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- Registered land and recorded land recordings. This feature permits automatic recording of documents in both registered and recorded land, and is done directly through registered land. This functionality is available for walk-in, mail and electronic recordings.
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- Electronic recording for government agencies. Supports submission of documents from government agencies remotely. The Recorder can re-route documents from Recorded Land to Registered Land or visa-versa, as needed. Fees (if any) may be allocated to an agency account. Accessed from the “SalemDeeds” website.
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- Public eRecording. Allows “Mom and Pops” to submit select (non-excise) documents remotely directly from their home or office. Paid by credit card, and accessible from the “SalemDeeds” website.
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- Cities & Towns e-Recording. This allows a City or Town to submit documents for recordings. This extended feature is through the “SalemDeeds” website.
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- Up to date scanning of all documents and certificates. Engineering plans, atlas and assessors’ records that are available at the Registry of Deeds are available for customer convenience.
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- Up to date records available online from 1640 to present.
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- Recording of Plans online.
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- Registry Staff does Outreach Training Seminars throughout the Essex South District Cities and Towns regarding property fraud watch and homesteads for the community residents. They also do in-house training with Realtors, and City and Town Employees on how to use the Registry of Deeds user-friendly system to research documents, plans, etc.
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- The Registry is open to the public for researching records and closings, and the Essex County Bar Association has their offices within the Registry of Deeds for legal referral assistance.
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- To kick off the Holidays, the employees of the Registry of Deeds may come to work dressed in costume on Halloween and they also do their Toys for Tots Drive and Aspire Coat Drive.
Editor's Note:
The above is the first installment of a series of “10 Things to Know About the Registries of Deeds” presented by the REBA Registries Section. This month’s installment is from Dorothy Hersey, who has been appointed as acting Register of Deeds of the Essex South Registry as of January 1, 2024. REBA would like to congratulate Ms. Hersey on her appointment, and we wish retiring Registrar John O’Brien all the best in his retirement!
