Recorder Services Status update #9: April 14, 2020
Dear Customers: At your Lake County Recorder office we are balancing the requirements of multiple governmental directives while keeping your recordings current.
Recorder’s Office updates can be found at www.LakeCountyOhioRecorder.com general county updates are posted at https://www.LakeCountyOhio.gov. Find the latest news on the health emergency at www.lcghd.org/2019-novel-coronavirus-ncov/. Thank you for your patience!
Sincerely, Becky Becky Lynch Lake County Recorder
RECORDING SERVICES: 1) Send by mail 2) Put in Dropbox 3) eRecord
MAIL: Lake County Recorder – Admin Building C – Suite C001 – 105 Main St – Painesville, Ohio 44077 Please include payment and SASE for document return. (Recorder Office: 440-350-2510)
DROPBOX: Located inside the foyer of the ADMIN CENTER Building.
1) Please put each filing in its own separate large envelope with correct fees.
2) Include a stamped return envelope & contact information in case we need to reach you.
3) Recorder Business dropped in this box/file drawer is retrieved several times each day.
4) Your Recorded document images are immediately available online upon Recording at www.LakeCountyOhioRecorder.com
PLEASE NOTE: If a deed is transferred but is not recordable, we will try to reach you for correction. If we cannot reach you and your filing is not recordable, it will be sent back to you. This may cause delays.
Becky Lynch, Lake County Recorder Office: 440-350-2510 – Cell: 678-662-8839 Email: Becky.Lynch@LakeCountyOhio.gov Recorder Website: www.LakeCountyOhioRecorder.com IMPORTANT NOTE: We are accepting documents (including deeds) by mail. County website: www.LakeCountyOhio.gov
E-RECORDING:
Lake County Recorder accepts eRecordings from ant of these submitting vendors. Corporation Service Company (866) 652-0111 www.erecording.com eRecording Partners Network (888) 325-3365 www.GOePN.com Indecomm Global Services (877) 272- 5250 www.inteledocdirect.net Simplifile (800) 460-5657 www.simplifile.com
HB197-APPOINTMENTS RECORDER RECORDS ROOM & ARCHIVES: The Lake County Recorder Office operations are open. For H.B. 197 Appointments please email Becky.Lynch@LakeCountyOhio.gov – we will work with customers for access to the Records Room while the Ohio Governor’s Emergency, The Ohio Health Department Directive, The Lake County Commissioner Building Closure and the Ohio Legislature H.B. 197 Amended Emergency plans are in place, prioritizing the safety and health of our staff and customers. Lake County Recorder Land Records begin in 1840. Books from 1840-1996 are located at 105 Main St., Painesville, Ohio. Indexes are online from 1986 and Images are online from 1991. Recorder Website is www.LakeCountyOhioRecorder.com Email requests for public records to RecorderPublicRecordRequest@LakeCountyOhio.gov Passed on March 25, 2020 – Am.Sub. H.B. No. 197 As Concurred by the House Pages 727/728 Section 21. (A) During the period of the emergency declared by Executive Order 2020-01D, issued on March 9, 2020, and notwithstanding an order or directive from the court of common pleas or the board of county commissioners, the office of a county recorder, the office of a county auditor, the title office of a clerk of court of common pleas, and the county map office shall remain open and operational in order to allow land professionals physical access to the office as necessary to search records that are not otherwise available online, digital, or by some other means, so long as all necessary public land records are available. The office may provide such access during limited hours and for a limited duration, and may subject searchers to requirements and restrictions in the interest of public health. The office may allow persons other than land professionals’ physical access to the office at the discretion of the office during such limited hours, for such limited duration, and subject to such requirements and restrictions in the interest of public health as the office determines. All essential services to effectuate a property transfer shall remain open and available with all offices. THE LAKE COUNTY RECORDER PHYSICAL RECORDS GUIDELINES MUST CONSIDER SEVERAL DIRECTIVES. LIMITS ON TIMES AND REQUIREMENTS TO SPACE AND SANITIZING ARE IMPORTANT FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE. –BECKY LYNCH, RECORDER
ACCESS TO RECORDS/RESEARCH ONLINE: www.LakeCountyOhioRecorder.com PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS:
RecorderPublicRecordRequest@LakeCountyOhio.gov Lake County Recorder Land Records begin in 1840. Books from 1840-1996 are located at 105 Main St., Painesville, Ohio. Indexes are online from 1986 and Images are online from 1991. THANK YOU! Becky Lynch, Recorder Update #9 – April 14, 2020
