Oklahoma · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Harper County, OK
Harper County (population 3,172) records real-property documents through the Harper County Clerk (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.
Harper County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Harper County Clerk (Registrar of Deeds)
- Mailing address
- Harper County Clerk, Courthouse, 311 SE First St., Buffalo, OK 73834
- Phone
- (580) 735-2012
- Checks payable to
- Harper County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Harper County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $8.00 + $10.00 preservation fee ($18.00 total); nonconforming first page $25.00
- Additional pages
- $2.00 per page; nonconforming additional page $10.00
- Other fees
- $10.00 statutory preservation fee included in first-page total (28 O.S. §32); documentary stamp tax 75 cents per $500 of consideration over $100
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Harper County Clerk (Registrar of Deeds) before you mail a check.
What Harper County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5x14 inch max paper; 1-inch margins all sides; black ink on white paper
- Cover sheet
- Not required per available info; 8.5x14 inch max paper, black ink on white paper, 1-inch margins all sides, space for documentary stamps/recording info, grantee mailing address required for return
- Submission & return
- Mail or in-person; not explicitly published
Can you e-record in Harper County?
Harper 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 Harper County, Oklahoma
- Prepare the document so it meets Harper 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 Harper County Clerk (Registrar of Deeds).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Harper County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Harper County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Harper County property are searchable at Harper County Assessor (property search hosted via actDataScout, sponsored by 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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