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CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Livingston County Register of Deeds
Searches:
| You
may email or call us requesting a search. We will let you know
how many pages your result will be and the cost. Upon payment of
fee we will send results via either mail or FAX. |
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Search Fee $5.00 |
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Additionally there is a $1.00 per page fee for results which
includes mailing cost. Faxed results incur an additional FAX fee
as outlined here. |
Recording:
The recording fees were changed 3/31/03.
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For
entering and recording any deed, mortgage, lis pendens,
certified copy, or other instrument: |
| First page $ 14.00 |
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Each
additional page $
3.00* |
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* $4 of this fee is deposited to the Michigan State Survey and Remonumentation (MSSR) fund
(as of 3/31/03). |
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Any
document which assigns or discharges more than one instrument: |
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$3.00 shall be added to the recording fee for each
additional instrument so assigned or discharged.
* The Michigan State Survey and Remonumentation fee is not required
for Fixture filings, State Liens, Federal Liens, MESC Liens, State
Deeds or Plats.
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Tax
Certificates:
A tax certificate must be obtained from
the County Treasurer's Office prior to recording any of the
following (MCLA 211.135):
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Warranty Deed |
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A deed which contains a covenant
of warranty |
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Land Contract |
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Assignment of Land Contract with
warranty clause |
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Fee for tax
certificate: |
| For up to 4 Tax ID numbers, per document
- $1.00 |
| Each Additional Tax ID 25¢ |
Transfer
Tax:
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Example: A
house was sold for $100,000 (the sales price is
rounded up the nearest $500 dollars.
A
house sold
for $100,000.01, use $100,500 for
the sales price.)
| County Transfer Tax
Fee $1.10 per thousand
dollar transaction |
| State Transfer Tax Fee $7.50 per thousand dollar transaction |
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Tract
Index:
| Tract Index: $10 per hour or any portion
thereof |
Data
Extracts:
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Indexing information is available from this
office. Most requests are by date and/or instrument
type.
The Register of Deeds charges are $100.00
per month's (or partial month) worth of data. The
Computer Information Services charges are for each data file
that you require in the extract. You will be provided
with a file layouts the first time that you request a data
extract.
The information can be provided to you in the following
formats: email, diskette.
Data
Extract Information Page
Charges are as follows:
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Register
of Deeds fees $100
per month's data |
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Computer
Information Services Fees
a normal request uses 4 data
files $100 per data
file extracted from |
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Computer
Information Services Staff time $44.94
per hour |
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Image
CDs/Microfilm:
| Image
CDs: $35.00 per search (i.e. mortgage,
warranty deed, land contract) plus 12¢ per image/page |
| Image CD or microfilm: 12 cents per image/page
- consecutive records, liber/page order |
Computer
Print-out Searches:
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Per
Name Search: $25.00
+ 75¢/page |
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Per Document
Search: $25.00 +
75¢/page |
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Per
Computer Page 75¢ |
On average there are five to six different transactions
per page.
Each document will show names, address of property
(if given on original document) money amounts
(mortgage, transfer tax, etc..), date of document,
recording date, legal description (if requested).
Search fee is required at the time of request
($20.00 per).
Copy fee ($.75 per page) will be billed along with the
postage fee.
All requests are mailed to:
Livingston County Register of Deeds
200 E. Grand River Avenue
Howell, MI 48843
Attn: Carrie
Any questions, please call 517.546.2530 and ask for
Carrie. |
Copies:
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Copy,
real estate records, per page: $1.00 |
| Copy, U.C.C. filing,
per page: $2.00 |
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Copy,
State or Federal Tax Lien, per page $1.00 |
| Copy, Plats of Record $2.00 per page |
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Fee
for certification of any of the above copies, per document $1.00 |
Fax
Fees:
Fax fees are charged for every fax as scheduled
below, it includes all local, long distance and toll free phone
numbers. The fax service is only available if you have a
current account, in good-standing, with our office.
| 1-4 Pages |
$ 2.00 |
| 5-8 Pages |
$ 4.00 |
| 9-12 Pages |
$ 6.00 |
| 13-16 Pages |
$ 8.00 |
| 17-20 Pages |
$10.00 |
| 21-24 Pages |
$12.00 |
| 25-28 Pages |
$14.00 |
| 29-32 Pages |
$16.00 |
Uniform
Commercial Code Fees (Personal Property Filings)
Act No. 130 P.A. of 1988 as amended, Uniform Commercial Code,
MCLA 440.9405 etal, MSA 19.9405. Are now filed with the
Secretary of State. |
Fixture
Filings:
| MCLA 440.9403,
MSA 19.9403 ( to be recorded in real estate records) |
| Standard form: $15.00 |
| (included
record owners)
These fees will apply to any Amendment, Assignment, Continuation
and Partial Release filed. |
| Termination of fixture filing -
$15.00 |
U.C.C.
Lien Search
U.C.C. 11 form must be provided. They are
available at the state level.
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State tax lien search certificate $3.00 |
| Federal tax lien
search certificate $3.00 |
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Financing
statement (U.C.C.) search certificate: |
| 1 debtor name
(with SSN or TIN) $3.00 |
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1
debtor name (without SSN or TIN) $6.00 |
Call 517.546.0270 for breakdown of fees for other services we
offer.
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