Indiana · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Porter County, IN
Porter County (population 173,224) records real-property documents through the Porter County Recorder. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Porter County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Porter County Recorder
- Mailing address
- Porter County Recorder's Office, 155 Indiana Ave., Suite 210, Valparaiso, IN 46383
- Checks payable to
- Porter County Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Porter County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $25 deeds/most instruments (incl. 1 oversize page); $55 mortgages (incl. corrective/re-recorded mortgages, indentures) — statewide IN schedule IC 36-2-7-10
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per additional page exceeding 8.5"x14"
- Other fees
- Mechanic's Lien $25 incl. 1 mailout, $2 each addl mailout; copies $1/page (11x17 or smaller), $5/page larger
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Porter County Recorder before you mail a check.
What Porter County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide margins: 2" top/bottom & 0.5" sides on first/last page; 0.5" all sides additional pages (IC 36-2-11-16.5)
- Submission & return
- Mail return, SASE
Can you e-record in Porter County?
Yes. Porter County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Porter County, Indiana
- Prepare the document so it meets Porter County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit electronically through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, or by mail to Porter County Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Porter County Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Porter County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Porter County property are searchable at Porter County property tax assessment portal (Engage by XSoft, linked from official county Record Searches page). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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