Register of Deeds Office

 

The Register of Deeds office is responsible for the maintaining and securing of the land records of the county. It is a separate office in counties that have more than 20,000 in population. It is the duty of the Register of Deeds to record documents submitted for filing, in the order in which they are presented for filing, such as deeds, mortgages, assignments, releases, construction liens, tax liens (federal and state), UCC filings, plats, and other instruments and writings presented for recording.

 

Documents are first entered into the numerical tract indexes and then entered into the computer system, which automatically generates the alphabetical grantor/grantee indexes. All recorded documents are also microfilmed and scanned. A book and page number would be assigned to all documents. 

 

All documents recorded in the Register of Deeds office are public record. Therefore, copies of any recorded documents are available to view or purchase. Primary users of this office include realtors, title and abstract companies, banks, law firms, appraisers and genealogists.

 

Location

 

The Register of Deeds Office is located on the first floor of the Courthouse Building at 1555 Colfax Street in Blair, NE.

 

Hours

 

Open Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 p.m.
Closed Weekends and Holidays

Holidays include:

New Year's Day January 1st
Martin Luther King Day 3rd Monday in January
Presidents Day 3rd Monday in February
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4th
Labor Day 1st Monday in September
Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October
Veteran's Day November 11th
Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday & Friday in November
Christmas Day December 25th