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HUMPHREYS COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS

Checklist For Document Recordability 

  1. All documents must be originals or certified copies.
  2. Please indicate the order in which you want your documents recorded and Clip or staple pages of documents together and place them in the correct order so that we may record them according to your intent.
  3. No document will be eligible for re-recording unless it has new signatures and new notary acknowledgements per T.C.A. 66-22-101.
  4. Name and address of person or firm who prepared the document.
  5. Grantor and grantee must be clearly identified on every document to enable proper indexing and identification for the daily notebook report per T.C.A. 8-13-108 (a)(3).
  6. Name and address of new owner must be on any document conveying property.
  7. Name and address to whom the tax statement should be sent must be on any document conveying property.
  8. Map and parcel number must be on any document conveying property.
  9. Legal description of property.
  10. Derivation (source of title – book and page of document by which property was conveyed) must be on all deeds of conveyance and trust deeds.
  11. Assignments, releases and amended, modified or corrected instruments must state the book and page to which they should cross reference.
  12. Documents must be signed and notarized. Please be sure notary seal is dark enough to show on a reproduced copy.
  13. Correct fees and charges must be paid at time of recording.
  14. Any attachments or exhibits referenced in the document must be included.
  15. On any document evidencing indebtedness, a Maximum Principal Indebtedness statement must be included: “Maximum principal indebtedness for Tennessee recording tax purposes is $________.”
  16. An appropriate Oath of Consideration statement must be included on any document that conveys property.
   
 

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