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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 Pa.C.S.A. Municipalities Generally § 8862. Recorder of deeds to furnish record of conveyances, compensation

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Maintaining information.--For every deed or conveyance of land recorded, the recorder of deeds shall document and maintain the following information:

(1) the date of the deed or conveyance;

(2) the names of the grantor and grantee;

(3) the address of the grantee;

(4) the consideration mentioned in the deed;

(5) the municipality in which the property is located;

(6) the acreage of the land conveyed, if mentioned; and

(7) whether the land conveyed is a lot or lots on a recorded plan and, if so, the designation assigned to the land on the plan, if mentioned in the deed.

(b) Filing information.--The recorder of deeds shall, on or before the first Monday of each month, file the information required to be maintained by this section with the county assessment office along with a certification that the information is correct. Fees charged by the recorder of deeds shall be in accordance with the act of April 8, 1982 (P.L. 310, No. 87),  1 referred to as the Recorder of Deeds Fee Law.

1 42 P.S. § 21051 et seq.
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