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Ozaukee County, Wisconsin |
Register of Deeds |
Annual Report
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2004 Annual Report of the Office of Register
of Deeds
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Ozaukee County’s Register of Deeds office performs four
important functions for the public as well as internal County
operations; Register of Deeds, Property Description, Land
Information Systems and Internet Development. Below is a brief
description of each function of the Register of Deeds office and
what transpired in 2004. Register of Deeds
This office continues to create surplus
monies for Ozaukee County. While 2004 did not break 2003's
record revenue, it was the second best year ever
(see
Revenue for more
information).
We recorded 26,797 real estate documents last year
(see last 25 year
chart).
This was a downturn from last year in the number of documents
recorded, which helped the office manage the conversion to our
new document management system from Fidlar which grants Title
Companies, bank and anyone interested to access the records
through the Internet for a fee. To learn more
about this system place check out
this information.
Property Description
The Property Description office maintains over 35,816 legal
property descriptions including owner name and address, and
references to how they acquired the property. This is the
fundamental backbone of the assessment role. In addition the
associated mapping of tax parcels is performed. Every deed that
is recorded causes a change to the assessment roll.
Land Information
See separate report for detail information about the function
of the Register of Deeds office. This office creates, compiles,
maintains and distributes land information, which includes more
than maps, but information associated with land in Ozaukee
County. This office works with all county municipalities State
and Federal government as well as the regional planning
commission. The office is totally self-funded, by statute,
through revenue generated specifically for this function
collected through the Register of Deeds Office. No property levy
is applied.
Internet Development
This function of the office not only develops and maintains
the Ozaukee County website, but also develops and maintains
websites for the following:
As you can tell this
facet of the office continues to grow each year. We currently
have about 1500 visitors weekly to Ozaukee County’s website and
this continues to grow. For more statistical information on the
Ozaukee County’s website see both the Technology Resource and
Land Information report.
Sincerely
Ronald A. Voigt
- Register of Deeds
- Land Information
Administrator
- Webmaster
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