 The
Recorder is the County's official record keeper and is responsible
for protecting a variety of legal documents, most of which
relate to real estate transactions, including deeds, mortgages
and liens. All subdivision plats are filed with the Recorder's
Office.
The Allen County Recorder keeps records
of the following: all property lines within the county, maps
and plats of town lots or other divisions of land, records
of deeds, mortgages, liens against properties for tax delinquency,
records of powers of attorney, and the county's records of
military service discharges.
All of the above records must be indexed
and kept in the manner prescribed by law. A Recorder can be
sued on his bond for failure to record, or for destroying,
or defacing a record when not specifically permitted to do
so by law.
Information recorded at the County Recorder's
office is essential to all commercial and legal transactions
involving real property. The County Recorder has made microfilms
of many important documents and has stored the films in a
safe depository. The fee charged for the recording of each
class of document is determined by law. There is no fee for
recording military service discharges.
The Recorder keeps on file a daily register
of deeds and mortgages affecting real estate. This register
is open to the public during business hours. Upon demand and
payment of the proper fee, the recorder shall furnish to any
person an accurate, certified copy of any record in his office
and affix his official seal thereto. Fees are charged according
to the number of pages in the document.
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