Clayton County, Iowa - Clayton County Recorder

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Courthouse Hours:

Treasurer

M-F 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Assessor/Auditor/Recorder

M-F 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Supervisors

M & W 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

County Recorder

Sue Meyer

Office location: Courthouse

Position: elected to four year terms

The County Recorder shall record at length all instruments of record which may be filed with her for recording consisting principally of deeds, mortgages, contracts, assignments, affidavits, releases, condemnation proceedings, veterans' records, plats, leases and other miscellaneous papers. The following are some of the Recorders duties:

Issues hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, trout and duck habitat stamps
Reports to Iowa Department of Revenue & Finance and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and makes payment of fees collected
Furnish certified copies of instruments of record in the office
Records UCC financing statements
Reports to the Board of Supervisors quarterly a statement of fees collected
Issues boat and snowmobile registration certificates and boat titles
Collects the Iowa Real Estate Transfer Tax for the Iowa Department of Revenue & Finance
Process passport applications
Custodian of birth, death, and marriage records
Issues marriage licenses

Contacts:

Phone: (563) 245-2710

Fax: (563) 245-2454

E-mail: Sue Meyer, County Recorder - smeyer@claytoncountyiowa.net

Rhonda Donlon - rdonlon@claytoncountyiowa.net

Deb Tyer - dtyer@claytoncountyiowa.net

Online Forms from the Recorder's Office:

Real Estate Transfer - Declaration of Value (132 KB)
Real Estate Transfer - Groundwater Hazard Statement (213 KB)
Application for a Search for an Iowa Vital Record (815 KB)
Iowa Marriage Application(46.9 KB)

Marriage Information

State of Iowa Marriage Instructions (78.7 KB)

Passport Information

Items Needed to Obtain a Passport

Last Modified: 6/9/2009