Kenosha County Recorder Information

Land records in Kenosha County are recorded by the Register of Deeds. The office is held by Jennifer Mack.

LandShark requires an account with a username and password, and a credit card is required to cover copy fees.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Register of Deeds Office directory · LandShark

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

Other charges

StatewideCopies of recorded documents are $2 for the first page plus $1 for each additional page of each document. Recording a cemetery plat, subdivision plat, or condominium plat is $50. Of each $30 recording fee, $15 is submitted to the Department of Administration for land record modernization, less up to $8 a qualifying county may retain (Wis. Stat. § 59.72(5)).

Copies of plats are $7 for the first page and $7 for each additional page. Real estate search fee is $7. Transportation project plats are $30. Copies of discharge papers are free. There is no certification fee for copies of UCC financing papers.

Paying the office

StatewideFees are payable in advance by the party procuring the services of the register of deeds; fees for services to a state department, board, or commission or a contracting person may be invoiced.

Transfer tax

Real estate transfer fee. 30 cents for each $100 of value or fraction thereof. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, Wis. Stat. § 77.22(1))

StatewideThe register collects the fee when the conveyance is submitted for recording and enters the fee paid on the face of the instrument. Except as provided in s. 77.255, a completed real estate transfer return and payment of the fee are prerequisites to acceptance for recording. Exemptions are listed in s. 77.25, and an exempt conveyance must state the reason for exemption on its face by reference to the subsection of s. 77.25. Twenty percent of fees collected is retained by the county (s. 77.24). No city, village, town, or county may impose a fee on a conveyance exempt under s. 77.25 (s. 77.256).

The office states the fee rate is $0.10 per $100.00 of the sale price or value before September 1981, or $0.30 per $100.00 for transfers after August 1981. A document exempt under sec. 77.25(1) must carry a statement on its face, for example: "This document is exempt from return and fee per sec. 77.25(1), Wis. Stats."

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Wisconsin Legislature: 77.22 · Recording Information · Real Estate Transfer Return

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

StatewideTop margin of each page is 0.5 inch; company logos may appear within it. The first page must have a blank space of at least 3 inches by 3 inches in the upper right corner, within the margins, for recording information. A document without this space may not be recorded.

Minimum one inch margin at the top of each page, 1/4-inch margin on sides and bottom of the first page.

StatewideThe register of deeds may refuse to record a document that does not substantially comply with the standard format. The document name must be clear and located not less than 0.5 inch nor more than 6 inches from the top of the first page. Multiple pages may not be hinged or otherwise joined completely at the top or sides. The document must be legible when copied or scanned. A register of deeds may not record a document that contains an individual's social security number, subject to statutory exceptions. A county that requires parcel identification numbers may require one for each parcel affected.

The parcel identification number goes directly below the return address. The return address goes either under the three-by-three inch blank space on the right or on the left near the top of the document. Only one document may be referenced per document. Documents that reference a previously recorded instrument must indicate its recording data.

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Wisconsin Electronic Real Estate Transfer Return (eRETR) Statewide Wisconsin Department of Revenue
  Executed at the time a conveyance is submitted for recording, except as provided in s. 77.255; filed electronically

Submitting documents

StatewideDocuments are recorded in the order received and endorsed with the date, hour, and minute of recording. Except as provided in any agreement with the submitter, documents left for recording are delivered to the recipient the submitter authorizes, once the submitter provides adequate postage. A register of deeds may return unrecorded an entire group of related documents identified as a single transaction if one of them may be refused.

Real estate documents are recorded Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Recordings received after the scheduled hours are addressed the next business day.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Wisconsin Legislature: 77.22 · Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43(2m) · Welcome to the Register of Deeds Office · Recording Information · Real Estate Recordings & Forms