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The Polk County Recorder's Office contains valuable information concerning your home, family, business and recreation. The Recorder's office maintains all official real estate documents and provides retrieval and reproduction of these records for the public and businesses. Some of the official documents in our office are:

Deeds & Contracts
Mortgages
Assignments
Releases
Plats & Surveys
Easements
State & Federal Tax Liens
Military Records
Birth/Death/Marriage Records

Recorder's Services:

ATV/Boats/Snowmobiles - Renewals and initial registration. ATVs | Boats | Snowmobiles

Military Records - Retrieves Military Records for tax exemptions and benefits.

Passports - Official Passport Acceptance Facility and Photo Services

Real Estate - Records, Maintains, and retrieves permanent records pertaining to all commercial and residential real estate transactions. Collects auditor fee on real estate transfers and transfer taxes.

Trade Names - Records, maintains, and retrieves trade names for sole proprietorships or co-partnerships.

Uniform Commercial Codes - Maintains and retrieves liens for real estate.

Vital Records - Issues marriage licenses, records, maintains and retrieves birth certificates, marriage licenses & death certificates. Births | Deaths | Marriages

:: Online Services

:: Where are we located?

:: Office News

Search Index: Search our records from 1992-Present for free.

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Online Boat Renewal: Renew your Boat Registration online. Click Here.

E-Filing: If you are a bank, law firm, or abstract company interested in e-filing, then we can help. To find out more information, Click Here

Iowa Land Records: The Polk County Recorder's Office is part of the Statewide portal that provides index data for all 99 counties in Iowa. Click Here for more info.

Polk County Administrative Bldg

111 Court Ave Ste 250

Des Moines, Iowa 50309

Office Hours: 7:30am-5:00pm

Holiday Schedule 2010

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Julie Haggerty and the Recorder's Staff will be at the All-Canada Show Feb 12-14, accepting Passport Applications. For more info click here.

Boat Renewal season is here. Current boat registrations expire April 30th, 2010. For renewal information, click here.

Do you need a copy of a document that was filed prior to 7/1/2002? Click here for info on how to order a copy.

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