Title Companies, Lending Institutions, and other Recording Customers

Each document submitted for recording be accompanied by a separate check totaling the amount of fees and transfer tax due, if any. However, no more than 25 documents shall be submitted for recording with a single check, and no more than one [1] check may be submitted per document or group of documents. If the amount of the check exceeds the total amount due for the document[s] submitted, a refund will be made.

The Wayne County Register of Deeds will not return documents and checks merely because the amount of the check or some of the documents in a bundle are not recordable. Only those documents which we have determined to be unrecordable will be returned with instructions for correction and resubmission with a new recording fee.

Transfer tax submitted with unrecordable documents will be refunded and returned with the unrecorded document(s). We will not refund the recording fee submitted with an unrecordable document. Therefore, we recommend that all documents be carefully reviewed to assure compliance with recording requirements before being submitted.

Documents submitted to, and recorded by this office will be returned in the same manner in which they were received. If they were hand-delivered, they must be picked up by the same firm or agent who delivered them for recording. If the documents submitted for recording were mailed, they will be mailed back to the party who mailed them at the return address indicated on the envelope in which they were sent. We will not return recorded documents in pre-addressed return envelopes.

All documents submitted for recording will be returned approximately 4 to 6 weeks from the date that they were received and recorded by this office.

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