Welcome to Wayne County Register of Deeds

Our Mission

The Register of Deeds Office is the place where people record documents relating to land transactions.

Different types of deeds as well as land contracts, mortgages, liens and lease agreements are recorded at the Register of Deeds Office.

After a document is recorded, it becomes a public record, which can be reviewed or copied by any person. Of course, the Register of Deeds Office does not keep the original deed or mortgage; instead, the transaction is recorded in a book, called a "liber", which is stamped on the deed or document.

A copy or image of the document is then made for permanent record. Over one million documents are recorded and imaged by the Wayne County Register of Deeds Office each year.

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Bernard J. Youngblood
Register of Deeds

International Center Building
400 Monroe St.
7th Floor
Detroit, MI 48226

Ph: (313) 224-5854
Fx: (313) 224-5884