11-18-05. Fees of recorder
The recorder shall charge and collect the following fees:
1. For recording an instrument affecting title to real estate:
a. Deeds, mortgages, and all other instruments not specifically provided for in this
subsection, twenty dollars for documents containing one to six pages and
sixty-five dollars for documents containing more than six pages plus three dollars
for each additional page after the first twenty-five pages. In addition, for all
documents recorded under this section that list more than ten sections of land, a
fee of one dollar for each additional section listed which is to be recorded in the
tract index. Three dollars of the fee collected for each instrument recorded under
this subdivision must be placed in the document preservation fund.
(1) "Page" means one side of a single legal size sheet of paper not exceeding
eight and one-half inches [21.59 centimeters] in width and fourteen inches
[35.56 centimeters] in length.
(2) The printed, written, or typed words must be considered legible by the
recorder before the page will be accepted for recording and, unless the form
was issued by a government agency, must have a font size equal to or
larger than ten point calibri.
(3) Each real estate instrument must have a legal description considered to be
adequate by the recorder before such instrument will be accepted for
recording.
(4) A space of at least three inches [7.62 centimeters] must be provided across
the top of the first page of each instrument for the recorder's recording
information. If a space of at least three inches [7.62 centimeters] is not
provided across the top of the first page, the recorder shall add a page, and
an additional page charge must be levied in accordance with the fee
structure.
b. Instruments satisfying, releasing, assigning, subordinating, continuing, amending,
or extending more than ten instruments previously recorded in the county in
which recording is requested, a fee of twenty dollars for documents containing
one to six pages, sixty-five dollars for documents containing more than six pages
plus three dollars for each additional page after the first twenty-five pages, and
three dollars for each additional document number or book and page after the
first ten referenced instruments. In addition, for all documents recorded under this
section which list more than ten separate sections of land, a fee of one dollar for
each additional section listed which is to be recorded in the tract index. Three
dollars of the fee collected for each instrument recorded under this subdivision
must be placed in the document preservation fund.
c. Plats, twenty dollars for twenty lots or fewer and fifty dollars for more than twenty
lots.
d. All instruments presented for recording after June 30, 2001, must contain a
one-inch [2.54-centimeter] top, bottom, or side margin on each page of the
instrument for the placement of computerized recording labels. An instrument that
does not conform to this margin requirement may be recorded upon payment of
an additional fee of ten dollars.
2. For filing any instrument, ten dollars.
3. For making certified copies of any recorded instrument or filed instrument, the charge
is five dollars for the first page and two dollars for each additional page. For making a
noncertified copy of any recorded instrument or filed instrument, a fee of not more than
one dollar per instrument page. For providing any electronic data extracted from the
recorded instrument, a fee of not more than fifty cents per instrument.
4. The recorder may establish procedures for providing access for duplicating records
under the recorder's control. Such records include paper, photostat, microfilm,
microfiche, and electronic or computer-generated instruments created by
governmental employees.
5. Duplicate recorders' records stored offsite as a security measure are not accessible for
reproduction.
