Legal
Custodian of all records pertaining to Real Property existing within the
political boundaries of Lac qui Parle County, also the local filing office for Marriage
Licenses and non-DVS Personal Property lien transactions, and local registrar
for issuance of Minnesota Vital Statistics records.
The Recorder’s Office is responsible for
recording and for maintaining the database of documents affecting REAL PROPERTY,
and for filing of UCC instruments as a Satellite Office of the Minnesota
Secretary of State. We accept
applications and requests for copies of Certificates of Birth, Death and
Marriage records. We now are also the
legal custodian for Notary Public Commission filings and Ordination/Minister
Credential filings for LqP County residents.
Please phone, fax, email or visit us with any requests and we will find
the best way to accommodate your needs.
Please note we are able to accept cash, check and NOW certain CREDIT
CARD payments.
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Lac qui Parle County Recorder’s Office Lac qui Parle County Courthouse
Recorder’s Office
Joshuah Amland Julie
Wollschlager 600 - 6th Street,
Suite #4, PO Box 132
County Recorder Deputy Recorder Madison, MN 56256
320-598-3724
phone
recorder@lqpco.com 320-598-3125 fax
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Subscriber’s Enhanced Online Remote Access to
Lac qui Parle County Abstract Real Estate Records - iDoc Website
To establish an online doc access account, contact Josh!
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We are now able to
accept certain Credit Card Payments for most Recorder Office Services!
You
may request this service by calling our office by phone if paying with Visa,
MasterCard, Discover
or American Express. In addition to the charges
for the Recorder service/product you seek
(see entire Recorder Office fee schedule below), you will
also incur a “Convenience Fee” payable
to the third-party vendor GovTeller
when utilizing this service, as displayed by the following schedule:
Consumer Convenience Fees:
Visa, MasterCard &
Discover Credit = 2.75% + $1.50 (by phone or in-person)
PIN Debit = 1.5% + $1.50 (cannot accept Pin-Debit by phone)
Visa Signature Debit = $3.95 (cannot accept Pin-Debit by phone)
American Express = 3.5% + $1.50 (by phone or in-person)
There is a Consumer Convenience
fee charged to the cardholder/payer
to use your Credit Card for
payment. Two separate charges will
appear on your
cardholder statement (one for payment + one
for Consumer Fee):
This Fee will be added to your total
payment and is Non-Refundable. The Convenience Fee will be displayed
prior to completion of the
transaction and the charge for the Convenience Fee will be included in the
total
transaction on receipt. Your
completion of the transaction acknowledges your acceptance of these payment
terms. Completion of your
payment transaction is contingent upon successful authorization and payment
of this transaction by
your card company/bank. A Third Party Company charges this fee.
FEE SCHEDULE FOR
RECORDER’S OFFICE
Real Estate Recording
Most documents $46.00
PLATS
$56.00
Well Disclosure Certificate $50.00 (NOTICE THIS FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE 7/21/2011)
Download form: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/wells/disclosures/certificateform.pdf
Look up existing well
filings: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/wells/disclosures/dsclad.cfm
Certified Copies Application forms are
available in our office or at the links below:
Birth Certificates $26.00 for first copy Birth Record
Application Form (.pdf)
$19.00
each additional copy Birth Record
Application Form (word.doc)
Death Certificates $13.00 for first copy Death Record Application Form (.pdf)
$6.00
each additional copy Death Record
Application Form (word.doc)
Marriage Certificates $9.00 each For indexed Marriage Records, search the free “MOMS”
database at:
http://www.mncounty.com/Modules/Certificates/Marriage/Default.aspx
Real Estate Documents $10.00 each
NOTE: ALL COPIES ARE
AVAILABLE ONLY UPON RECEIPT OF REQUEST AND
FUNDS
Real Estate Records,
non-certified
Counter per-page paper
copy of Real Estate Document
Records:
$1.00/page
Counter per-Record paper copy of
Real Estate Plats (reduced
size): $3.00/record
Counter per-Record paper copy of
Real Estate Plats (full size):
$10.00/record
Add certification to full-size paper
copy of Plat, additional: $5.00/record
Fax/Email per-page Real Estate
Document
Records: $2.00/page,
max $10.00/record
Fax/Email per-Record of Real Estate
Plats:
$3.00/record
This office has acquired a
large-scale printer/scanner, up to 36” wide format.
We can now scan to file in color, or
scan to print in B&W, large format material:
Scan to file/to customer provided
electronic
media $5.00/page
Scan to file/to customer provided
electronic media AND full size print $10.00/page
Print from file/from customer
provided electronic
media
$10.00/page
UCC
Financing Statements $20.00 per
filing Fillable
Form - Original Filing: UCC-1 Filing
UCC
Amendments $20.00 per Amended Item - Fillable
Form: UCC-3 Amendment
UCC
Search Orders $20.00 per Name Searched,
includes report and copies
Fillable Forms: UCC-11 Search
UCC-12 Tax Lien Search UCC- 12 Tax Lien Search
Notary Public
Commission Filing $20.00 per Commission
Minister Credential/Ordination
Filing No Charge
Marriage Licence Applications
Reduced with
Pre-Marital Ed. $ 40.00 – Also requires signed Certificate
of Completion
Standard Fee $115.00
Marriage License Application
(word.doc)
Marriage License Application
(.pdf)
Click
the link above to complete your application, print; then visit our office to
sign and apply!
Both Bride-and-Groom-to-be must
appear to sign in the presence of the County Recorder. If one
applicant
cannot appear at our window, please compete an absentee supplement:
Supplement to
Marriage License App - absentee (word.doc)
Supplement to
Marriage License App - absentee (.pdf)
Passport Applicants may now contact the Lac qui Parle County
Environmental Office, as they
are now accepting Passport Applications! Please visit them or call 320-598-3132 for
more
information http://lqpco.com/environment.php
. Past and future Passport Applicants
may still
visit the following websites for the following additional
information:
Check the STATUS of
your Passport Application at PASSPORT
ISSUANCE STATUS WEBPAGE
Application
forms are available at the following link: PASSPORT
APPLICATION FORM WEBPAGE
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