Carbon County property transfers
Deeds recorded
Kidder Township
Ferdinando G. Vivaldo to Stanley Shepard, East Hanover, New Jersey, parcel No. 60A-20-83, $250,000.
Christopher Sweeney to Christopher Sweeney, Allentown, property at 66 S. Woods Road, Lake Harmony, $1.
Jane Riley Resnick to Michael M. Resnick, P.O. Box 609, Albrightsville, property at 50 Lake Drive, Lake Harmony, $1.
Michael M. Resnick to Robert J. Riley, Houston, Texas, property at 50 Lake Drive, Lake Harmony, $213,500.
Robert B. Geshel to Robert Marchozzi, Conshohocken, Holiday Poconos Lot 308, Section A, $85,000.
Penn Forest Township
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Robert F. Gigliotti, 83 Polar Court, Summit Hill, property at 11 Hollyberry Lane, $60,000.
Jerry H. Lieberman to Cliff M. Klett, Philadelphia, property at 17 Mountain Road, Albrightsville, $64,900.
Mary Grace Kotakis to Thomas F. Kotakis, Northvale, New Jersey, property at A1312 Sunrise Drive, $10.
Terence J. McMackin to Gary A. Marti, Huntingdon Valley, Lot 425, Section 1, Towamensing Trails, $95,400.
Joseph P. Bennett to Thomas C. Markert, Bensalem, Lot 78, Section V, Towamensing Trails, $167,000.
Weichert Financial services to Richard J. Baran, 107 Hiawatha Trail, Albrightsville, property at 107 Hiawatha Trail, $125,000.
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., to Daniel L. Barnes, 71 Mindy Lane, Albrightsville, property at 71 Mindy Lane, $49,500.
Miles Joseph Lewis to Kenneth Krosofsky, 33 patten Circle, Albrightsville, property at 33 Patten Circle, $151,000.
Timothy G. Merz to Ernest J. Grant, Quakertown, property at 705 Old Stage Road, Albrightsville, $315,000.
Federal National Mortgage Association to Philip S. Muscarnero, Philadelphia, property at 179 Bishop Circle, Albrightsville, $120,000.
Marian B. Dickes to Marian B. Dickes, 75 Bear Creek Lake Drive, Jim Thorpe, property at 75 Bear Creek Lake Drive, $1.
John B. Stevens to John B. Stevens, 480 Pinoak Drive, Jim Thorpe, two transactions, property at 96 Pinoak Drive and property along Pinoak Drive, $1 each.
Revenue from deeds
Carbon County Recorder of Deeds Emmett P. McCall reported his office recorded 233 deeds, 208 mortgages and 335 other writs during the month of October.
As a result of those transactions, McCall turned over to the Carbon County General Fund the sum of $29,092.57. A breakdown of that revenue includes: transfer fees, $22,296.50; data processing fees, $2,956.75; notaries, $90; commission on transfers and writs, $2,748.82; and Affordable Housing administrative fee, $1,000.50.
McCall remitted $302 in state writ taxes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, while Carbon County municipalities and school districts shared realty transfer tax disbursements totaling $132,834.98, the same amount that was forwarded to the state in realty transfer taxes.
McCall deposited $2,313 in the Recorder of Deeds Record Improvement Fund and $1,542 in the Carbon County Records Improvement Fund, these being fees assessed by state law on each transaction for records management needs. An additional $25,063 was collected and remitted to the state for its Judicial Computer System program.
Also, $5,669.50 was collected last month for the Affordable Housing Program in Carbon County.
In all, funds collected in the Recorder's office last month amounted to $329,742.03.
