Socorro County Recorder

The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining records related to real property situated in Socorro County.

RECORDING FEE PER DOCUMENT
To record 1-10 indexed entries, the fee is $25.
Each additional block of 10 indexed entries is $25.

DETERMINATION OF RECORDING ENTRIES
The County Clerk's Office will review the grantor/grantee's and legal description of each document and determine how many entries will be required for indexing. Every name indexed counts as one entry.
For example:
GRANTOR/GRANTEE: EVERY NAME INDEXED COUNTS AS 1 ENTRY
Ben White, an unmarried man =1
John Smith and Sue Smith (no vesting) = 2
Ben White and Ellen White, husband and wife = 2
John Smith and Sally Taylor, husband and wife = 2
John Smith and Mary Smith Revocable Trust = 1
John Smith and Mary Jones Revocable Trust = 2
Ellen White, aka Ellen Smith = 2
Ellen Ferguson-Smith = 1
Ellen White, Individually and Attorney in fact for Ben White =2

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: EVERY SEPARATE DESCRIPTION COUNTS AS 1 ENTRY
Lot, Subdivision = 1
Lot 1 & Lot 2, Subdivision = 2
Lot 1, Apt. A, Subdivision = 1
Unit A of XYZ Condos, located on Lot 1, Subdivision = 2
Lot 1 and a portion of Lot 2, Subdivision = 2

The above described method should apply to all document types that are recorded, including surveys and maps.

Recording fees are due at the time of recording.

* Documents submitted for recording must be originals and must be notarized with a proper acknowledgment.

* White paper measuring at least 8.5 x 11 inches and no larger than 8.5 x 14 inches should be used.

* A 1 x 4 inch space in the upper right hand corner of the first page should be left blank. This is to be used for the recording label.

* Subsequent margins should be at least 1 inch.

* Black ink, with a minimum font size of at least 10 point should be used to ensure legibility and reproduction.

* The real property named in the document must be identified with a grantor and grantee.

* Any deed submitted for recording must have the grantor's signature.

* The marital status of male grantors should be listed in the deed.

A legal description should be provided in any document pertaining to real property. If the legal description is in a previously recorded document, this can be referenced by book and page in the current document. Each lot within the same block is one entry each. For example: Lots 1, 2, 3 Block 7 Aver Addition would be three entries. The description "All of Block 7 Aver Addition" would be one entry, while "Lot 1 Block 7 and Lot 1 Block 8 Aver Addition" would be two entries.
Lots and tracts that are inclusive of a block are indexed as one entry each. For example: Lots 7, 8, 10, 12 of Hills Castle Subdivision would be four entries.