Welcome to the Ellsworth County
Register of Deeds Office
Sue Arensman, Register of Deeds
Melissa Taylor, Deputy
Address
210 N Kansas Ave, Suite 7
Ellsworth, Kansas 67439-3118
Phone: (785) 472-3022
Fax: (785) 472-4912
Email Addresses
Sue: sarensman@aceks.com
Melissa: mtaylor@aceks.com
Hours: 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday
The Register of Deeds is an elected official, and is elected by the voters
of Ellsworth County every four years. This office is responsible for recording
transactions relating to real estate in Ellsworth County. This includes deeds,
mortgages, oil and gas leases and plated additions to the cities of our county.
These records date back to the 1870's.
This office is also responsible for filing financing states and security agreements
on personal property according to the regulations of the Uniform Commercial Code,
federal and state tax liens, powers of attorney, military discharges, corporation
papers and county school records. We record hundreds of different types of
documents The Register of Deeds office is your connection to the Past, Present,
and Future of Ellsworth County.
The requirements and fees for recording documents in this office are set by
Kansas Statutes. The fees are:
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| Fee Schedule |
| $21.00 |
For recording deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of writing,
for the first page (not to exceed legal size page
8 1/2" by 14") (Includes Technology Fees and Heritage Trust Fund Fee) |
$17.00
$20.00
$4.00 |
For second page and each additional page or fraction thereof
(includes Technology Fees and Heritage Trust Fund Fee)
Recording real estate mortgage assignment or release for the
first page (Includes Technonlgy Fees and Heritage Trust Fund Fee)
For second page and each additional page or fraction thereof
of assignment or release |
| $32.00 |
Recording town plats, for each page |
| $13.00 |
Certificate, certifying any instrument of record |
$12.50
$17.00
$5.00 |
Acknowledgment of signature
For filing liens for materials and services under K.S.A. 58-201
K.S.A. 60-2201 Lis Pendens |
| $32.00 |
Federal Tax Lien Notices |
| $32.00 |
Federal Tax Lien Release |
| $71.00 |
K.S.A. 44-717(e)(1) Employment Security Law Lien Release
(First page only, additional fees apply for second and additional
pages and fractions thereof) |
| $0.00 |
K.S.A. 39-709(g) Medical Assistance Lien due at time of filing
(First page only, additional fees apply for second and additional
pages and fractions thereof)* |
| $0.00 |
K.S.A. 39-709(g) Medical Assistance Lien assignment of
release for the first page* |
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Effective July 1, 2014
Revised Article 9, Uniform Commercial Code |
| $15.00 |
Original financing statement |
| $15.00 |
Amended financing statement |
| $15.00 |
Continuation statement |
| $15.00 |
Financing statement indicating assignment |
| $15.00 |
Assignment of financing statement |
| $15.00 |
Statement of release of all or a part of any collateral
described in filed financing statement |
| $15.00 |
Real estate mortgage subject to K.S.A. 84-9-502
FIXTURE FILING* |
| $15.00 |
Termination Statement |
| $15.00 |
Written UCC information request, per debtor name |
| $1.00 |
Copy request: a copy of any filed financing statement (per page) |
$7.50 Certified Copy, in addition to any copying expenses
$7.50 K.S.A. 79-2616(d) Federal Tax Lien Certificate
$1.00 K.S.A. 79-2616(d) Copy of Federal Tax Lien (per page)
$1.00 Attachments, per page (after first ten pages, which are
included in initial fee)
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* (National Form Required)
No fee shall be charged or collected for any filing made by the department
of revenue as required under the provisions of the Kansas inheritance tax act,
and amendments thereto.
All fees enumerated in this section, except those charged for the filing of liens
and releases of tax liens under the internal revenue laws of the United States,
shall be due and payable before the register of deeds shall be required to do
the work. If the register of deeds fails to collect any of the fees provided in
this section, the amount of the fees at the end of each quarter shall be deducted
from the register's salary. The register of deeds shall bill the United States
Internal Revenue Service on the last day of each month for the amount of
fees accrued in the filing and releasing of federal tax liens.
If the name or names of the signer or signers of any notary public to any
instrument to be recorded are not plainly typed or printed under the signature
affixed to the instrument, the register of deeds shall charge and collect a fee
of ($1.00) in addition to all other fees provided in this section.
In sufficient space is not provided for the necessary recording information and
certification on a document, such recording information shall be placed on an added
sheet and such sheet shall be counted as a page. The document shall be of sufficient
legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof. If a document
is judged not to be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible
reproduction, such document shall be accompanied by an exact copy thereof which
shall be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction
thereof and which shall be recorded contemporaneously with the document and
shall be counted as additional pages. The register of deeds may reject any
document which is not of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible
reproduction thereof.
Any document which was filed on or after January 1, 1989, which was a size print or
smaller than 10-point type but which otherwise was properly filled shall be deemed
to be validly filed.
Except as otherwise provided, all fees provided for in this section shall be paid by
the register of deeds to the county treasurer and deposited
into the general fund of the county.
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