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The Recorder of Deeds is the repository for all land transaction records, corporate filings and financing statements in New Castle County. Our responsibilities include receiving, recording, processing and delivering the following: deeds, deed restrictions, easements, mortgages, assignments, satisfaction of mortgages, partial releases of mortgages, federal tax liens, plot plans and all other documents proper to be recorded.

To learn more about the New Castle County Recorder of Deeds through a series of informative videos, please click on the graphic to the left.

We are responsible for recording, indexing, maintaining and making available to the public all records stated above. The Recorder of Deeds Office provides the above services and collects fees set by New Castle County Council. The revenues are turned over to the New Castle County general operating fund.

In addition, the office also collects the transfer taxes for New Castle County, the State of Delaware and several other municipalities. The office is continuing to add images to our new computer system, making our system one of the most comprehensive for land records in the country.  This past year, over 90,000 documents were processed at the New Castle County Recorder of Deeds.  Our staff is available from 9:00 am to 4:45 pm Monday through Friday to assist with public inquiries, general information and historical or genealogical searches.