Cheryl Cochran

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UNION COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK & EX-OFFICIO RECORDER

101 North Washington, Room 201
El Dorado, Arkansas  71730

P.O. Box 1626
El Dorado, Arkansas  71731-1626

Phone:  (870) 864-1940
Fax:  (870) 864-1994
cecwilson@hotmail.com
Website for Records:  www.recordsusa.com

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Open Lunch; closed Major Holidays)

Circuit Court Divisions:

Civil Division - Laura Ward, Deputy Clerk
Domestic Relations Division - Kara Murphy, Deputy Clerk
                                                   Connie Landers, Deputy Clerk
Criminal Division - Jane Andrews, Deputy Clerk
                                Krishana Andrews, Deputy Clerk
Juvenile Division - Udell Berry, Chief Deputy Clerk
Recording - Linda Hinson, Deputy Clerk
                     Terri Shackleford, Deputy Clerk
Child Support - Kara Murphy, Deputy Clerk

Circuit Judges:

Hamilton H. Singleton 1st Division         Michael Landers 2nd Division
Ouachita County Courthouse                   Union County Courthouse
145 Jefferson SW, P O Box 763               101 North. Washington, Suite  303
Camden, Arkansas  71701-0763             El Dorado, Arkansas  71730
Phone: (870) 837-2272                           Phone:  (870) 864-1937

Edwin A. Deaton 3rd Division                  Carol Crafton Anthony 4th Division
Ouachita County Courthouse                   Union County Courthouse
145 Jefferson SW, Box 8                          101 N. Washington, Suite 306
P O Box 524                                               El Dorado, Arkansas  71730
Camden, Arkansas  71701-0524
Phone:  (870) 837-2270                          Phone: (870) 864-1947

Larry W. Chandler 5th Division               David F. Guthrie 6th Division
Columbia County Courthouse                  Union County Courthouse
105 1/2 South Court Square                   101 N. Washington, Suite 205
P O Box 785                                               El Dorado, Arkansas  71730
Magnolia, Arkansas  71754-0785       
Phone:  (870) 235-3781                          Phone:  (870) 864-1968

Jury Numbers:

Criminal 1st Division  (870) 864-1962
Criminal 4th Division  (870) 881-4094
Civil 6th Division (870) 864-1967

Fees:
Court Cases:
     New - $150.00
     Reopening - $50.00
     Summons/Subpoenas - $2.50
     Writs/Executions - $15.00 First Page - $5.00 each addition page
     Judgments/Lis Pendens - $15.00 First Page - $5.00 each additional page

Recording Instruments: 

     House bill 1299 was recently enacted to amend Arkansas code 21-6-306.  Beginning July 31, 2007, all real estate documents submitted for recording in the various counties shall be charged the following uniform fees:

     For recording deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, release deeds, powers of attorney, plats, survey plats, notary bonds, foreign judgments, writs of execution, writs of garnishment, materialmen's liens, and other recordable, $15.00 for one (1) page, one (1) side only, and $5.00 for each additional page.

     For recording mortgage assignments, mortgages releases, and other instruments when multiple instruments are listed in a single document, an additional fee of $15.00 per instrument listed not to exceed $300.00 shall be charged.

     Eight dollars ($8.00) for filing or recording a certificate of assessment.

     If the recorder waives the requirements of the Arkansas Formatting Standards for good cause, the instrument may be recorded for an additional fee of $25.00.

Financing Statements (Farming Equipment in timber only) $12.00 (includes Release)
Continuations, Assignments, Amendments of Financing Statements - $6.00
Terminations (before 1995) - $6.00

Copies - $ .50 per page
Certified - $3.00
Authenticated - $10.00

RECORDING STANDARDS:

The following criteria must be met by any instruments to be recorded in the Deed and Mortgage Records of the Union County Recorder's Office:

     14-15-402 Paper Size - 8 1/2" x 11"

     14-15-402 Margins - 2 1/2" margin at top of first page, 2 1/2" margin at bottom of last page; at least 1/2" margin on sides and bottoms of all other pages.

     14-15-402  First Page content -
     Top right of the first page reserved for the recorder for the file mark and recording information.
     The first page must contain the following information:
     (i) Title of document
     (ii) Name of Grantor and Grantee

14-15-402 All Documents shall be acknowledged in accordance with Section 16-47-207.

14-15-402  All Documents must be legible to be accepted.

14-15-403  The name and address of the person who, and the governmental agency, if any, which prepared the instrument must appear on the first page;  The name is either printed, typewritten, stamped in a legible manner.

14-15-408 Fees for recording must be tendered before document is recorded.

26-60-110  The following statement must be stamped thereon or attached thereon, in a manner which will cause it to be recorded as a part of the instrument:
     "I certify under penalty of false swearing that the legally correct amount of  documentary stamps have been placed on this instrument."  Statement must be signed by Grantee or Agent for Grantee.

     Documentary Stamps must be placed on the document and must be legible.