Recording a Deed or Document in Rice, KS

Can you e-record in Rice?

Yes. Rice accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.

How to record a document in Rice, Kansas

1. Prepare the document so it meets Rice 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 electronically through Simplifile, or by mail to Rice County Register of Deeds at Register of Deeds, Rice County Courthouse, 101 W. Commercial, Lyons, KS 67554.
4. Pay the recording fee ($21.00 first page (incl. Heritage Trust & Technology fund fees, effective schedule dated Jan 1 2018, consistent with KSA 28-115) first / $17.00 per additional page/fraction thereof add'l (+Town plats $32/page; mortgage release/assignment $20 first page/$4 addl page; $125 cap for single-family principal residence under $75,000 (affidavit required for exemption over $125); $1 addl fee if signer/notary name not typed/printed)).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Rice

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 Rice 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 — electronically through the county’s approved network — and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.