The County Recorder's office is responsible for the permanent recording and efficient retrieval of real estate title records, including deeds, contracts, mortgages, and probate documents. In addition, this office can provide Vital Records including birth, death, marriage, and marriage applications. The office has computers and a copier available for public to use to retrieve and copy land records or other county documents. Off-site access to records is also available through a paid subscription.

- Collects payment of property taxes - Issuance of Certificates of Title for Registered (Torrens) property - Property information - Property tax information

- Serving as chief general accounting officer: accounts payable, accounts receivable, central payroll and benefit administration, and preparation of periodic financial reports and an annual financial statement. - Serving on the budget committee and providing accounting and technical support for the annual budget and truth in taxation processes. - Administering the property tax system, including all levy and tax increment financing data, tax settlement process, parcel ownership database, delinquent taxes, and tax forfeiture. - Maintaining computerized parcel-based mapping for the geographic land records information systems. - Serving as chief election officer of the county. - Providing licensing services for the retain sales of liquor, beer, tobacco; precious metals; transient merchant; mass gathering permits, public fireworks displays, and gambling permits and exemptions. - Supervising internal mail services division for all incoming and outgoing county mail. - Disbursing county funds at the direction of the county board to cover county liabilities, and serving as chief investment officer to invest available fund balances under statutory guidelines. - Mailing billing statements and collecting payment for all real estate, personal property, severed mineral interests, manufactured homes, and tree growth taxes. - Maintaining tax books showing taxes paid or unpaid. - Settling and distributing taxes collected for local taxing districts of the county - towns, cities, school districts, and special taxing districts. - Completing tax certificates and tax searches. - Providing tax record information to realtors, mortgage companies and escrow agents. - Collecting deed and mortgage registration taxes. - Administering vital statistics - birth, death, marriage, notary public applications and service.

The Leech Lake Land Department is responsible for the administration and management of all Tribal, Band and allotted lands as it relates to surface and subsurface leasning, permitting and rights of way, land acquisition and disposal, trust estates planning and implementation of land use ordinances; in order to maximize utilization of Indian lands, generate revenue, assure all land transactions are advantageous to the Indian landowner; promote trust land consolidation activities and trust estate planning.

- Classifies and establishes market values for all taxable real estate, keeps an accurate record of all tax-exempt properties, and also keeps an accurate plat book record of all townships in the county, and all map sales.

Responsible for calculating, collecting, and distributing taxes for the county, cities, townships, and school districts. Also calculates the county payroll and employee benefits; administers and maintains the election system; issues various types of licensing, such as: - Birth and death certificates - Game and fish / DNR licenses - Marriage license - Motor vehicles titles and registration - Passports

- Establishes the value of property for ad valorem tax purposes - Applications for Homestead Credit available - Provides property tax estimates Fee Schedule: - Query Processing Fee Per Query $30.00 - Query Development Fee Per Hour $50.00 - Query Label Per Label $.005 - Query Report Per Report $.15 per page Copies: To include photo copies, print screens, microfilm or microfishe to hard copy - First Copy $1.00, Per Additional Copies $.25 Fax - Local, First Page $1.00, Additional Pages $.50 - Long Distance, First Page $5.00 Additional Pages $.50 Property Assessment Record - Per Parcel $5.00 (non graphical) - Per Parcel $10.00 (graphical) - PortaCad/APEX Sketch Per Parcel $3.00

- Calculates Homestead and Taconite Tax Credit. - Handles all delinquent taxes (eg. property). - Handles special assessments and taxes . - Handles severed mineral rights (special tax). - Determines levies. Issues the following licenses: - Beer/Liquor - Hunting - Fishing - Cigarette - Auctioneer - Precious Metals - X-Country skiing Administers "Accounts Payable" for County, excluding Road & Bridge and Social Services. - Gives land descriptions and land ownership information. Handles all election concerns: - Where to vote - Instructions for Election Officials - Preparation of Ballot Forms - Absentee Ballots - Issuing Certificates of Nomination and Election - Tabulating unofficial vote count Elections Administrator - Vicki Martin 218-327-2849 - Payroll for County - Tax Forfeit Land sales. - Workers Comp for County employees. - Insurance for County employees (Health, Liability, Auto). - Applications for Charitable Gaming Licenses. - Application for Sales Tax and Payroll Tax for new businesses. - Property Tax estimates.

Provides property tax records and real estate transfers for residents of Aitkin County.

County Recorder's Office is the custodian of permanent records of real estate transactions, deeds, mortgages, releases, contract for deeds, mechanic liens, state and federal tax liens, and plats of land.