Liz Kenison

• Maintain all land records, relating to all property in Worth County, Iowa.  Examples:  Deeds, Contracts, Mortgages, Assignments & Releases, Federal & State Tax Liens, Affidavits, Plats & Surveys, Section Corners Certificates, Military Service Records, Easements, etc.  2004 & 2005 land records can be found at the Iowa Land Records web site.
• Issue Licenses for the Department of Natural Resources:  ATV & Snowmobile License Titles/Liens, Boat License/Titles/Liens, Licenses sold through the ELSI System (Electronic License System for Iowa) Examples:  Hunting, Fishing, Deer, Turkey, Stamps, related license and regulations.  All licenses and regulations may also be obtained from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
• Passport Applications are processed at our office but must be accompanied by a recent passport size photo, certified copy birth certificate and picture ID.  Forms can be obtained from our office or contact the National Passport Information Center.
• Vital Records:  Registrar for Marriage, Birth, and Death Records; Issuance of Marriage License for State of Iowa; Certified copies of birth, marriage, and death where the event happened in Worth County.

E-Commerce  As of July 1, 2009, a $3.00 fee will be collected for each document/instrument/transaction that is recorded.  This fee is in addition to the $1.00 document fee that is already being collected.

Deeds, Changes of Title, Name Changes & Contracts [Code, Sec. 331.604] $9.00 for the first page (which includes $3.00 E-Commerce fee & $1.00 Record Management Fee, $5.00 for every additional page + Auditor's Transfer Fee (see below)*

Multi-Purpose Real Estate Related Filings (i.e., instruments that release multiple mortgages, multiple assignments, etc.) [82 O.A.G. 417, May 3, 1982] See Chapter 2, page 12.

$9.00 for the first page (which includes $3.00 E-Commerce Fee & $1.00 Record Management Fee) & $5.00 for every additional page.  The first document mentioned is included in this fee and each additional document would be $9.00 per document.

All Other Real Estate Related Filings [Secs. 331.602; 331.604] $9.00 for the first page (which includes $3.00 E-Commerce fee & $1.00 Record Management Fee & $5.00 for every additional page.

*Auditor Transfer Fees $5.00 per block or section [Sec 331.507(2)]  A parcel of real estate includes:  For real estate outside a city's limits, all contiguous land lying within a numbered section; for real estate located within a city, all contiguous land lying within a platted block or subdivision.  Within a numbered section, platted block or subdivision, land separated only by a public street, alley, or highway remains contiguous.  Auditor's fee shall not exceed $50.00 for one instrument.

Federal Tax Form Search [Sec. 331.609(3)d] See Figure 6-1, page 100.  $6.00 per request, copies are $5.00 per page.

Certificated Copy Fee (any document) $5.00 plus copy cost.  Copy fees are the discretion of the Recorder:  Faxed Copy = $1.50 per page, Mailed copy = $1.00 per page, Copy Picked Up = $0.50 per page.

Plat of Survey Only $7.00 for the first page (which includes $1.00 E-Commerce Fee & $1.00 Record Management Fee) and $5.00 for each additional page.  If more than one section is referenced, it would be a fee of $5.00 for each additional section (per Recorder's Association agreement). Corner Certificates, Dedication of Plats, and anything other than Plat of Survey have a recording fee of $9.00 for the first page and $5.00 for each additional page.

[331.604(2)] A county shall not be required to pay a fee to the recorder for filing or recording instruments.