Juab County, Utah - Recorder Information

Register of Deeds

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The Juab County Recorder is the custodian of all land ownership records for the county. The County Recorder receives, indexes, codes, and stores legal documents pertaining to real estate to make them available to the public. Most documents are returned 7-10 business days after recording.

Recording Fees

Per document. $40.00
Additional fee for every legal description over 10 - $2.00 (Descriptions include metes and bounds, water right numbers, mining claims, lots, units, rights of ways, exceptions, etc.).

Subdivision or any other plat or map
Each Sheet (24 X 36 standard) $50.00
Each lot or unit designation $2.00

Surveyor Fees
Survey Plat filing each sheet(24 X 36 standard) $20.00

Miscellaneous
Certificate under seal $5.00(certified copy) plus $1.00 per page copy fee.
Copies of Record each page $1.00
Copies of Ownership plats(18 X 18) or smaller, each sheet. $2.00
Copies of Subdivision Plats, Survey maps and plats(24 X 36), each sheet. $4.00
Copies of Ledger size maps and plats, subdivisions, surveys , etc $1.00
Copies of other maps and plats on 36 inch wide paper per lineal foot. $2.00
Copies on your own without help from staff with volume discount , each $0.25
Copies with help from staff, each $1.00
E-mail of copies of record flat fee per document. each $10.00
E-mail of ownership plats and maps etc. flat fee, each $10.00
Copies of Property Record Card, each $1.00
E-mail of record card, flat fee, each $5.00
Return mail fee for unrecorded documents, minimum $2.00
Return Check fee $20.00

Credit Card Fees
Credit card over the phone $2.00
Credit card company fee (2.5% or minimum of) $1.50

Fees must accompany the document. If you are not sure of proper fees required, you may send them a "not to exceed check" and they will fill in proper fees. If proper fees are not enclosed (too little or too much) they will return documents unrecorded. A fee will be charged for any document returned this way. Minimum of $2.00.


Document Formatting Requirements

* Submit original documents containing original signatures for recording.

* A document must be legible and of adequate quality to be microfilmed and scanned. Individual pages should be 8.5 x 11 inches. Pages cannot be larger than 8.5 14 inches, unless they are for an annexation or subdivision plat map. A page size of 8.5 x 14 inches may result in extra fees.

* Print or typing should be in black ink, in a standard font, and a size of at least 9 point.

* The grantor must sign the document and must have his/her signature notarized.

* Provide a document title on the first page. This should briefly explain the nature of the recordable transaction.

* Provide adequate room in the top margin on the right hand side of the first page for recording data. This space can be 4.5 x 2.5 inches. All other margins should be at least 1 inch.

* If the document affects real property, there must be a complete legal description and parcel number of the property included on the document. An address is not an adequate legal description.

* Corresponding names must be typed or printed underneath signatures. Signatures are to be acknowledged as a prerequisite for recording.

* A tax statement mailing address must be provided on the first page. A PO Box is required for cities that do not have street delivery, specifically Eureka, Mona, Levan, Rocky Ridge, and Callao Trout Creek Area.

* If a person submits a document for recording that is subject to and complies with the Real Estate Settlement and Procedure Act, 12 U.S.C. Sec. 2601 et seq. for a residential property described in Subsection (4)(a), the person shall notify the county recorder by including the word "RESPA" in at least 16 point font on the front page of each document. The County Recorder may use the RESPA fees but is not required to refund a fee or change a fee amount shown on a recorded RESPA document.

WATER RIGHTS ADDENDA

If submitting a deed that conveys a fee simple title to land or if conveying water rights without conveying title to land, a water rights addendum must be included with the deed when it is presented for recording.

A water rights addendum identifies and describes the water rights that are transferred under an applicable deed or states that no water rights are transferred under the applicable deed.

The grantor is required to complete and sign the water rights addendum. The grantee should sign the addendum to acknowledge receipt. The grantee's signature can be a facsimile or done by electronic means.