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Recording a Deed or Document in Butler County, KS
Butler County (population 67,380) records real-property documents through the Butler County Register of Deeds. 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.
Butler County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Butler County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Butler County Historic Courthouse, 205 W. Central Ave, 1st Floor, El Dorado, KS 67042
- Phone
- (316) 322-4113 (Toll Free 800-822-6803)
- Checks payable to
- Butler County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Butler County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $21.00 (includes Heritage Trust & Technology fund fees, per K.S.A. 28-115/28-115a)
- Additional pages
- $17.00 per additional page or fraction thereof
- Other fees
- $1.00 extra if signer/notary name not plainly typed/printed under signature; UCC/tax lien copy $1/page
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Butler County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Butler County requires
- Page formatting
- Legal size max 8x14 typical per KS statute
- Submission & return
- Mail or in-person; e-recording return via vendor
- Hours & turnaround
- Recording deadline noted for tax-year reflection (Oct 15 for that year's tax notice)
Can you e-record in Butler County?
Butler County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Butler County, Kansas
- Prepare the document so it meets Butler 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 by mail to Butler County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Butler County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Butler County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Butler County property are searchable at Butler County Appraiser's Office (CIC Appraiser Web Portal / Public Search). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
Filing with Jurably in Kansas
Kansas isn't available quite yet — it's coming soon. See the states we file in.