Aitkin County Recorder Information

Land records in Aitkin County are recorded by the County Recorder. The office is held by Tara Snyder.

Subdivision plats can be searched online. The office also holds original plat maps, state and federal tax liens, veteran discharge records, and notary commissions.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Minn. Stat. 357.18 County Recorder · Aitkin County Department Directory · Aitkin County Recorder's Office

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Other charges

Fee schedule effective August 1, 2025.

StatewideThe $46 recording fee is divided by statute: $10.50 goes to the state general fund, $10 to the county recorder's technology fund, and $25.50 to the county general fund. Recording a plat costs $56. Amended floor plans and condominium or common interest community plats cost 50 cents per unit, with a $56 minimum. A noncertified copy of a document submitted for recording costs $2 when a copy or duplicate original comes with it. The recorder collects a $54 fee for receipt of a completed well disclosure certificate (Minn. Stat. § 103I.235). Each county board sets the per-page fee for noncertified copies.

Aitkin County's fee schedule lists oversize copies (up to 36 inches) at $5.00, a copy of an official plat at $10.00, certification on an official plat at $5.00, and a document research and delivery fee of $5.00 base plus $1.00 per page.

Paying the office

Recording fees, mortgage registration tax, and state deed tax can be on one check made payable to the Aitkin County Recorder. Property taxes are made payable to Aitkin County Treasurer and should not be submitted to the Recorder's Office. Documents submitted with combined fees cannot be recorded.

Transfer tax

Deed tax. .0033 of the net consideration when the consideration exceeds $3,000; $1.65 when there is no consideration or it is $3,000 or less. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, Minn. Stat. § 287.21, subd. 1)

StatewideThe deed tax is due when a taxable deed or instrument is presented for recording (Minn. Stat. § 287.21, subd. 1(d)). A mortgage registry tax is imposed on the privilege of recording a mortgage. Its rate is .0023 of the debt, or portion of a debt, secured by a recorded mortgage of real property in Minnesota (Minn. Stat. § 287.035). Some counties are authorized by special statute to impose their own additional deed and mortgage registry taxes. For example, Minn. Stat. § 383B.80 allows Hennepin County a rate of .0001.

Aitkin County does not have a conservation fee.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Minn. Stat. 357.18 County Recorder · Minn. Stat. 287.21 Imposition of tax · Minn. Stat. 287.035 Imposition of tax · Aitkin County Recorder's Office · Aitkin County Fee Schedule 2025-2026

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

StatewideThe first page has a 3-inch blank space at the top and a one-half inch border on each side and the bottom. The right half of the top blank space is reserved for recording information and the left half for tax certification.

StatewideThese standards apply to documents recorded other than by electronic means. Plats, registered land surveys, and common interest community plats are excepted. The document title must be prominently displayed at the top of the first page, below the blank space, or on the administrative page. No additional sheet may be attached so that it covers information. Documents must be legible enough to reproduce a readable copy. A document should conform to these standards, but should not be rejected unless it is not legible or cannot be archived (Minn. Stat. § 357.18, subd. 5).

Marital status must be stated in a form such as "A Single Person", "Husband & Wife", "Divorced and not remarried", or "Widowed and not remarried"; "Married" alone is unacceptable. A full legal description is required; tax statement brief legal descriptions are not sufficient. White-out is unacceptable. Transfer deeds note the completed CRV or electronic CRV number on the document.

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Certificate of Real Estate Value Statewide Minnesota Department of Revenue (filed with the county auditor)
  whenever any real estate is sold for a consideration in excess of $3,000
• Well Disclosure Certificate Statewide Minnesota Department of Health
  for a deed or other instrument of conveyance requiring a certificate of value, unless the deed contains the statutory no-wells or unchanged-status statement

Submitting documents

Documents received after 1 p.m. may be filed the next business day unless prior arrangements are made. A cover letter should give a telephone number, the return address, whether the document is to be recorded in Abstract or Torrens, and the recording order if multiple documents are filed. Contact the office before mailing Torrens documents. The office no longer files UCCs as of July 1, 2011.

Checked October 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: Minn. Stat. 357.18 County Recorder · Minn. Stat. 507.093 Standards for documents · Minn. Stat. 507.091 Name and address of drafter · Minn. Stat. 507.092 Name and address for tax statements · Minn. Stat. 272.115 Certificate of value · Aitkin County Recorder's Office · CSC eRecording Availability in Minnesota