Recordable Documents
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A recordable document, pursuant to the Idaho Code, must have original signature of grantor and be notarized. If it conveys real property, it must also include the grantee’s current mailing address and a full legal description.
Not all recorded documents are certifiable. A certified copy from the Recorder’s Office is as good as an original document (except birth and death certificates which must be obtained from the Idaho Vital Statistics office). To request vital statistics certificates, write to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, PO Box 83720, Boise ID 83720 or call (208) 334-5988. There is an information line available at (208) 334-5988.
According to Idaho Code, all instruments delivered to the County Recorder for record shall be recorded rather than filed with the exception of plats, surveys, cornerstone markers and instruments under the Uniform Commercial Code.
A page shall not exceed fourteen inches in length or eight and one-half inches in width (8-1/2” x 14”). The recording fee to be charged for maps, sketches, drawings or other instruments except plats larger than the size permitted above for a page shall be two cents per square inch.
Recording Fees
31-3205 (1) Idaho Code states that the county recorder may receive the following fees for his/her services, to be paid by the party procuring the recording services: