West Virginia · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Ohio County, WV
Ohio County (population 42,425) records real-property documents through the Ohio County Clerk's Office (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here). 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.
Ohio County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Ohio County Clerk's Office (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here)
- Mailing address
- Ohio County Clerk's Office, 1500 Chapline Street, Rm 205, Wheeling, WV 26003
- Phone
- (304) 234-3656 (option 5 for recording/land records)
- Website
- ohiocountywvclerk.com
- Checks payable to
- Ohio County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Ohio County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $32.00 for first 5 pages (WV Code §59-1-10, statewide statutory fee for deeds/deeds of trust/memoranda of deed of trust); exact fee also computable via county's online Recording Cost Calculator at https://ohiocountywvclerk.com/recording-costs/
- Additional pages
- $1.00 per additional page after the first 5 pages
- Other fees
- $1.00 preservation fee added for instruments over 19 pages, plus another $1.00 per each additional 10 pages (per WV Code §59-1-10); statutory allocations mirror statewide schedule ($4 Farmland Protection Fund, $10 county general revenue, $5 reappraisal fund, $8 Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund, $1 county 911 fund, $2 clerk's office operations)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Ohio County Clerk's Office (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here) before you mail a check.
What Ohio County requires
- Page formatting
- No county-specific formatting page found; general WV clerk practice recommends 2-inch top margin on first page, 1-inch margins elsewhere, and text no smaller than 10-point font with at least 2 points of line spacing
- Submission & return
- Recorded original typically returned by mail to submitter after recording
Can you e-record in Ohio County?
Ohio 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 Ohio County, West Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Ohio 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 Ohio County Clerk's Office (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Ohio County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Ohio County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Ohio County property are searchable at Ohio 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 West Virginia
West Virginia isn't available quite yet — it's coming soon. See the states we file in.