| Show Recorder's office has many duties Helen B. Maxine V. Burdick and Nellie H. Jones check over plat new cemetery addition to Roosevelt Filing tills map for permanent record is but one of the myriad of duties performed Recorder's office has paid way in fees collected past few not a necessity it just happens DUCHESNE The Duchesne County recorder's office lias been paying its way the past few years with the fees collected from the persons who use its services the It more than makes as collections more than offset expense of operating the It was not the intention of the who designated the duties of the county offices for the recorder's to its for the fees to cover the cost of the service operation without support from a tax But the Duchesne County recorder's office has done just that for several In fees paid directly by the persons recording public documents and for other services tallied and expenses were kept to making a profit for the Salaries for of the for to attend three operational expense and equipment It was a usual year of for the recorder's handled by Maxine W. the recorder for the past eight Nellie H. Jones Is the only deputy employed by the office to assist with the myriad of In documents filed and recorded in the Duchesne County recorder's office tallied just ten more than in Burdick Although accelerated activity In the county for oil exploration firms accounts for a large share of the recording the day-to-day work load entered through the local Hellen B. and by other such professional keep things humming around the recorder's located in the courthouse Most of the documents deal with land transfer of ownership warranty and quit-claim correction real estate court decrees quieting maps and rights-of mortgages and mortgage and mineral royalty mining claim proof of labor on these Miscellaneous documents filed and recorded by this office include military death federal tax lien lien waiver of official and recorder's office is the important of the county declares Helen B. local abstractor and former county In backing up this she have you if you don't have clear title to the The recorder's office furnished a permanent record the history of each piece of land in the Mott says the or title in the recorder's office is the foundation of the from these records that abstracts to the land are made showing the history of each piece of land and proving I swear In my certification on each ab for the public by the county Jones retired April 1 after serving Duchesne County as a public servant over 40 She and her husband will spend the summer traveling and of title that the documents copied in the abstract are recorded in the office of the Duchesne County The recorder's office sort of many instruments and documents floating about in the public's It gives the public assurance that if the original document does become the recorder's office will furnish a certified copy of the document for a nominal Most of the recording is done in the office now with use of a photostat machine bought in Burdick soon as ledgers are filled with the typewritten we convert to the photostat style to start the next book of She believes use of the photostat is more accurate and less likely to let an error slip by than is the typist-proofreader Burdick concludes her argument for this type recording by photostat pictures the signatures on the documents something that cannot be duplicated by the |
