Acting recorder releases 2019 statistical report
Acting recorder releases 2019 statistical report
More than 8,500 documents were filed in the Carbon County Recorder of Deeds Office in 2019, according to an annual statistical report released by Anita M. Dietrich, the acting recorder of deeds.
As a result of the department’s activities last year, the recorder collected and remitted $5,448,589.86 in revenues, which were disbursed as follows: Carbon County, $431,941.64; and municipalities and school districts in the county, $2,351,901.58.
Breakdown of filings
A breakdown of filings last year included: assignments of mortgages, 493; actions to quiet title, 2; agreements of sale, 3; assignments of rents and leases, 164; assumption agreements, 3; deeds, 2,772; declarations of taking, 5; deeds-time shares, 84; easements, 80; elected officials’ commissions, 2; elected officials bond securities, 2; financial statements-UCC-1, 24; financial statements-UCC-3, 27; highway occupancy permit, 1; lease agreements, 5; mortgages, 2,059; mortgage amendments, 4; subdivision maps, 42; survey maps, 12; miscellaneous filings, 50; miscellaneous-no parcel filings, 2; modification agreements, 73; notary commissions, 79; notices of assessment, 8; notice of assessment-partial payment, 1; orders of court, 12; powers of attorney, 206; preferential assessment applications, 66; releases of mortgages, 32; satisfactions of mortgages, 2,180; subordinations of mortgages, 16; and terminations of rents and leases, 38.
In all, the office staff received and filed 8,557 documents.
County revenue
Dietrich said the office collected $276,972.50 in recording fees, which was turned over on a monthly basis to the Carbon County General Fund. Other revenue derived from the Recorder of Deeds’ office last year included: commission on local realty taxes, $47,038.09; commission on state realty taxes, $23,478.22; Affordable Housing administrative fee, $13,283.70; data processing fees, $14,955.50; and commission on state writs and UCC statements, $155.28. The total revenue the county received from recordings and commissions listed above was $375,880.29.
Dietrich said some filings throughout the year also resulted in special funds amounting to $117,984.30, including $75,274.30 that was generated to assist the county in its Affordable Housing (rehabilitation) program; $17,084 that was received and deposited in the County Records Improvement Fund; and $25,626 that was added to the Recorder of Deeds Improvement Fund.
In addition, the county received $34,128.41 in additional revenue from other services provided by the recorder’s office, including $14,811.50 in copies, $144 in certification of copies, $8,009.60 in rejection fees, $18,817.50 in remote access fees and $736.04 in miscellaneous recording fees.
In all, Dietrich was able to turn over $530,993 to the county.
Transfer taxes
Meanwhile, as part of the real estate recording process, the recorder’s office also collected $2,351,901.58 in transfer fees for area school districts and municipalities.
Accordingly, in 2019, Dietrich distributed those funds to the following:
School districts: Jim Thorpe Area School District, $590,592.97; Lehighton Area School District, $237,549.70; Palmerton Area School District, $200,851.64; Panther Valley School District, $70,106.38; Weatherly Area School District, $66,142.56; and Hazleton Area School District, $10,708.50.
Municipalities: Banks Township, $5,821.86; Beaver Meadows Borough, $4,886.71; Bowmanstown Borough, $5,042; East Penn Township, $32,322.09; East Side Borough, $297.50; Franklin Township, $77,231.55; Jim Thorpe Borough, $53,718.28; Kidder Township North, $29,901.07; Kidder Township South, $209,519.17; Lansford Borough, $19,018.99; Lausanne Township, $705; Lehigh Township, $3,451.29; Lehighton Borough, $60,072.33; Lower Towamensing Township, $29,168.34; Mahoning Township, $57,401.46; Nesquehoning Borough, $27,491.90; Packer Township, $10,616.41; Palmerton Borough, $91,504.15; Parryville Borough, $7,302.11; Penn Forest Township, $327,354.46; Summit Hill Borough, $23,595.12; Towamensing Township, $75,136.92; Weatherly Borough, $21,171.22; and Weissport Borough, $3,220.
State proceeds
Dietrich also remitted $1,614,639.26 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including $2,347,819.39 in realty transfer taxes, $311,852.25 in JCS/Access to Justice funds, $4,285 in writ taxes and $79-0 in notary writ taxes.
