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From YouTube: Bay County Register of Deeds Office Information
Description
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - What is the Register of Deeds Office?
1:36 - How did the Bay County Register of Deeds Office come to be?
1:12 - What type of documents does the Bay County Register of Deeds Office hold and maintain?
2:43 - Recording Fees. Why do we have them and where do they go?
4:45 - How were documents previously-stored before the digital age?
5:35 - How can you access your records?
6:55 - What is eRecording and what are the benefits?
7:49 - What can you do to protect your property from theft?
8:19 - How can you contact the Bay County Register of Deeds Office?
8:48 - Outro
A
B
The
time
a
document
is
recorded
becomes
an
important
element
in
rights
and
relationships
to
determine
the
clear
ownership
of
the
title
of
your
property.
Critical
importance
of
these
official
public
records
become
apparent
during
times
of
natural
disaster
when
homeowners
need
to
prove
their
property
ownership,
so
they
can
receive
government
aid
or
borrow
money
to
rebuild.
B
In
1835,
the
state
of
michigan
legislature
established
the
first
constitution,
which
created
the
office
of
the
register
of
deeds.
Originally,
the
land
that
is
now
bay
county
was
part
of
aranac
midland
and
saginaw
counties
in
1857
bay
county
was
established
and
the
first
register
of
deeds
was
elected.
T.M
bly.
He
held
that
office
until
1859.
B
B
B
B
B
Click
on
the
department
tab
in
the
toolbar
and
select
register
of
deeds
once
on
the
register
of
deeds.
Homepage,
you
can
scroll
down
the
searchland
records
link.
This
link
will
bring
you
to
bay,
county's
land
record
search,
page
called
docspop
searches
for
the
general
public
are
free
up
to
six
searches
a
month,
create
a
free
account
and
then
simply
follow
the
dropbox
instructions
to
find
the
document
that
you
are
looking
for.
B
B
The
originator
can
now
submit
their
document
electronically
to
the
register
of
deed's
office.
This
process
also
created
a
standardized
method
of
tracking
the
document
from
reception
to
completion
and
can
have
the
original
document
back
in
the
hands
of
the
originator,
sometimes
in
as
quick
as
10
minutes
by
recording
documents
with
e-recordings.
B
Believe
it
or
not
real
estate
property
theft
is
a
real
thing.
If
you
would
like
to
protect
your
property,
you
can
do
so
by
joining
our
theft
protection
program
called
doc's
pop
property
watch
at
watch,
dot,
docspop.com,
slash
property
doc's
pop
property
watch
will
alert
you
via
email.
If
anyone
is
trying
to
transfer
a
piece
of
your
property
illegally.