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Recording a Deed or Document in Montgomery County, KS
Montgomery County (population 31,486) records real-property documents through the Montgomery 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.
Montgomery County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Montgomery County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- PO Box 647, Independence, KS 67301 (physical/overnight: 217 E Myrtle St, Suite 205, Independence, KS 67301)
- Phone
- 620-330-1140
- Checks payable to
- Montgomery County Register of Deeds (standard KS practice, not explicitly confirmed on site)
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Montgomery County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $21.00 first page (deeds, mortgages, other instruments; K.S.A. 28-115)
- Additional pages
- $17.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- Mortgage assignment/release $20 first page/$4 addl page; town plats $32/page; certificate $13; acknowledgment $12.50; lien filing (K.S.A. 58-201) $17; Lis Pendens (K.S.A. 60-2201) $5
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Montgomery County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Montgomery County requires
- Page formatting
- First page max legal size 8.5 x 14 in with 3-inch top margin required for recording stamps; original signatures and notarization required
- Cover sheet
- No separate mandatory cover sheet, but 3-inch top margin required on first page or a cover page will be added and billed as an additional page
- Submission & return
- Mail to submitter (SASE typical); not explicitly detailed on site
Can you e-record in Montgomery County?
Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, Kansas
- Prepare the document so it meets Montgomery 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 Montgomery County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Montgomery County Register of Deeds (standard KS practice, not explicitly confirmed on site).
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Montgomery County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Montgomery County property are searchable at Montgomery County Appraiser (Parcel 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.