COVID-19 News and Resources

Bartholomew County- Thursday, November 26^th through December 7^th Office Building are CLOSED

All buildings are closed to the public. The Recorder’s office will  do our best to work remotely accepting electronic filings only. Mail will be held until the following week when the building reopens.

Monday, December 7^th to Monday, January 4^th

Employees will be allowed to return to the building with a reduced number of staff.

The Recorder’s Office will resume processing of recordings received by mail, UPS, FedEx and place those placed in Recorder Drop box of the County GOB.

Please feel free to visit our website for information at https://bartholomew.in.gov/recorder or email us through the Bartholomew County Website webmaster@bartholomew.in.gov

Closed to the public.  Working with short staff, which may change next week depending on the Governor’s decision. Working by mail, email, e-file and phone calls. Allowing searchers by appointment and the number in at a time since the library is adjacent to the office. 

 Clark website

For searches and non-transfer recordings by appointment only.  Call 812-254-8696.

Scheduled days for transfer recordings, Tuesdays and Thursdays  1pm-3pm. No recordings after 3pm. Searchers allowed Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 – 3.

Gibson County  opened to the public May 18^th

Security is requiring screening at south side entrance door.  Searchers are permitted in

Research room by appointment only.  Please wear face mask before entering & handling the

Books.  Call 812-385-3332
Gibson website

We are closed to the public.  We are accepting appointments for searchers.  We are only allowing one in at a time so we can clean between searchers.  Our hours for searching are 9am- noon or 1pm – 4pm.  We now have security so the public needs to use the south door to the courthouse and the public is required to wear a mask and no signs of being sick.  If you have any other questions you are welcome to call 260-726-6940.

Jay website

We are now accepting documents via mail and Simplifile. Closed to the public. Searchers by appointment and they can request copies of documents by sending payment and SASE.

Jennings Ordinance

Starting May 12^th the Recorder’s Office will allow one searcher in at a time so they will need to call or email to make an appointment. 260-499-6394 or jmcbride@lagrangecounty.org

May 18^th the entire building will open to the public, but social distancing will be required.  Our office is small so we will be able to do 2 searchers at a time.  They can just stop by and wait their turn or they can call for an appointment.
LaGrange website

Now open.

Open to the public. Masks required.

The Miami County Courthouse and Annex buildings will reopen beginning, Tuesday, May 5, 2020. For the protection of our patrons and employees, the guidelines listed on their website (link below) must be followed to enter the buildings.

Starting Monday May 18, 2020, Parke County Courthouse will be open to the public by Appointment ONLY.

You must call EACH office you intend to visit and make an appointment with each of them.

We will be taking appointments from 9-3.

The basement door on the Northwest side of the courthouse is the only entrance open.

There will be an officer there to greet you with a questionnaire and taking your temperature.

You must wear a mask the entire time you are in the building. If you don’t have one, there are some downstairs on the table by the officer.

If you can give us an idea of how long you think you might be here when you call, that would be appreciated so that we can set a schedule, we will only allow 2 searchers in at a time.

For those that just have a document to record, the procedure is still to leave it with the officer and we will let you know when it’s done

The Perry County, Indiana Courthouse is closed to the public through January 4, 2020.  The Commissioners will decide the evening of January 4 if the Courthouse will open back up or remain closed to the public. 

Office staff is working and still accepting all recordings including transfers. 

Steuben County Recorders office closed to public.  Appointments only  with searchers/title companies.  Processing all documents.  E-recording with Simplifile and CSC no land transfers at this time.  Copies though DOXPOP.
Steuben website

We are taking appointments for title searching on Wednesday 8-3:00 & Thursday 8-12.  You need to call at the back door of the Swtizerland County Courthouse our number is 812-427-4460. You will then enter the courthouse and a table is set out with an entry paper to sign and you need to take and record your temperature on the paper.

Tippecanoe County will begin working with half working in the office And half working from home on 11/30/2020 under further notice. We will process all mail, e-recordings, and regular e-mail as normal.

Tippecanoe website

Searcher welcoms as on June 10. However, masks are preferred and we have only 3 spots available at a time. You can have reserved seating if you call in ahead of time which will guarantee you a slot.

mkaufman@warrickcounty.gov  812-897-6165

pbrooks@warrickcounty.gov  812-897-6165
Phase II Guidelines

Warrick website

November 17th, the Whitley County Recorders Office will be closed to the public due to COVID-19.   They will not have anyone in the office to answer calls until Friday, 11/20.  The e-recordings will be processed.  Starting Wednesday, November 18th, the Government Center will be closed to the public.