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Register of Deeds reports steady recording revenue; seeks improved digitization of archival records

5601999 · August 11, 2025
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The Register of Deeds reported monthly recording revenues rising through July and described talks with US Imaging to improve the quality of archived images; staff said onsite rescanning of original books stored in the Hutchinson salt mines will be needed to improve image clarity and that costs and timing remain unspecified.

Montgomery County's Register of Deeds reported rising recording revenue through July and updated commissioners on plans to improve digital images of historical records.

Mary, the register of deeds, told the board that monthly revenue had increased since January: just over $18,000 in January and February, more than $20,000 in March and April, about $19,000 in May, more than $20,000 in June and roughly $24,500 in July. She described the trend as encouraging relative to recent years.

Mary said she has been working with US Imaging, the county's off-site…

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