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The purpose of having a recorder of deeds is to provide a single location where interested parties can know to look for information about who owns what property. Because Estate In Land can be held in so many complex ways, a single location where such claims can be found provides some stability. Each document recorded against title to Real Estate can be examined and the portion of the Bundle Of Rights that it includes can be determined. Documents describing real estate ownership that are regularly recorded include Deed s, Mortgage s, Mechanics Liens , and Releases , Plat Maps , among others.

The recorder of deeds also acts as a public posting place for documents that are not directly related to Estates In Land . Such documents may include Corporate Charter s, Military Discharge s, UCC Records , and Judgment s.

In the U.S., most Recorders of Deeds are elected officials serving the area of a county or county equivalent territory.


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Some Recorders/Registers of Deeds who were nationally prominent:
  • , 1785-94

  • , 1881-86

  • , 1886-97

  • , 1891-93

  • , 1902-12

  • , 1941-52

  • , 1988-92



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