Register of Deeds is responsible for recording all types of land records; deeds, easements, agreements, also deeds of trust, assignments, releases, etc.
- Maintain an index on all instruments recorded
- Record UCC's, any amendments, assignments, releases and terminations on UCC's That are filed as fixtures filings, can be attached to the property or extracted From property (timber, minerals etc)
- UCC's are now recorded in the record books with all other recordings
- Record plats (surveys of property)
- Maintain an index to plats
- Keep a record of all births that take place in Montgomery County
- Keep a record of all deaths that take place in Montgomery County
- Maintain an index to birth and death records
- Issue certified copies of birth and death records
- Issue certified copies of statewide birth certificates for individuals born after 1970
- Issue marriage license
- Maintain an index to marriage records
- Issue certified copies of marriage records
- Record DD 214's (military discharge records)
- Maintain an index to military records
- Issue certified copies of military records
- Record assumed name, partnership and incorporation instruments. Maintain an index to assumed name, partnership and incorporation instruments
- Give oaths of office to notaries commissioned in Montgomery County
- Maintain index to notaries
- Help any person that needs help with our records and make copies if requested
**EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2017, certificate of assumed name laws are changing. Any certificate that is filed under the prior law will EXPIRE DECEMBER 1, 2022.**
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