16 E 9th Street Suite 205 Anderson, IN 46016

We are on the second floor of the courthouse.

We are open Monday – Friday 8:00 to 4:00. We do not close for lunch. Our office is closed for major holidays. See the Holiday Schedule at https://www.madisoncounty.in.gov/departments/human-resources

We accept cash, checks, or credit cards. With credit cards, we accept MasterCard, Visa, and Discover. There is a convenience fee of $1 for transactions up to $33 and for amounts over $33 the fee is 3%.

Certified copies can be obtained in the office or through the mail. The cost is $1 per page and $5 per document for the certified stamp.

We recommend consulting an attorney or title company. We will look over your document and tell you if all recording requirements are met. We can also provide you a printout of our requirements or you can click the ‘Recording A Document’ link to the left.

We recommend consulting an attorney or title company.

A survey will show your property lines. Surveys are available once recorded in our office.

We do not keep original transfer documents in our office. After recording the document, we return it to the sender unless we are given another address at the time of recording. You may obtain a copy of your recorded document from our office for $1 per page.

Your legal description is usually found in the last recorded deed. You may obtain a copy of the document at our office for $1 per page. Please note we do not guarantee that what we find is the correct legal description.

We accept documents in person, by mail, or through one of the four E-Recording vendors. You can click the ‘Recording A Document’ button to the left for more information.

We recommend contacting an attorney or title company. The corrected document will need to have a cross-reference to the original document, and a written reason for the re-recording on the front page.

We can do a quick look to see what we can find given the information provided to us. As we are not title searchers, we do not guarantee our findings. You may use a title company for a more extensive search or come in and use one of our public search terminals to look through our records. Prints are $1 per page.

Our office records mortgages, city liens, mechanic’s liens, Federal Tax Liens, and some others. We are not title searchers in this office, so we do not guarantee our findings. For anything through the courts and/or State Tax Liens, contact the Clerk’s Office for more information.

We record land documents for preservation and can provide the most recent deed at $1 per page. We can pull that information using the name of the current owner or by legal description. We cannot search by address. We have public search terminals available in our office to search recorded documents. We do not keep contact information.

We recommend contacting an attorney for legal advice. We can provide you the recording requirement.

Plats and Surveys need to be a minimum of 18” x 24”, but no larger than 24” x 36”. When you bring in a plat and/or survey, please bring in an extra copy if you want a recorded copy back. We keep the original recorded document.

At this time, we do NOT accept Plats and Surveys electronically.

We suggest calling in and making sure the DD214 is recorded with us for your first step. Military Discharge documents in our office are secured and only available to pick up when a verification process is done. Only the veteran can pick up their DD214, if it had been recorded with us by the veteran, or the veterans Power of Attorney. If the veteran is deceased, you’ll need to meet criteria and follow the steps to obtain one through our office or contact the Veterans Affairs Office. See the ‘Veterans DD214’ button to the left.

All it takes is a name and contact information. For more information click the ‘Property Fraud Alert’ button to the left.

We do not send out mailers asking for money. Madison County property owners have been receiving letters in the mail that appear to be from the Recorder’s Office at first glance. Upon a closer look, you will notice that the document is from companies using familiar words like LOCAL RECORDS OFFICE. These companies provide a “service” to send copies of the property owner’s deed for a service fee of $90+. We only charge $1 per page for a copy of your deed. Deeds are typically 1 to 3 pages.

If you encounter such a mailing, you are not obligated to use their service. If you want a copy of your document or want to ask us about this warning you can visit our office at the Madison County Courthouse 16 E 9th Street Suite 205, Anderson, IN 46016. We are located on the second floor. Or you can call the Recorder’s Office at 765-641-9613.

If you would like to know more from the state or report that you have received a mailer you may call the Indiana Attorney General’s Office at 1-800-382-5516.