County Officials

 Land Records and Land Redemption Office

  Land Records is responsible for:

• Creating and maintaining various indexes for documents filed in the public land records (i.e., sectional index, direct/reverse index, etc.)
• Creating and maintaining volumes which contain copies of all documents filed and indexed in the public land records (i.e., deed books, deed of trust books, or some combination thereof, etc.)
• Receiving and accounting for various filing fees required to accompany documents left for recording
• Maintaining all records of property sold for taxes by the county tax collector each year and accepting and processing payment in redemption of those taxes

The Chancery Clerk serves as the Custodian of Public Land Records.

Click on 'Fee Schedules' in left column for a list of fees associated with recording instruments with Land Records