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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 effecting 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 President, Vice-President, Cashier, Secretary, Treasurer, General Manager.
ADAMS COUNTY RECORDER’S FEE SCHEDULE
Effective 3/29/2006
RECORDING FEES:
DEEDS, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $16.00
Each Additional Page, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $2.00
MORTGAGES, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $14.00
Each Additional Page, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $2.00
AFFIDAVITS/OTHER DOCUMENTS, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $11.00
Each Additional Page, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $2.00
EACH RELEASE/PARTIAL RELEASE/ASSIGNMENT, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $12.00
Each Additional Page, not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $2.00
ANY DOCUMENT EXCEEDING 8 ½” x 14” - $20.00
Each additional page exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $5.00
MECHANICS LIEN with one first-class mailing - $13.00
Each Additional Page and/or Mailing - $2.00
ADDITIONAL SERVICES:
EACH CROSS REFERENCE of a recorded document - $1.00
Copies – per page not exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $1.00
Copies – per page exceeding 8 ½” x 14” - $2.00
Certifying or acknowledging a document - $5.00
EACH NON-CONFORMING PAGE - $1.00
Documents must be no longer than 8 ½” x 14”, be in 10-pt type on white paper of at least 20-lb. weight (no permanently bound or continuous forms), and have margins of at least 2” on top and bottom of first and last pages with ½” margins on interior pages.
UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODES
Financing Statement (2 pages or less) - $9.00
Financing Statement (3 pages or more) - $13.00
Information Request - $10.00
Each Additional Name - $5.00
NOTE: County Form 170 is no longer required as an additional page (HEA1114). Effective July 1, 2006, the affirmation statement in IC 36-2-7.5 must be on all documents notarized in the State of Indiana.
Important Links
Department of Local Government Finance
More Information
Location
- 313 W. Jefferson St.
- Suite 240
- Decatur, Indiana 46733
Contact Us
Telephone
(260) 724-5343
Fax
(260) 724-5344
Our Hours
- Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Our Staff
Deb Stimpson
Adams County Recorder
Constance J. Moser
1st Deputy