Welcome to Records & Tax Administration located in suite 1200 of the Administration Building. We believe our new surroundings provide a more inviting and effective environment for your business with Johnson County while our customer service exemplifies the standards and value we place on helping you record or search for real estate documents.
Effective
June 1, 2010, all documents including deeds and mortgages presented for
review and recording to Johnson County Records and Tax Administration shall
be submitted together. Affidavits do not need to be presented for review in
advance of other related documents. All documents will be reviewed and
recorded in the order in which they are received. It is critical
that a mortgage registration affidavit precede the mortgage. The
ordering of the documents will be same for paper or electronic recordings.
The second page of the Sales Validation Questionnaire (SVQ) describing the instructions and exceptions does not need to be submitted. Also, the original SVQ must be submitted at its actual 8.5” by 11” size for effective label placement. It is critical for our processing for the SVQ to be submitted immediately following the deed. This should be the rule for both paper and electronic filings. Document processing will be delayed if the Deed and SVQ are not submitted in this order. Also, the SVQ must be completed for acceptance (all boxes checked and all fields completed with address and phone information where required). Please always include the Grantees mailing address.
The only punctuation recognized for recording purposes is for proper names (O’Connor). Punctuation used in titles will not be entered into the recording system (TIC 2, LLC will be entered TIC 2 LLC).
RTA does not need a copy of a previously recorded mortgage.
A Mortgage Registration Affidavit will be rejected if the Mortgage book and page is incorrect. Please review tax amount again before re-submitting.
Each modification or refinance transaction requires its own mortgage Registration affidavit. Mortgage Registration affidavits do not cover multiple transactions.
Only paper Multi-State and Multi-County recordings will be accepted.
Documents presented for filing with personal information, such as driver’s license number or social security number, will be rejected.
RTA staff cannot provide legal advice on the preparation of any document to be recorded in this office.
RTA staff cannot change, add or alter any document presented for recording in this office.
E-Recording Memorandum of Understanding
Safe Senior-Kansas Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors is a property tax refund administered under the provisions of the Kansas Homestead Act (property tax refund). Please see the Homestead page of our website, for more information.
As of July 1, 2008 the State Board Of Tax Appeals, became the State Court of Tax Appeals. Pursuant to HB-2018, all jurisdiction and authority of the Board is conferred to the Court. For further information, please refer to Kansas Court Of Tax Appeals.
ANY REQUEST FOR DOCUMENT (NOTARIZATION, CERTIFICATION, APOSTILLE OR AUTHENTICATION) FOR INTERNATIONAL USE, SHALL BE HANDLED BY THE NOTARY CLERK AT THE SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICE OR BY MAIL. PLEASE REFER TO SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE (www.kssos.org), OR YOU MAY CALL (785) 296-4564 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
List of Recorded Plat Names added to right side Navigation
Additional Department
Related Information Available through:
Johnson County main page, includes all
county departments
Kansas Electronic Recording Standards
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Recordings accepted from 8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m
Monday - Friday
