds
- Easements
- Land titles
- Federal Tax Liens
- Mortgages
- Records of veteran burials
- Rights-of-Way
- Unemployment Liens
- Uniform Commercial Code Filings
- Various types of leases
- Veteran discharges
Your Recorder's Office Procedures for Processing Each Document Received for Record
- Time dated
- Assigned a document number
- Microfilmed & Imaged
- Computer indexed