Carter County Recorder

The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Carter County.

First page of Deeds, Mortgages and other instruments $18.00
Each additional page of all Real Estate documents $2.00

Plat with one block or less $20.00
Plat with more than one block $35.00

Fictitious Name Certificate $15.00

Mechanic's & Materialman's Liens:
First Page - $10.00
Each additional page - $2.00
Postage & Handling - $14.47 per notice
Records Preservation Fee - *$10.00

Judgments, Release of Judgments $18.00
Additional pages to Judgments $2.00
Execution/Renewal of Judgment $10.00

Non-Conforming Documents $35.00
Each additional page $10.00

All recording fees listed above are inclusive of a $10.00 preservation fee charged for each applicable instrument recorded pursuant to Oklahoma Statute Title 28 Section 32 C.

Copy Fees for Recorded Instruments

For furnishing photographic copies of photographic records, or of typewritten $1.00
script or printed records, per page.

For certifying to any copy, per page $1.00

Copies of Plats - Paper $3.00
Copies of Plats -- Mylar $5.00

For furnishing electronic copies, per image $0.25

For furnishing electronic copies exceeding 3,500 images, per image $0.15

Fees are subject to change without notice. For questions regarding documentary taxes or recording fees, contact the County Clerk's office directly.

* Instruments submitted should be originals or certified copies of originals and shall be clearly legible.

* A deed will not be valid unless it is in writing and subscribed by the grantors. A deed must be acknowledged in order to be recorded.

* Paper should not measure larger than 8.5x14 inches or smaller than 8.5x11 inches. Use white paper, black ink, and a font size of at least 12 point.

* Do not use italicized or bold type, underlined legal descriptions, compressed lettering, or non-reproducible content. Non-reproducible content includes shadows, faxed or other reproduced documents, lightly imprinted notary seals, colored ink signatures (signatures should be in black ink), handwritten information, or small font sizes.

* All documents should provide an area free of printed information sufficient in size to accommodate affixation of documentary stamps, any certification of the payment of mortgage taxes, and the recording information affixed by the county clerk without covering language contained in the instrument. If sufficient space is not provided, the county clerk will attach an additional page.

* The top margin of all documents should be at least 1 inch and all other margins should be at least an inch.

* Describe the property by its specific legal description and provide such information as is necessary for indexing.

* Any consideration given for the real property should be listed in the document.

* Provide the address of the grantee or other designated address to which the instrument is to be delivered after recording.

* If an instrument contains more than twenty-five legal descriptions requiring separate entries in the indexes, the descriptions shall be sorted by addition, block, and lot if platted property or by township, range, and section if described by governmental survey description.