Recording a Deed or Document in Charlevoix, MI

Can you e-record in Charlevoix?

Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix, Michigan

1. Prepare the document so it meets Charlevoix 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 Charlevoix County Register of Deeds at 13513 Division Street, Charlevoix, MI 49720.
4. Pay the recording fee ($30.00 flat fee (all documents regardless of page count; $4.00 to MI State Survey & Remonumentation Fund) first / Included in flat fee; $3.00 per additional Liber/Page for multi-instrument documents add'l (+Tax certification $5.00 (required for warranty deeds/land contracts/master deeds); copies $1.05/page + $0.30 cart fee online, $1.00/page in office; certified copies $5.00; plat copies $4.00/page; $3.00 shipping/handling fee if no postage-paid return envelope provided (effective Jan 2, 2025))).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Charlevoix

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 Charlevoix 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.