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Register of Deeds seeks full‑time clerk, adds passport service and tech investments to reduce future risk
Summary
Register Jamie Homer Kalson proposed converting a part‑time clerk to full time, starting passport photo/acceptance services and using technology fund dollars for imaging and system upgrades to protect records and generate revenue.
At the budget hearing Miami County Register of Deeds Jamie Homer Kalson requested the commission approve converting a part‑time position to full time, and described plans to add passport acceptance and photo services along with technology investments to digitize historic index records.
Kalson told commissioners her office produced significantly more recording revenue than projected last year and that a full‑time clerk plus passport services could be self‑supporting. “We would make $35 on each passport and $15 for each…
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