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Recording a Deed or Document in Champaign County, OH
Champaign County (population 38,714) records real-property documents through the Champaign 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.
Champaign County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Champaign County Recorder
- Mailing address
- 1512 US-68, Suite B-200, Urbana, OH 43078
- Phone
- (937) 484-1630
- Website
- co.champaign.oh.us
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Champaign County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $34.00 for first two pages (8.5x14 or smaller, per Ohio Recorders Association state fee schedule)
- Additional pages
- $8.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- Copies: $0.25/page (public self-copy), $2.00/page (staff copy), certified copy $2.00/page + $1.00/seal
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Champaign County Recorder before you mail a check.
What Champaign County requires
- Submission & return
- In person; online records search (post-1996 documents at county recording system); in-person review for pre-1996 documents
Can you e-record in Champaign County?
Champaign 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 Champaign County, Ohio
- Prepare the document so it meets Champaign 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 Champaign County Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Champaign County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Champaign County property are searchable at Champaign County Auditor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Champaign County
Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk. It’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Champaign County property, we file a memorandum of contract to put your equitable interest on the public record, where every title search will find it. The online notary session is included: you sign it alone, and the seller is notified by certified mail. Then we record it (by certified mail) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.
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Under contract in Champaign County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.