Recording
The duties of the RECORDING Department include:
“Recording” is the method by which a citizen makes a document part of the “public record,” allowing the document to be put on a searchable index. Documents which are recorded are public record indefinitely.
All documents to be indexed (that are not part of a civil or criminal case) are processed by the Recording Department.
These include, but are not limited to:
MORTGAGE BOOKS CONTAIN
Civil judgments
Liens
Mortgages
CONVEYANCE BOOKS CONTAIN
Property transfer or conveying of property
PLAT BOOK
OATH BOOK
Oaths of Public Officials
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS CONTAIN
Notary / Notary Bonds
DBA (Doing Business As) - Registration of assumed business name
MARRIAGE LICENSES
UCC PROCESSING (Uniform Commercial Code / When Movables are Collateral)
The purpose of the UCC Code is to provide public evidence that a debtor and a secured party intend to engage in or have engaged in a secured transaction using specified collateral as security.
