What does the Recorder’s Office do for you, the taxpayer? That’s a good question and one that we would like to answer for all the property owners in Murray County. If you own a home, an acreage or a farm in Murray County you have a deed that was given to you by the seller at the time of closing. The Recorder’s Office is where all the deeds, mortgages, modifications, satisfactions, affidavits, probate documents and hundreds of other documents are filed each year. Our records go back to 1858 when Minnesota became a state and the land was deeded to the government, railroads and individual property owners.
We have all the old books that were hand written in the late 1800’s and we still use them today. These books have all been digitized and duplicates are stored off site in a bank vault and at our server location out of state so that we would have all our records available in the event of a catastrophic event (i.e. tornado, fire, etc.). If such an event did occur, we would be able to get set up within hours and be able to transact business with the help of our software company, Fidlar Technologies.
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