Johnson County Recorder

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

As per Wyoming Statute 18-3-402 (XVI), effective July 1, 2013:

To record the first page of a document, the fee is $12. Each additional page is $3.

For an instrument with more than 5 grantors or grantees of a different surname, a $1 fee will apply to each additional name.

For each section, lot, block, or tract in excess of 10, a $1 fee will apply to each additional description.

For any instrument containing more than 2 real estate descriptions by book and page, there is a $2 fee for each additional reference.

- Conveyances of any land or of any estate or interest therein may be made by instrument, executed and acknowledged by the party from whom the estate or interest is intended to pass.

- Use white 8.5 x 11 inch paper. Printing can be single or double-sided. Page with double-sided printing will be counted as two pages when fees are assessed.

- The execution of the instrument shall be acknowledged by the party executing it before any notarial officer.

- Submit an original instrument with original signatures.

- At the top of the first page, provide a 3-inch margin, which is to remain blank. After the margin, a document title should be given.

- When a deed, contract, or other instrument contracting legal or equitable title to real property is presented to a county clerk for recording, the instrument should be accompanied by a statement under oath by the grantee or his agent disclosing the name of the grantor and grantee, the date of transfer, the date of sale, a legal description of the property transferred, the actual full amount paid or to be paid for the property, terms of sale, and an estimate of the value of any nonreal property included in the sale. No instrument evidencing a transfer of real property will be accepted for recording until this sworn statement is received by the county clerk. The statement is not part of the public record.

- A certificate of acknowledgment of any deed, mortgage, conveyance, or proof of the execution of the conveyance, before a notarial officer, will entitle the deed, mortgage, or conveyance, certificate aforesaid to be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county where the property is located.

- The county clerk will not record an instrument until the address of the grantee is furnished to the county clerk, but this requirement will not affect the validity of the recording of any conveyance.

- If a document is presented and is legible but not sufficiently clear to produce a readable copy, the clerk may require that a legible true copy of the original be presented, or the clerk may prepare a true copy by handwriting or typewriting and will attach the same to the original as part of the document. The county clerk will charge a fee of 50 cents per 100 words for preparing a true copy.