Recorder Office
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Curry County Clerk - Courthouse
About the Curry County County Clerk
Land records in Curry County are recorded by the County Clerk. The office is held by Shelley Denney.
Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: GOVERNMENT - County Clerk - Recording Division · ORS 205.130 Recording duties of county clerk
Recording Fees
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| All documents | $5.00 per page (per-document fees listed separately) |
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Added at recording
| Public Land Corner Preservation Fee | $40.00 Per document: deeds, trust deeds, mortgages, assignments, easements, liens, releases, reconveyances, mining documents. Board Order 23292 |
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| DOR Assessment & Taxation Fee | $10.00 Per document, same documents. ORS 205.323(1)(a) |
| DOR Oregon Land Information System Fund | $1.00 Per document, same documents. ORS 205.323(1)(b) |
| Oregon Housing and Community Services | $60.00 Per document, same documents. ORS 294.187(2)(b) |
| Clerk Technology & Archiving Fee | $20.00 Per document, same documents. Board Order 23350 |
| Surveyor Services Fee | $60.00 Per document: trust deeds, mortgages, assignments, easements, liens, releases, reconveyances, death certificates, mining documents; not deeds. Board Order 23295 |
Other charges
| Document that does not meet the formatting standards | $20.00 per document when The instrument does not comply with the requirements of ORS 205.232 or 205.234 |
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| Copies, per page | $0.25 |
| Certification | $3.75 |
Fee schedule effective January 1, 2026.
StatewideA page is one side of a sheet 14 inches or less long and 8-1/2 inches or less wide. Each additional transaction in a multi-transaction instrument under ORS 205.236, each additional municipal assessment lien, and each additional lien under ORS 311.675 is $5. A county may require a Public Land Corner Preservation Fund fee by ordinance under ORS 203.148 (ORS 205.320(1)(j)). Up to $3.75 may be charged for locating a record for copies.
Federal instruments, judgments and lien record abstracts: $5.00 per page, with no per-document fees. Microfilm $1.00 per page. Photocopies: 1-4 $5.35; 5-10 $5.90; 11-15 $6.40; 16-20 $15.75; 20+ by weight. Secured Web Query Access $100.00 monthly, setup fee $50.00. Recorded Instruments Image File Transfer $0.25 each. Partition plat and replats $75.00 each; plats with more than 100 lots $5.00 per additional lot.
Transfer tax
No transfer tax. None is collected when a document is recorded. (statewide, Or. Const. Art. IX, §15)
StatewideNo state real estate transfer tax. ORS 306.815 bars cities, counties, and other political subdivisions from imposing a tax or fee on the transfer of a fee estate in real property, but does not apply to a tax in effect and operative on March 31, 1997, or to Public Land Corner Preservation Fund fees under ORS 203.148; local offices where a grandfathered tax exists collect their own.
Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: HJR 203 (2020), reprinting Or. Const. Art. IX §15 · GOVERNMENT - County Clerk - Recording Division · ORS 205.320 Fees collected by county clerk · ORS 205.327 Penalty for presenting nonstandard instruments for recording · ORS 306.815 Tax on transfer of real property prohibited; exceptions · Curry County Fee Schedule 2026 (approved)
Document Requirements
Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.
| Paper size | Not larger than 14 inches long and 8-1/2 inches wide (statewide, ORS 205.232) |
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| Minimum type size | 10 pt (statewide, ORS 205.232) |
| Ink and paper | Paper of sufficient quality for recording photographically (statewide, ORS 205.232) |
| Return address required | Yes (statewide, ORS 205.234(1)(c)) |
| Tax statement mailing address required | Yes (statewide, ORS 205.234(1)(e); ORS 93.260) |
| Cover sheet | Optional (statewide, ORS 205.234(2)) |
StatewideThe first page must contain the names of the transactions, the names of the parties to be indexed, the return name and address, for fee title conveyances the true and actual consideration (ORS 93.030) and tax statement information (ORS 93.260), and for assignments of a mortgage or trust deed the assignee's name and address. Instruments must be clearly labeled to allow recording in the appropriate record. Size and type rules do not apply to out-of-state notarial acts or certified copies of public records.
A legal description is not a tax lot number or street address. Acceptable legal descriptions are a subdivision name with lot and block, a metes and bounds description, a partition plat recording and parcel number, or a reference to a book and page or instrument of a previously recorded Curry County record where the description may be found.
Submitting documents
| In person | Accepted |
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| By mail | Accepted |
| eRecording through Deeds.com | Available for this office |
| Stamped, self-addressed return envelope | Required |
| How recorded documents come back | Documents received through the mail are returned the following business day; documents brought to the counter are returned the same day. |
Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: GOVERNMENT - County Clerk - Recording Division · ORS 205.232 Conditions for instruments to be recorded · ORS 205.234 Requirements for first page of instruments to be recorded
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