The
Register of Deeds office maintains an index
and copy of all recorded documents
pertaining to property located within the
county.
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Tract Index Fee:
$16.00 / hour
Records On File For
Houghton County
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Deeds
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Mortgages
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Miscellaneous
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Land Corners
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Plats
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Surveys
Recording Fees
Effective OCTOBER 1, 2016 in the
State of Michigan
Regardless of the number of
pages, all documents will cost $30.00
to record, this cost is inclusive of
Michigan Remonumentation and Register of
Deeds Automation fees.
For a
document that assigns or discharges more
than 1 instrument, $3.00 for each
instrument assigned or discharged (in
addition to the $30.00 flat fee).
For documents which contain a
covenant of warranty, Warranty Deeds,
Covenant Deeds, Land Contracts or
Assignment of Land Contracts, $5.00 to
certify (in addition to the $30.00 flat
fee).
Remember -- transfer tax is
still separate from all of these fees.
Checks should be made payable to
the Houghton County Register of Deeds.
The $4.00 M.S.S.R. is not assessed on
Fixture Fillings, State and Federal Liens,
State Deeds, Plats, or Treasurer’s tax
reversion documents.
Search & Copy Fees
State Tax Lien Certificate Search
$3.00/
name search
Federal Tax Lien Certificate Search
$3.00/ name search
Real estate record copy
$1.00/ page
Plat copy
$2.00/ page
Passports
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$80 (+$35 execution
fee) under 16 years of age-valid for 5
years. 15 and under need both parents
signatures and birth record along with
old passport if renewing. Ages 16 and 17
must have one parent sign. $110 (+$35
execution fee) 16 years and older-valid
for 10 years.
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Checks/money orders
only for passport applications. We
DO
NOT accept passports after 3:30 p.m.
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U.S. Department of
State website for passports:
www.travel.state.gov
Additional Resources
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Property Fraud Alert
(FREE SERVICE)
According to
the FBI, property and mortgage fraud is
the fastest growing white-collar crime
in the United States. Jennifer Kelly,
Houghton County Clerk/Register of Deeds
has taken a proactive step in providing
a
FREE online automated service in which
property owners can sign up to have
their name monitored to track possible
fraudulent activity.
Signing up
with Property Fraud Alert (PFA) takes a
few moments and participants will be
notified via email or phone, or BOTH,
only when the exact name they have
provided is listed on a recorded
document. You can sign up with multiple
names.
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Land Records
Tapestry is an
on-demand service designed for
occasional users. All documents are
available from July 1995 to present.
Users pay $6.95 per search and $1.00 per
page for each document PRINTED.
Documents can be viewed at no charge. No
user agreement is required and there is
no recurring expense other than search
and document charges.
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Public Record Search
Laredo is a
subscription based service for
professionals that allows users to
search the Houghton County Official
Public Record with the same software
that is available in the county office.
For a monthly fee, users will be able to
search records from the comfort of their
home or office 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
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