County recorder and clerk contact directory

What these offices can and can't do

A county recorder or clerk keeps the index of recorded documents and hands out copies. Staff can tell you what is on file for a parcel, what a filing costs and what formatting a document needs before it can be accepted. They cannot tell you whether an easement is valid, where it sits on the ground, or what it allows a utility to do. Those are survey and legal questions. Bring the parcel number or the legal description with you; searching by owner name alone misses documents recorded under a prior owner.

Not seeing your county? Every state page lists the statewide recording rule that applies everywhere in that state, and most counties publish their recorder under the county government's official site.

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