Recording a Deed or Document in Wrangell City and Borough, AK

Can you e-record in Wrangell City and Borough?

Yes. Wrangell City and Borough accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.

How to record a document in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska

1. Prepare the document so it meets Wrangell City and Borough's formatting rules: legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
2. Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
3. Submit electronically through Simplifile, CSC, or by mail to State of Alaska DNR Recorder's Office (Wrangell Recording District, historically Juneau district, now serviced by the Anchorage Recording Office).
4. Pay the recording fee, payable to Department of Natural Resources.
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

Looking up a Wrangell City and Borough property

Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Wrangell City and Borough property are searchable at City and Borough of Wrangell Assessment Office. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.

How Jurably helps in Wrangell City and Borough

Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk. It’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Wrangell City and Borough property, we file a memorandum of contract to put your equitable interest on the public record, where every title search will find it. The online notary session is included: you sign it alone, and the seller is notified by certified mail. Then we record it (electronically through the county’s approved network) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.