Minnesota · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Olmsted County, MN
Olmsted County (population 166,731) records real-property documents through the Olmsted County Recording and Abstracting Office. 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.
Olmsted County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Olmsted County Recording and Abstracting Office
- Mailing address
- Olmsted County Recording and Abstracting, 151 4th St SE, Rochester, MN 55904
- Phone
- 507-328-7635
- Checks payable to
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- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Olmsted County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $46 (flat statutory fee per MN Stat 357.18, regardless of page count); Plat recording $56
- Additional pages
- No additional per-page fee for standard documents (flat $46); expedited copies $2/page
- Other fees
- State deed tax 0.33% of purchase price; Mortgage registry tax 0.23% of mortgage amount; see https://www.olmstedcounty.gov/residents/land-property/recording-abstracting/recording-abstracting-fees for full Fee Finder tool
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Olmsted County Recording and Abstracting Office before you mail a check.
What Olmsted County requires
- Submission & return
- Original recorded document returned by mail to the person indicated on the document
- Hours & turnaround
- Approximately three weeks for return of recorded original document
Can you e-record in Olmsted County?
Yes. Olmsted 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 Olmsted County, Minnesota
- Prepare the document so it meets Olmsted 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 Olmsted County Recording and Abstracting Office.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Not explicitly named 'Olmsted County' in fetched content).
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Olmsted County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Olmsted County property are searchable at Olmsted County Property Records & Licensing / Property Information Map Search (publicaccess). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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