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Morgan County Recorders

Duties and Responsibilities - The County Recorders Office maintains all land records for Morgan County and reference indexes to these records. The Recorder's Office is also required to maintain plat maps which show the current ownership of every tract of land in the entire county for public inspection. Copies of land records and/or plat maps may be purchased in our office. The Morgan County Recorders office serves also a depository for survey plats which are required to be filed with the County Surveyor. Survey plats filed after April 30, 2001 are also available for public inspection during office hours. Contact the office for availability of survey plats filed before April 30, 2001

Morgan County Recorder's Office

48 W. Young St.
PO Box 886
Phone: 801-829-3277
Fax: 801-8454066

7:00 am – 6:00 pm Mon – Thur

1:00 pm – 5:00 pm – Fridays

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Recorders
Recording Fees
Subdivision Fees
Miscellaneous Fees
Survey Fees

Brenda D. Nelson, County Recorder
bnelson@morgan-county.net
Nadine P. Smith, Cadastral Mapper II
nsmith@morgan-county.net
Chris Brown, Deputy County Recorder II
cbrown@morgan-county.net
Janet Pace, Recorder Office Assistant
jpace @morgan-county.net

RECORDING FEES

First Page of any document ***	$10.00 ***see below
Each additional page	$2.00
Each additional name over two, 1st or 2nd party	$1.00 ** see below
Each Additional description or unit over one **	$1.00

Documents include Federal Tax Liens, units, or Releases, Mining and UCC documents.

***Additional sections, 1/4 section, lots, less amount sold description, subject to, together with, right-of ways, and easements, when described, are considered an extra description as well as additional claims on mining claims, and will be charged as such

** DBA, AKA, KNA, and FNA are considered a separate name and will be charged as such.

Per page (24x36 mylar)	$30.00
Each lot	$1.00

Copy of Recorded Document - per page	$1.50
Computer Printout - per page	$1.00
Certification of Document ( addition to copy charge)	$5.00
Copy of ownership plat (18x18)	$3.00
Copy of official subdivision plat (24x36)	$8.00
Certification of ownership of official subdivision plat (addition to plat charge)	$5.00
Faxes ( in addition to charges which are being transmitted*)	$2.00

*NOTE (WE DO NOT FAX WITHOUT ADVANCED PAYMENT)

Map of Survey	$10.00
Copy of Survey - per page	$8.00
Certification of Survey	$5.00

NOTICE OF FEE FOR CERTAIN NON-COMPLYING DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE MORGAN COUNTY RECORDER

Beginning January 02, 2008 a fee of $2.00 per non-complying page will be charged for certain non-complying documents. Those non-complying documents that require special handling by Recorder personnel will be assessed the $2.00 per non-complying page in addition to the standard recording fee. There will be three instances where the violation will carry the $2.00 per page additional fee. They are as follows:

Pages that are legal size (8 ½” x 14”) will be assessed $2.00 per pages as per UAC 17-21-20 (3) (a) (i)
Documents which do not allow for a one inch margin on the left and right sides and at the bottom of each page will be assessed $2.00 per pages as per UAC 17-21-30 (3) (ii)
Documents whose first page does not allow space for the Recorder’s stamp will and/or a one inch margin on each succeeding page will be charged a $2.00 fee as per UAC 17-21-20 (3) (a) (iii)
Documents that have printing on both sides of the same sheet will be charged $2.00 per side as per UAC 17-21-20 (3) (a) (v)

ALL OTHER SERVICES NOT ENUMERATED - A REASONABLE FEE WILL BE CHARGED

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Morgan County Recorders

Morgan County Recorder's Office

Brenda D. Nelson - County Recorder

Nadine P. Smith - Cadastral Mapper II

Chris Brown - Deputy County Recorder II

Janet Pace - Recorder Office Assistant