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Recording a Deed or Document in Miner County, SD
Miner County (population 2,296) records real-property documents through the Miner County Register 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.
Miner County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Miner County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Miner County Register of Deeds, PO Box 546, Howard, SD 57349 (physical: 401 N. Main St., 1st Floor, Howard, SD 57349)
- Phone
- (605) 772-5621
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Miner County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $30 (first 50 pages) for deeds, mortgages, assignments, satisfactions, easements, contracts, covenants, resolutions, surveys, lis pendens, leases (SDCL 7-9-15); transfer fee of $0.50 per $500 of value on deeds with consideration
- Additional pages
- $2.00 per additional page over 50 pages
- Other fees
- Uncertified copies $1/page; certified copies typically $5 first page + $1/page thereafter (statewide standard); no separate records-management rider fee confirmed for Miner County
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Miner County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Miner County requires
- Cover sheet
- South Dakota statewide document standards apply (SDCL 43-28-23: e.g., top margin blank space for recorder's stamp, preparer statement per SDCL 7-9-1); county-specific cover sheet/margin/font/paper specs not separately published on Miner County site
Can you e-record in Miner County?
Miner 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 Miner County, South Dakota
- Prepare the document so it meets Miner 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 Miner County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
How Jurably helps in Miner 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 Miner 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 Miner County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.