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Register of
Deeds
The Register of Deeds Office is responsible for the maintaining
and securing of the land records of the county. The Register
of Deeds Office is a separate office in counties that have
more than 20,000 inhabitants.
The duties include preserving of old land records and entering
into the numerical indexes and the computers all newly record
land transactions. Such as warranty deeds, mortgages, deeds
of trust, plats and any other documents that affect a specific
piece of land in the county. This office routinely deals with
complex legal descriptions and requires accuracy and detail.
The documents are microfilmed and scanned daily. In Buffalo
County, the office updates ownership on the copies of the
cadastral maps. The Register of Deeds is a public office.
In addition to the Public, this office is utilized by Real
Estate Companies, Title and Abstract Companies, Banks, Law
Firms, Appraisers and genealogists.
Copies of any recorded documents, Ownership Plat books compiled
by the office, and copies of Land Patents are available to
view or purchase.
Contact:
Buffalo County Register of Deeds
Kellie John
PO Box 1270
Kearney, NE 68848
Phone: (308) 236-1239
Fax: (308) 236-1291
E-mail:
Deputy: Wendy Graves
Office hours-M-F 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
History:
The first courthouse of Buffalo County erected at Gibbon
in 1873. History tells us that the Gibbon Courthouse records
were placed in a wagon, brought to Kearney at night hidden
in the “Chandler Building’ where the Telephone
Company is today.
The first deed recorded in Buffalo County was a 40-acre tract
of land in Section 13, Township 9, North, Range 13 West. The
date of the recording was February 12, 1870.
Schedule of Recording Fees
| Buffalo
County Register of Deeds |
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| T.J.
Scott |
January
1894 to January 1898 |
| David
Mathieson |
January
1898 to January 1902 |
| T. G. Spencer |
January
1902 to January 1906 |
| V.
B. Wheelock |
January
1906 to January 1915 |
| T.
J. Scott |
January
1915 to January 1927 |
| Lydia
Finke |
January
1927 to January 1935 |
| Mabel Rice |
January
1935 to January 1959 |
| Sam
Spahr |
January
1959 to January 1975 |
| Margaret
Swanson |
January
1975 to January 1999 |
| Kellie
John |
January
1999 to Current |
Click here for an Alphabetical
Index of Buffalo County Land Patents Compiled by the Buffalo
County Register of Deeds
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