Mcleod County Recorder Information

Land records in Mcleod County are recorded by the County Recorder. The office is held by Deborah Jensen.

A free historical records site offers Grantor/Grantee, Numerical Registers, Cemeteries, Survey Corners, Government Surveys, Surveyors Field Notes, and Atlas. Recorded documents are also available through LandShark, a paid service. County abstracting services, including tract checks, were discontinued in 2003; name and tax searches remain available.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Minn. Stat. 357.18 County Recorder · Recorder

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

Other charges

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.

County board fees for the Recorder: fax or e-mail of a record $10 plus the copy fee; copies or images of record mailed $1 per page ($2 minimum); copies of reduced plats, RLS, half sections, or parcel maps $3; uncertified copies of a certificate of title $1 per page ($10 maximum); document deposit (600.23) $150 per document per year; LandShark set-up fee $50, monthly fee $50, $2 per document image or Torrens certificate, credit card access fee $5. McLeod County does not have a Conservation fee.

Paying the office

One check to the McLeod County Recorder covers the recording fee and any mortgage registration tax or state deed tax. Real estate taxes are payable to the Auditor/Treasurer's Office. Escrow accounts are available by authorization form.

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.

In McLeod County the Recorder's Office certifies mortgage registration tax and state deed tax on recorded real estate documents, by County Board resolution of December 27, 2012. Split certifications and parcel ID transfers remain with the Auditor/Treasurer's Office.

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 · Recorder · Fee Schedule

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).

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
• Septic form (Property Transfer Forms) McLeod County Environmental Services
  all deeds filed on and after May 1, 2006 with a Certificate of Real Estate Value form

Submitting documents

Documents for abstract property should be identified as "Abstract Property" in the cover letter. Full eRecording also requires eCRVs and eWells.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. 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 · Abstract Documents · eRecording