Office of the Register of Deeds

Those items available from the Register of Deeds Office are:

  • Section Maps
  • Subdivision Maps
  • Plat Books
  • County Maps
  • Estate records
  • Surveys
  • U.C.C.  File copies

The following information is available online:

Register of Deeds Duties
County Transfer Tax & Exemptions
State Transfer Tax & Exemptions

Transfer Tax Chart (PDF)
Recording Requirements
Fees and Charges

Register of Deeds Office Staff:
Bonita Coyle- Register of Deeds
Traci- Deputy Register of Deeds
Susan- Clerk Document Specialist
Ericka- Clerk Document Specialist 

Email  Register of Deeds Office

All records are public. There is a charge for all reproductions and Plat Books.


Bonita Coyle
Register of Deeds

The Register of Deeds is a constitutional office headed by an elected official whose term of office is four years. The duties of the Register of Deeds are prescribed by State law.


422 W. Lake Street, P.O. Box 367
Tawas City, MI 48764-0367

General Office Hours:
Monday-Friday: 9:00 am-5:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed 

Phone: (989) 362-2021
Fax: (989) 984-1101

Register of Deeds Duties

The office is the official recording and filing office for all legal documents affecting real and personal property.

Examples of real property are such documents as warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, administrator deeds, tax and sheriff deeds, also mortgages and any assignment or discharge thereof, land patents, leases, liens, (state, federal, mechanics, etc.), probate orders, agreements, land contracts, and numerous other instruments which effect real estate, including certified surveys, plats and government corners.

Personal property filings are received whenever loans are made for machinery, farm equipment, furniture, sporting goods, and other items of personal nature.

The filings are called financing statements or U.C.C.'s as prescribed by the Uniform Commercial Code Act of 1962.  more....


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