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Recording a Deed or Document in Niobrara County, WY
Niobrara County (population 2,467) records real-property documents through the Niobrara County Clerk (records real property; County Clerk serves as recorder in Wyoming). 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.
Niobrara County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Niobrara County Clerk (records real property; County Clerk serves as recorder in Wyoming)
- Mailing address
- 424 South Elm Street, P.O. Box 420, Lusk, WY 82225
- Phone
- 307-334-2211
- Checks payable to
- Niobrara County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Niobrara County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $12.00 (statewide WY fee schedule eff. 7/1/2013)
- Additional pages
- $3.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $2 acknowledgment fee; $1 per additional grantor/grantee surname beyond 5; copies $0.50/page; certified copy $5
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Niobrara County Clerk (records real property; County Clerk serves as recorder in Wyoming) before you mail a check.
What Niobrara County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide WY practice: original/notarized documents, legal-size max 8.5"x14", standard margins; specific Niobrara formatting not separately published
Can you e-record in Niobrara County?
Yes. Niobrara County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Niobrara County, Wyoming
- Prepare the document so it meets Niobrara 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 electronically through Simplifile, or by mail to Niobrara County Clerk (records real property; County Clerk serves as recorder in Wyoming).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Niobrara County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Niobrara County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Niobrara County property are searchable at Niobrara 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 Wyoming
Wyoming's recording statute for purchase contracts requires the owner's acknowledgment (Wyo. Stat. §34-1-104). See the states we file in.