Winnebago County Recorder Information

Land records in Winnebago County are recorded by the Register of Deeds. The office is held by Susan Snyder.

Public terminals allow in-office searching; most records are available back to 1850, with indexes back to 1935. Appointments are encouraged but not required (8:30 to 11 am or 1:30 to 3:30 pm). Laredo is offered for daily professional users; Tapestry and Laredo charge fees.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Staff Directory • Register of Deeds · Search Land Records | Winnebago County, WI

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)).

Department of Transportation Project Plats (TPP) are $30, with one page being one plat. Copies of plats are $10 for the 1st page and $3 for additional pages (22 by 30 or 14 by 22 inches), and $4 for the 1st page and $2 for additional pages (11 by 17 inches).

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 as $3 per $1000 of value, unless exempt, rounded off to the next higher hundred. An electronic Transfer Receipt and fee or Exemption Number is required for all conveyances.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Wisconsin Legislature: 77.22 · Fee Schedule | Winnebago County, WI

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.

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 return address must be located either directly under the recording area or on the left within the top 3 inches of the page. The parcel identifier number must be placed directly under the return address. The title of the document must be within the top 3 inches of the page, but not in the 3 by 3 inch corner left blank for the recording stamp.

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.

As of May 1, 2023, the office uses a tag-less recording process. A completed SWIFT Agreement form lets the submitter receive the email link to the recorded document.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43 · Wisconsin Legislature: 77.22 · Wisconsin Legislature: 59.43(2m) · Register of Deeds | Winnebago County, WI · Recording Information | Winnebago County, WI · Standard Document Format | Winnebago County, WI