Register of Deeds

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Register of Deeds

Mary Hollinrake

Mary Hollinrake, County Clerk/Register
Jerome Czaja, Chief Deputy Register

County Administration Building
300 Monroe Avenue, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-2288
Phone: (616) 632-7610
Fax: (616) 632-7615

Office Hours
Monday-Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, (recording 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)

The Register of Deeds Office records all documents pertaining to real property in Kent County, including deeds, mortgages, land contracts, liens and other documents pertaining to real estate. The goals of he Office are:

  • To provide service and information as to the public record regarding real property located in Kent County
  • To promptly process and accept for public record all documents received pursuant to the Michigan Recording Act
  • To research and develop new ways of using technology to improve the input, storage, and retrieval of information

Property records going back to 1970 will be available on-line to the public in late 2006.

Selected Performance Measures

Measure 2005 2006 2007 2008 Goal
Percent of documents indexed accurately NA 97.0% 99.5% 99.5%
Percent of documents that meet statutory recording requirements that are recorded within 5 business days 97.0% 98.0% 100.0% 100.0%

History of Uses

Uses 2005 Actual 2006 Actual 2007 Adopted 2008 Requested 2008 Adopted Adopted
% Change
Personnel $695,841 $715,045 $823,466 $788,892 $785,160 -4.65%
Commodities 33,711 28,813 41,500 41,000 39,000 -6.02%
Contractual Services 148,525 298,204 313,040 297,542 293,942 -6.10%
Capital Outlay 12,529 4,554 300,000 255,000 255,000 -15.00%
Other Charges 19,416 83,266 85,764 106,788 106,788 24.51%
Total Uses 910,122 1,139,882 1,563,770 1,489,222 1,479,890 -5.36%
 
Personnel FTE 15 15 14 14 14  

Significant Budget Issues

With the economic downturn, real estate sales and
refinancings have decreased dramatically reducing
revenue.

History of Uses (in millions)

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