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Recording Fees Deeds are $12 for the first page and $4 for each additional page. A $25 state LCHIP surcharge fee is due upon recording. This should be paid in a separate check on each deed, mortgage, mortgage discharge, and plan set. Copy fees are $2 per page of a recorded document with an Internet account.

Land that was owned by your ancestor from the early 1800s to the present is usually laid out on plat maps. You may have to go into the local courthouse to research land title changes to find a record of your ancestor's land (which should show when they owned it and when or if they sold it).

Deeds are required to have the name of the grantor, the name and address of the grantee, the name of the preparer and an acknowledgment by a notary. Once the deed is properly drafted and signed, it must be recorded with the register of deeds in the county in which the property is located.

You can use the folio to find out who has the title or ownership of a property, without having to read the original deeds. The Land Registry also maintains maps or title plans of property described in the registers.

Deeds can be obtained at the Strafford County Registry of Deeds. Their website is www.nhdeeds.com. They can also be contacted at Strafford County Registry of Deeds, 259 County Farm Road, Suite 202, Dover, NH 03820, (603) 742-1741.

A warranty deed is one in which the grantor warrants and agrees to defend the title against the claims and demands of all persons, whether such claims or demands arose during the seller's ownership or the ownership of prior titleholders. In New Hampshire, a warranty deed is governed by RSA 4.

The primary purpose of the office of register of deeds is to maintain records of real property to enable the owner to give notice of that ownership and to produce and preserve satisfactory evidence of the transfer of an interest in real property.