Adams County Recorder

Official office locations, recording fees, and document requirements

Find everything you need to record real estate documents in Adams County, Idaho.

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Recorder Office

Adams County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder
Courthouse - 201 Industrial Ave / PO Box 48, Council, Idaho 83612
8:00am to 5:00pm M-F
(208) 253-4561

About the Adams County Recorder's Office

The clerk also functions as recorder in Adams County and is responsible for recording and maintaining records related to real property in the county.

Recording Fees

For recording each of the following types of instruments, provided such instrument is thirty (30) pages or less:

Deeds, grants and conveyances of real property $15.00

Trust deeds or mortgages of real property, including fixture filings (UCC mortgages),
security agreements and assignments of leases and rents if contained within the same
instrument for recording $45.00 for first 30 pages, then $3.00 for each additional page

Reconveyances of trust deeds, including a substitution of trustee if contained within
the same instrument for recording, and releases of mortgages $15.00

Powers of Attorney $25.00

Surveys - Recording Fees: $5.00 per survey
Copies of Recorded Surveys: $4.00 per survey page

All OTHER DOCUMENTS $10.00 first page, $3.00 each additional page (Letter & Legal sizes)

COPIES OF RECORDED DOCUMENTS
Per page $1.00
Certification of copy per document $1.00
Conformed document per page (originals only) $0.50

Document Requirements

* Submit your documents to be recorded on paper that is at least 8.5 x 11 inches, but no larger than 8.5 x 14 inches.

* Documents must be legible in order to be recorded. In order to achieve this, use Times New Roman 12 point font, in black ink.

* The top margin on the first page should be 2 inches. All other margins throughout the document should be 1 inch.

* Below the 2 inch margin on the first page, a title for the document should be given.

* The grantor must sign the document.

* For instruments that affect title to real property, the grantee's complete name and mailing address should be listed.

* Include a legal description of the property being transferred.

* Before an instrument can be recorded, it must be acknowledged by the person who executed it.

* Any person transferring residential real property must fill out a property disclosure form. Details of this form can be found in the Idaho Code 55-2508.

Services & Resources

Get a Copy of Your Deed

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E-Recording Services

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