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Clerk's Office Recording Fees


All Documents

The County Clerk's Office is available for recording from 8:00am until 5:00pm Monday through Friday.

First page (up to 8 1/2 X 14)

$ 9.00

Each Additional page or portion thereof in same document

$ 2.00

 

Assignment or Release

If the document is assigning or releasing more than one mortgage, lien, lease, contract, etc., an additional fee of $ 5.00 will be charged for each additional reference. The first reference is included in the standard recording fee.

 

References are determined as follows:

 1. By book and page reference. Describes interests being assigned or released by book and page location of recorded documents in this office. If all references do not have a book and page number, then;

2. State or Federal Lease Number. If all references do not have a lease number, then;

3. Legal description. If described as a section, township and range, each different section, township and range is counted as a reference. If all references do not have a legal description, then;

4. A combination of any of the above in order to index each reference.

 

Filings of one, two or three pages

$ 20.00

Filings of at least 4 but not more than 25 pages

$ 40.00

Filings of more than 25 pages plus $5.00 for each additional page

$ 100.00

 

Filings not on the prescribed form are double the amount specified above.  We have copies of the forms and will mail or fax them to you at no cost.  Download forms from the Secretary of State's Office.

 

Facsimile or electronic filings are not accepted.

COPY FEES

5 copies or less . . . . . . . . . . . . no fee
more than 5 copies . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .50 per page

FAX FEES

under 20 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .50 per page
over 20 pages . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1.00 per page