Recorder

The Recorders Office will be closed to the public starting November 23, 2020 until further notice

We are accepting documents by mail or eFile.

Mailing Address: 

227 W Jefferson Blvd Room 321

South Bend IN 46619

Please include name, phone number, return envelope with postage when mailing in documents and appropriate fees.

Questions , please call 574-235-9525

About the Recorder 

The office of Recorder was the first office established by the constitution of the State of Indiana in 1816.

Responsibilities

The United States Constitution provides every individual the freedom and right to own property in their own name. That freedom is protected by the County Recorder as it is our responsibility to maintain permanent public records of legal instruments involving real estate , deeds, mortgages, liens, leases, plats, military discharges, personal bonds and several others. All of these instruments are recorded for safekeeping and future reference and for giving legal notice of their existence. Storage methods to record these documents include paper, microfilm and digital storage. The recorder of deeds provides a single location in which records of real property rights are recorded and may be researched by interested parties.

Mary Beth

County Commission on Public Records

The Recorder is a member of the county commission on public records, which has authority over the preservation or disposition of all public records maintained by the county.
      
   

Recorder's Association

View the Indiana Recorder's Association Recording Manual(PDF). State code numbers have changed, and will be available from the State.