Register of Deeds

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)

How's Our Service?

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