Of the above listed activities, the real estate and land ownership records are the ones which pertain to cadastral data, and the Cadastral Data Content Standard. Of the nine items listed below, the five in bold green type are considered most likely to be encountered in all Recorder Offices. An excellent description of general operations of a typical Recorders or Register of Deeds office can be found in the Badger County example. In general, when it comes to dealing with transactions, a County Recorders' role is passive . This means that recorders are observers of transactions, but not participants in the transactions.
Recorders are most interested in the record of the transaction.
An agency like the BLM, on the other hand, is an active participant and is interested in the rights associated with the transaction, such as monitoring leased allotments, or converting land uses. The BLM makes decisions on how the land will be used while transactions are taking place. County recorders generally document transactions, without being involved in the decisions about uses of the land. The list below describes a typical series of steps which a County Recorder's office might go through when recording a document pertaining to rights and interest in property, such as a Deed. Original document is recorded with a date and time.