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Recording Standards Effective July 1, 2002
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Paper Size
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8.5"x11" or 8.5"x14(letter or legal)
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Margins
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Blank margin of 3 inches at the top of the first page
Blank margins of 1/2 inch on remaining sides of first page and on
all sides of subsequent pages
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Font size
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Typed or printed in black on white paper in a legible font.
A font size no smaller than 10 pts shall be considered legible.
Blanks in an instrument may be completed in pen and corrections to an instrument may be made in pen.
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Pages
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One sided only
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Inst Type
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Type of instrument stated at the top of the first page.
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If the above requirements
are not met, the Register of Deeds shall record the document
after collecting the non-standard fee of $25.00 along with
the recording fee. If the instrument is non-standard due to
the font size being smaller than 10 pts the Register of Deeds
has the discretion of considering it legible and not charging
the non-standard fee.
UCCs prepared on the
standard National or State forms are EXEMPT from the recording
standards. Also EXEMPT are Notices of Satisfactions, Cancellations
and Certificates of Satisfaction.
If the acknowledgement
date in the notary certificate is PRIOR to July 1, 2002, no
additional non-standard fee should be charged.
This is 10 font. A font
size no smaller than 10 pts shall be considered legible. The
Register of Deeds has the discretion of considering it legible
and not charging the non-standard fee. However, we must take
into consideration the legibility of the final copy after it
has been scanned and not just the legibility of the original
document.
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