Ozaukee County, Wisconsin - Annual Reports - 2006

2006 Annual Report of the Office of Register of Deeds

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 2006.

This office once again created surplus monies for Ozaukee County. 2006 revenue was slightly less the 2005. To see the revenue generated by this office see the link Revenue for more information. We recorded 21,619 real estate documents last year. This was a downturn from last three years in the number of documents recorded. The conversion to our new document management system from Fidlar is complete. This system also grants Title Companies, Banks and anyone interested to access the records through the Internet for a fee. We will have all images from September 1984 to date on this system as your read this report. To learn more about this system please check out this information.

Property Description

The Property Description office maintains over 38,085 legal property descriptions, including owner name and address, and references to how they acquired the property. This office added 997 new parcels in 2006. 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:

This facet of the office continues to grow each year. For more statistical information on the Ozaukee County’s website see, both the Technology Resource and Land Information report. Also part of this function is photography and the background you see here and many of the photos on this website (click here) and on the City of Port Washington (click here) have been taken over the years