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Wayne County adopts Register of Deeds fee increases after decades without change
Summary
The commission adopted amendments to the Register of Deeds recording fee schedule, a change the register said was overdue (fees unchanged since 1998) and needed to restore anti‑fraud capacity in the office.
Wayne County commissioners voted to adopt amendments to the county Register of Deeds recording‑fee ordinance to raise certain recording charges that Register Bernard J. Youngblood said have not been increased since 1998.
"In my 26 years of service as Register of Deeds, we have withheld part of the Wayne County budget," Bernard J. Youngblood told the commission during a public hearing. He said rising costs and reduced recording volume had produced projected…
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