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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 2007.
This office once again created surplus monies for Ozaukee County to a tune of $371,753. 2007 total revenue was the least since 2001. To see the revenue generated by this office see the link Revenue for more information. We recorded 20,296 real estate documents last year. This was a downturn from last four years in the number of documents recorded. We will have all images from September 1984 to date on this system as your read this report and have begun to capture Subdivision and Condominium plats this year, which will take a few years to do. We have a on going agreement with a company in Mequon who will capture these large plats when there work load is down and they have given the county a good deal for doing this work on this kind of schedule. To learn more about this system please check out this information.Property Description The Property Description office maintains over 38,592 (as of 1/1/2008) 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. 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. 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 Sincerely Ronald A. Voigt
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