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  REGISTER OF DEEDS  
 

Rice County Courthouse

 Phone: (620) 257-2931
  101 West Commercial Office Hours:
 

Lyons, KS  67554

 Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 
Rhonda Hunt Cindy Steffan  
Register of Deeds Deputy  
rdeeds@ricecounty.us cdeeds@ricecocthse.com  
 
  Function The Register of Deeds has custody of and safely keeps and preserves all records  
    pertaining to land kept in the office of the Register of Deeds.  
    The Register of Deeds shall also record or cause to be recorded all deeds, mortgages,  
    maps, instruments and writings authorized by law to be recorded in the office of the  
    Register of Deeds and shall perform all other duties as required by law.  
    The Register of Deeds office does not do title searches.  
       
  Open Records All records in the office of the Register of Deeds are open records except for the  
    Kansas Real Estate Sales Validation Questionnaire. The questionnaire is open to  
    those protesting their taxes and to Kansas Certified General Real Property Appraisers.  
(As of January 1, 2012 Rice County is approved to accept 1 part forms.)
       
  Kinds of Records filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds  
  • Patents
  • Deeds
  • Mortgages
  • Leases
  • Assignments
  • Releases
  • Affidavits
  • Articles of Incorporation
  • Certificates of Death
  • Power of Attorney
  • Honorable Military Discharges
  • Plats
  • Surveys
  • UCC's (Uniform Commercial Code)
  • Tax Liens (State and Federal)
  • Cemetery Plats
  • Ordinances (City and County)
  • Resolutions (City and County)
       
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Fee Schedule (Effective 7-1-2002) 
COPY FEES ARE SET BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
    		   
 
Copy Charges $ 1.00 (first page)
$  .25 (ea. additional page per document)
Fax fees $ 1.50 (per fax)
Index pages, plats and surveys $10.00 (per page)
Tax liens and UCC copies $ 1.00 (per page)
For recording deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of writing,
     For first page (not to exceed legal size page 8 1/2" x 14"
     (Includes Technology Fee)
$  8.00
For second page and each additional page or fraction thereof
      (Includes Technology Fee)		 $  4.00
Recording town plats, for each page $ 20.00
Recording release or assignment of real estate mortgage
      (Includes Technology Fee)		 $  7.00
     Each additional page
      (Includes Technology Fee)		 $  2.00
Certification of any instrument of record $  1.00
Acknowledgment of signature $  0.50
Filing Federal Tax Lien Notices $ 20.00
Federal Tax Lien Release $ 20.00
KSA 79-2616(d) Federal Tax Lien Certificate $ 15.00
KSA 79-2616(d) Copy of Tax Lien (per Page) $   1.00
State Tax Lien Release $ 18.00
For filing liens for materials and services under KSA 58-201, and amendments thereto $  5.00
KSA 60-2201 Lis Pendens $  5.00
   
    
Uniform Commercial Code (National Form Required)
    		   
 
Original financing statement $ 15.00
Amended financing statement $ 15.00
Continuation statement $ 15.00
Financing statement indicating assignment $ 15.00
Assignment of financing statement $ 15.00
Statement of release of all or a part of any collateral described in filed financing statement $ 15.00
Real Estate mortgage subject to KSA 84-9-402(6)   FIXTURE FILING $ 15.00
Attachments, per page (after first ten pages, which are included in initial fee) $  1.00
Written information request, per debtor name $ 15.00
Copy request: a copy of any filed financing statement (per page) $  1.00
(3 copies are required on all of the above UCC filings.)  
Termination statement $ 15.00
(2 copies are required for Termination statements.)  
   
   
     
  NOTE: RESOLUTION PASSED AUGUST 28, 2006 by Rice County Commissioners  
"Any sums paid for goods and services from the County in excess of the amount due, but less
than Ten Dollars ($10.00) in excess of the amount due shall NOT be refunded by the County,
but shall be placed in the General Fund."

"Any sums received by the County departments for goods and services in excess  of

Ten Dollars ($10.00) over the amount due shall be refunded to the payor.

However, the County shall establish a fee of $4.50 for the costs associated with said refund."
 
 
If the name or names of any signer or notary public are not plainly typed or printed under the signatures, the register of deeds shall charge and collect a fee of $1.00 in addition to all other fees provided in this schedule.  KSA 28-115
If sufficient space is not provided for the necessary recording information and certification on a document, such information shall be placed on additional sheet and such sheet shall be counted as a page.
The document shall be of sufficient legibility to produce a clear and legible reproduction.  If a document is judged not to be of sufficient legibility, such document shall be accompanied by an exact copy thereof which shall be of sufficient legibility to produce a clear and legible reproduction and which shall be recorded contemporaneously with the document and shall be counted as additional pages.  The register of Deeds may reject any document which is not of sufficient legibility.
 
 
 
           
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