RIPLEY COUNTY RECORDER MaryAnn McCoy Email: recorder@ripleycounty.com Hours: 8:00-4:00 Monday - Friday Phone: 812-689-5808 Fax: 812-689-0048 Located in the Ripley County Annex Building 102 West First North Street, PO Box 404, Versailles, IN 47042 INDIANA CODE: 36-2-11-15 ALL DOCUMENTS UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW NEED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING AFFIRMATION STATEMENT: "I affirm, under penalties for perjury, that I have taken reasonable care to redact each social security number in the document, unless required by law. (NAME)". The office of the Recorder was the first Constitutional Office in County Government in Indiana Your County Recorder: Records any instrument submitted for recording, providing it meets essential requirements. (See below). Records Deeds, Mortgages, Assignments, Releases, Powers of Attorney, Real Estate Contracts, Annexations, Trustee Elections, Affidavits, Final Decrees, Surveys, Federal Tax Liens, Mechanics Liens, Military Discharges, Articles of Incorporation, Cemetery Deeds, Bonds, Plats, Condominiums, Firms Doing Business Under Assumed Names, Delinquent Sewer Liens, and Miscellaneous Instruments. Files Uniform Commercial Code instruments. Supplies copies of any instrument and certifies to those recorded upon request. (Fee charged). Essential Recording Requirements Acknowledgements: To entitle any conveyance, mortgage, or instrument of writing to be recorded. Legibility or Names: Typed or printed under each signature exactly as signed. Name of Person Preparing Instrument: Each document effecting real estate. Notarized Documents: Requires county residence of notary, seal and commission expiration. Transfer of Deeds for Taxation: Endorsement of Auditor before recording, and Filing of Disclosure Form. Release of Satisfaction of Liens: May be executed by President, Vice-President, Cashier, Secretary, Treasurer, General Manager, or Attorney-in-Fact only. Per I.C 36-2-7-10 (b) (11), the county legislative body may enact an ordinance to establish a supplemental fee of not more than $3.00 to record a single document. Effective September 1, 1997, the fee has been added to this county's fee schedule. Indiana County Recorder's Fee Schedule Effective January 1, 2021 Indiana Code 36-2-7-10.5 Mortgages (including Subordinate Mortgages) and re-recorded mortgages $55.00 Deeds and all other instruments, including re-recorded instruments $25.00 Mechanic's Lien including one mail out $25.00 Each additional mail out $7.50 Uniform Commercial Code: UCC $25.00 Copies 11" x 17" or smaller, per page $1.00 Copies larger than 11" x 17", per page $5.00 Certification of Document $5.00 ADDITIONAL SERVICES: COPIES $1.00 PER PAGE CERTIFICATION OF DOCUMENT $5.00 PER PAGE NO CHARGE TO FILE A SOLDIERS DISCHARGE PAPERS ELECTED OFFICIAL OR COUNTY SCHOOLS, CHURCHS BONDS NO CHARGE AUDITOR'S FEES: Transfer Fee $10.00 Disclosure Form Fee Non-Exempt $10.00 Exempt $0.00 Please note: Beginning 7/1/01, all financing statements involving personal property are to be filed at the Indiana Secretary of State's Office. Failure to file in proper office may affect the perfection of the filing. Please send separate checks for Auditor's Fees. Documents sent with only one check including both Recorder's Fees and Auditor's Fees will be rejected for recording. Return to Ripley County