Register of Deeds

Responsibilities

This office records land documents including:

• Agreements
• Assignments
• Assumed Names
• Corporate Documents
• Deeds of Trust Cancellations
• Deeds of Trust
• Deeds
• Easements
• Leases
• Subdivision Maps

This office also files Uniform Commercial Code financing statements on personal property and serves as the custodian of certificates of births and deaths occurring in the County, issues marriage licenses, and certifies birth, death, and marriage certificates in the County. Veterans' military discharge records and notary public commissions are also kept here, and this office administers the oath to all notaries public. Recording fees and fees for certificates are charged.

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• Order Vital Records online.
• Apply for a Marriage License online.
• Search for documents online on the Register of Deeds Online Record Search.
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