County Clerk

DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX

Enter the Consideration (purchase price):
(Do not use $ sign or commas. )

There is no tax on values less than $101.00.

RECORDING FEES

ITEM	DESCRIPTION	FEE
1.	For recording the first page of deeds, mortgages and certain other documents	$8.00
	For recording each additional page of same instrument	$2.00
2.	For recording the first page of deeds, mortgages and certain other non-conforming documents	$25.00
	For recording each additional page of a non-conforming instrument	$10.00
3.	Records Preservation Fee for each recorded document	$5.00
4.	Additional fee for pages with over 25 legal descriptions per page (per description over 25)	$1.00
5.	Documentary Stamp Tax ($0.75 per $500.00 or fraction thereof of consideration)
6.	Mortgage Tax - Paid to County Treasurer (determined by length and amount of mortgage)
7.	For recording plat of one block or less	$10.00
8.	For recording plat of more than one block	$25.00
9.a.	For recording first page of mechanic's or materialmen's liens, including release	$10.00
9.b.	For each additional page or exhibit	$2.00
9.c.	For preparing and mailing notice of mechanic's or materialmen's liens PLUS ACTUAL COST OF POSTAGE	$5.00
10.	Recording of Fictitious Name Partnership Certificates	$5.00
11.	For recording first page of State Tax Lien, Judgements and Releases	$8.00
	For recording each additional page of State Tax Lien, Judgements and Releases	$2.00
12.	Federal Tax Liens (PLUS $5.00 PRESERVATION FEE)	$10.00
13.	For recording an Assignment of Tax Sale Certificate to be paid by the party purchasing	$5.00
14.	For recording any mark or brand and giving certificate for same	$1.00
15.	For recording each certificate for estrays and forwarding description of same	$1.00
16.	For recording first page of Insurance Agent Liens	$8.00
	For recording each additional page of Insurance Agent Liens	$2.00
17.	For furnishing photographic copies of records, per page	$1.00
18.	For certifying to any copy per page
19.	Executions (Title 12, Section 909)	$10.00
20.	First page of Hospital, Medical and Personal Property Liens	$10.00
	Each additional page of same instrument	$2.00
21.	First page of all other liens	$8.00
	Each additional page of same instrument	$2.00

CONFORMING INSTRUMENTS

1.	Must be an original or a certified copy of an original instrument
2.	Must be clearly legible without magnification in the English language.
3.	Must describe the property by its specific legal description as necessary for indexing.
4.	If instrument contains more than 25 legal descriptions requiring separate entries in the indexes, the descriptions shall be sorted by addition, block, and lot if platted property or by township, range and section.
5.	Unless the person offering nonconforming instrument for filing is willing to reform the instrument, for which purposes it may be withdrawn and refiled during the same business day, the County Clerk may refuse to index and record.
6.	Documents must be "Xerographically reproducible by copying equipment in use by the County Clerk."
7.	Unless otherwise provided by law, documents must be no larger than 8.5 by 14 inches. Certain instruments are excluded, such as Plats and UCC filings)
8.	Margins must be 1 inch at top and 1/2 inch at all other margins. A three inch top margin would be ideal, allowing placement of the return address on the left side and the recoding stamp on the right side while still complying with the 1 inch margin requirement.
9.	All documents shall provide an area free of printed information sufficient in size to accommodate documentary stamps, certification of payment of mortgage tax, and recording information affixed by the County Clerk without extending into the margins. (These space requirements may vary.)
10.	If sufficient blank space is not provided, an additional page shall be attached to provide the space. This increases the number of pages resulting in an increase in filing fees.
11.	On each instrument shall be listed the mailing address of the grantee, mortgagee, assignee or other designated party to which the instrument is to be delivered after recording.
12.	If the document fails to meet all the requirements above, but is an original or certified copy, is legible, in English, is xerographically reproducible by the Clerk's equipment, and meets all other statutory requirements for recording, the County Clerk may record it by charging the additional fees set in place for nonconforming instruments.