Nebraska · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Box Butte County, NE
Box Butte County (population 10,494) records real-property documents through the Box Butte County Register of Deeds (Clerk/Register of Deeds combined 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.
Box Butte County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Box Butte County Register of Deeds (Clerk/Register of Deeds combined office)
- Mailing address
- Box Butte County Register of Deeds, PO Box 678, Alliance, NE 69301
- Phone
- (308) 762-6565 / (308) 762-2867
- Checks payable to
- Box Butte County Clerk/Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Box Butte County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $10.00
- Additional pages
- $6.00 per page
- Other fees
- UCC filings flat $14.00; certified copies $1.50/page; standard copies $0.50/page (up to 8x14), $0.70/page (11x17); fax $1.00/page. No fee for tax lien/UCC terminations (statewide statutory practice).
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Box Butte County Register of Deeds (Clerk/Register of Deeds combined office) before you mail a check.
What Box Butte County requires
- Page formatting
- Not detailed on official Box Butte page; standard Nebraska formatting generally requires 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper, black ink, min. margins
- Cover sheet
- Nebraska statute requires 3"x8.5" blank recording space top of page 1 for stamps per standard NE practice
- Submission & return
- Documents recorded 2013+ searchable via Nebraska Deeds Online (nebraskadeedsonline.us)
Can you e-record in Box Butte County?
Box Butte 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 Box Butte County, Nebraska
- Prepare the document so it meets Box Butte 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 Box Butte County Register of Deeds (Clerk/Register of Deeds combined office).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Box Butte County Clerk/Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Box Butte County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Box Butte County property are searchable at Box Butte County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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