The county recorder and treasurer presented year-end reports showing increased recordings and revenues for 2024, new online services for property records and survey maps, and unusually strong interest earnings on county investments.

County Recorder Carrie reported 14,111 recorded documents in 2024 — about 1,500 more than the previous year — and said subdivisions were up to 71 (about half were amendments). She described a new “survey finder” map on the county website with 4,022 survey maps now available online and said a recently implemented fraud-guard service has about 250 sign-ups so far. Recordings were the primary driver of the recorder’s office revenue, which she said rose to $564,177, roughly $55,000 above the prior year.

Treasurer Nicole reported strong investment returns in 2024. The treasurer’s office reported $15,990,947 remitted to Iron County (amount shown as county receipts, not total distributions to taxing entities), and said the county’s primary PTIF (Public Treasurer’s Investment Fund) rate declined from roughly 5.25% to about 4.73% recently. Despite that, combined interest earnings cited during the report totaled roughly $3.5 million across the county’s primary accounts and other invested funds. The treasurer said the office has begun mailings for the May tax sale and reported about 109 properties initially identified as candidates for the sale.

Why it matters: improvements to online maps and easier access to survey records affect property owners and the development community; strong interest income and higher recording counts have near-term implications for the county’s cash flow and budget planning.

Recorder and treasurer invited residents to use online services and sign up for fraud-protection tools; both asked the public to contact their offices for more detailed, itemized reports if desired.

Ending: Officials said they will continue outreach to increase fraud-guard enrollment and will place notices on tax bills and county communications to promote services.