Donna J. Salomon
COUNTY RECORDERS IN
PUBLIC SERVICE
THE OFFICE OF RECORDER WAS THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN INDIANA.
YOUR COUNTY RECORDER:
Records and 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, Final Decrees, 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
Acknowledgements: To entitle any conveyance, mortgage, or instrument of writing to be recorded.
Legibility or 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 of Auditor before recording.
Release of Satisfaction of Liens: May be executed by President, Vice-President, Cashier, Secretary, Treasurer, General Manager, or Attorney-in-Fact only.
Area Plan / Assessor / Auditor / Chamber of Commerce / Circuit Court / Clerk / Commissioners / Coroner / Council / Industrial Foundation / Emergency Management / Purdue Cooperative Extension / Highway Department / Health Department / Maintenance / Probation Department / Prosecutor / Recorder / Recycling / Sheriff / Solid Waste Management District / Superior Court / Surveyor / Treasurer / Veterans Affairs