Bonds and Contracts 6. Vital Records 9. There are also two administrative indices, a daily ledger and a book of numbers. The series descriptions and indexing are described for each series. 3.1 Deeds Deeds are recorded documents that are public records of real property transactions.
Deeds convey rights and interests in land between grantors and grantees.
In addition to the public record, each real estate transaction has a Department of Revenue Real Estate Transfer Return form to pay transfer taxes. These forms are neither filed nor recorded. They pass through the office with copies distributed to the assessor, the Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations, and the Department of Revenue. The County keeps twenty percent of the transfer fee and the State keeps the other eighty percent. Real Estate Transfer Return Forms are confidential and are not public records.