Recording a Deed or Document in Decatur, KS

Can you e-record in Decatur?

Decatur records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably handles this on the paper rail — we prepare, notarize, mail, and track your document to a recorded instrument number.

How to record a document in Decatur, Kansas

1. Prepare the document so it meets Decatur formatting rules (legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank margin the recorder reserves for its stamp).
2. Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment — most deeds and affidavits do.
3. Submit by mail to Decatur County Register of Deeds at Decatur County Register of Deeds, PO Box 167, Oberlin, KS 67749 (physical: 120 E Hall Street #8, Oberlin, KS 67749).
4. Pay the recording fee ($21.00 first page (incl. Heritage Trust & Technology Fund fees) per K.S.A. 28-115 first / $17.00 per additional page or fraction thereof add'l (+Certificate certifying instrument $13.00; acknowledgment of signature $12.50; $1.00 surcharge if signer/notary name not typed/printed under signature)).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Decatur

Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk — it’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Decatur property, we file a memorandum of contract to secure your equitable interest so the seller can’t sell out from under you. Need it notarized first? We handle online notarization or send a mobile notary to your signer. Then we record it — by certified mail on the paper rail — and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.