Oklahoma · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Garfield County, OK
Garfield County (population 61,779) records real-property documents through the Garfield County Clerk (records real property as registrar 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.
Garfield County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Garfield County Clerk (records real property as registrar of deeds)
- Mailing address
- Garfield County Clerk, 114 W Broadway, Room 105, Enid, OK 73701
- Phone
- 580-237-0226
- Website
- gcclerk.org
- Checks payable to
- Garfield County Clerk (typical convention; not explicitly confirmed)
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Garfield County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18 first page ($8 statutory recording fee + $10 records preservation fee)
- Additional pages
- $2 per additional page of same instrument
- Other fees
- $10 records preservation fee per document (included above); nonconforming instrument: $35 first page/$10 each additional page; $1 per legal description over 25 per page
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Garfield County Clerk (records real property as registrar of deeds) before you mail a check.
What Garfield County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide OK statutory format: 2-inch top margin, 1-inch other margins, black ink on white paper preferred, legible/xerographically reproducible, max paper size 8.5x14 in., English language, space left for documentary stamps/mortgage-tax certification/recording info
Can you e-record in Garfield County?
Garfield 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 Garfield County, Oklahoma
- Prepare the document so it meets Garfield 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 Garfield County Clerk (records real property as registrar of deeds).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Garfield County Clerk (typical convention; not explicitly confirmed).
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Garfield County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Garfield County property are searchable at Garfield County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
Filing with Jurably in Oklahoma
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