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FAQ’s
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What are the hours of the Register of Deeds Office?
The office is open Monday through Friday, from
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Real and personal property documents presented
after 3:30 p.m. may be recorded or filed on the following working day.
Please check here for any changes in
hours
or for
holidays. |
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What are the recording fees?
The recording fee for a deed, mortgage, lis
pendens or other real estate instrument is $14.00 for the first page and
$3.00 for each additional page. Any document which assigns or discharges
more than one instrument, $3.00 shall be added to the recording fee for
each additional instrument so assigned or discharged. For more detail,
click here: Fee Schedule. |
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How do I find who owns certain property?
If you do not know the property owner’s name,
you may contact the
local assessor or treasurer's office . For additional
assistance in locating property outside the City of Flint, please contact
Equalization/Land Description (for example, to verify legal description,
parcel number, property splits, etc.). You may also be able to obtain this
information from your local Planning, Zoning, or Building office. If the
property is in Flint, contact the
Flint
City Assessor’s Office.
These offices will provide you with the name(s) that appear on the tax
roll, which may or may not be the owner(s). With these names, you can then
search our office for any recorded information. If you have a name and
approximate year to search, and come in to our office, our office may be
able to provide you with recorded information. |
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How do I search for a deed?
You need a grantor or grantee name to search any
land record information and you should have an approximate year to search.
More recent transactions may also be searched by the property tax
identification number, or the street address, if they were provided on the
instrument. |
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Can I get genealogy information?
Yes, you can. You need the approximate year of
transactions, parties names, and be prepared for heavy lifting. Some of
the old records are in heavy books. You may want to bring someone to
assist you.
Click
here to get more information from the County Clerk's Office for
Genesee
County Genealogy. |
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Is this where I come to redeem my property?
No. You can make arrangements through the involved companies,
financial institutions, or their legal counsel, and redeem property
directly from them. |
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Do you handle property auctions through a tax sale?
No. Please see
Genesee County Treasurer’s site. |
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Where is the Register of Deeds located?
The street address is 1101 Beach
Street, Flint, Michigan 48502, in the Genesee County Administration
Building. Covered parking, with a fee, is available off 7th
Street. The building is located across from Flint City Hall on South
Saginaw Street, between I-69 and Court (5th) Street, just ½
block south of the Sheriff Department.
Click here for further
directions. |
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Can you prepare my document, or give me the forms to use?
No, the Register of Deeds does not prepare any legal
document, nor do we give legal advice. Forms may be obtained from an
office supply company. If you need assistance, please contact an attorney
or a real estate agent. |
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Where can I find a notary?
Financial institutions, credit unions, funeral
homes, title companies, realtors, automobile dealerships, and many other
businesses. You will find a listing in the yellow pages of your telephone
book, or
check
online for a notary here. |
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What do you register?
To see our introduction, just click
here.
We do not register guns (see
Genesee
County Sheriff), Secretary of State documentation (See
Secretary
of State), or DD214 (see
Genesee
County Clerk). |
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When an instrument is recorded that legally removes the name of an
owner (like a death certificate), why don’t you simply issue a new
document showing the current owners?
State law mandates that if a document meets
state requirements, then the Register of Deeds must accept and record that
document. The Register of Deeds is just a recording office. |
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