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Register of Deeds outlines e-recording growth, backlog and limits of service

Dickinson County Commission · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Register of Deeds Rose Johns told commissioners her office fields many requests beyond its statutory duties, described current e-recording workflows using Simplify, and warned it would take years to back-index older paper books without new resources.

Rose Johns, the county’s Register of Deeds, gave a detailed report on the office’s workload, the limits of its statutory duties and the county’s move toward more e-recording and digital indexing.

“We are recorders of documents. That’s what our main job is,” Johns said, describing the range of public questions her office receives — from property lines and tax-sale…

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