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New register of deeds outlines office overhaul, fee changes and free property-fraud alert
Summary
Scott Rokosz, the county's new Register of Deeds, described a near-total staff turnover, ongoing digitizing work, proposed changes to remote-copy fees to recoup software costs (estimating roughly $7,000 per month) and promoted the county's free property-fraud alert service.
Scott Rokosz, the newly elected Register of Deeds, told the Grand Traverse County board that his office has experienced near-complete staff turnover since he took office and that the department is rebuilding institutional knowledge as it continues a multi-year digitizing effort.
Rokosz emphasized the register's role in securing property records and said the office is adopting a fee structure for remote copies via the county's FIDLAR document system, invoking a statutory option to charge $1 per copy for external downloads. "We are changing the fee structure to…
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