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The Office of the Recorder
was created by the First Legislative Assembly of the Territory
of Iowa in l839 for the purpose of recording instruments which
relate to real estate. Shelby County's real estate records
date back to 1854. Today, the
Recorder/Registrar maintains real estate records,
issues
marriage licenses and certified copies of birth, death
and marriage records, boat, snowmobile and ATV titles and registrations, and sells fishing, hunting and trapping licenses and
stamps, including statewide and landowner/tenant deer and turkey
licenses. The Recorder assists in completing and mailing
applications for
passports.
Recorded documents include:
deeds, contracts, mortgages, assignments, releases, state and
federal tax liens, affidavits, land surveys, subdivision plats,
section corner certificates, condemnations, leases, trade names,
bills of sale, financing statements and military discharges.
Recording fees are collected for all documents, except military
discharges; the money is paid into the county general fund.
Certain
recording requirements have been placed on all documents to
be recorded. There are also
document formatting standards in order to comply with
national standards.
Employees in the Recorder's
Office (click name to email)
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