Adams County Title Insurance | Pennsylvania Title Insurance

Title insurance is a type of insurance that protects the owner of a property from any claims or disputes that may arise regarding the ownership of the property. It is typically required when a property is purchased or financed. In Adams County, title insurance is typically purchased through a title insurance company or a title insurance agent. The insurance company or agent will conduct a thorough search of the property’s title records to ensure that there are no outstanding liens or claims on the property. If any issues are found, the insurance company or agent will work to resolve them before the sale or financing of the property is completed. The title insurance policy will then provide protection to the owner of the property in the event that any claims or disputes regarding the ownership of the property arise in the future.

ADAMS COUNTY
Adams County was created on January 22, 1800, from part of York County and was named in honor of President John Adams. Gettysburg, the county seat, was named for James Gettys, a local landowner.

Adams County is on the famous “Mason-Dixon Line” which marked the line between North and South during the Civil War.

The County is home of the Gettysburg National Battlefield in the Gettysburg National Military Park.

The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the largest battles during the American Civil War, was fought between 1–3 July, 1863 across the fields and heights south of the town of Gettysburg located in the Adams County.

BOROUGHS: Abbottstown, Arendtsville, Bendersville, Biglerville, Bonneauville, Carroll Valley, East Berlin, Fairfield, Gettysburg, Littlestown, McSherrystown, New Oxford, York Springs

TOWNSHIPS: Berwick, Butler, Conewago, Cumberland, Franklin, Freedom, Germany, Hamiltonban, Hamilton, Highland, Huntington, Latimore, Liberty, Menallen, Mt. Joy, Mt. Pleasant, Oxford, Reading, Straban, Tyrone, Union

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ABBOTTSTOWN	JOHN FLICKINGER	259-9211	269 HIGH ST.	ABBOTTSTOWN	PA	17301
ARENDTSVILLE	LARRY SWARTZ	677-0831	232 N HIGH ST. AVILLE	BIGLERVILLE	PA	17307
BENDERSVILLE	OWEN MCKINNEY	677-6273	PO BOX 363	BENDERSVILLE	PA	17306
BERWICK	LORETTA NACE	637-5015	1585 CARLISLE PIKE	HANOVER	PA	17331
BIGLERVILLE	BETH CORSON	677-0465	28 DITZLER AVE.	BIGLERVILLE	PA	17307
BONNEAUVILLE	PHILIP LITTLE	334-3343	5 LOCUST ST	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
BUTLER	GARY FAIR	677-0777	1800 TABLE ROCK RD	BIGLERVILLE	PA	17307
CARROLL VALLEY	PHYLLIS DOYLE	642-9582	PO BOX 241	FAIRFIELD	PA	17320
CONEWAGO	TAMMIE KNIGHT	630-1038	129 LINDEN AVE	HANOVER	PA	17331
CUMBERLAND	DONNA MARING	334-4871	2059 TANEYTOWN RD	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
EAST BERLIN	DEBRA TATE	259-0113	197 JACOBS ST	EAST BERLIN	PA	17316
FAIRFIELD	TRACEY PAUL	642-9528	208 E MAIN ST	FAIRFIELD	PA	17320
FRANKLIN	YVONNE ARRISON	334-8816	675 OLD ROUTE 30	ORRTANNA	PA	17353
FREEDOM	BRENDA SNYDER	337-1466	1949 MASON DIXON RD	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
GERMANY	SHARRI PLATTENBURG	359-8481	780 KINDIG RD	LITTLESTOWN	PA	17340
GETTYSBURG	ADA LEWIS	334-4333	PO BOX 4069	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
HAMILTON	JOYCE HAMM	624-7565	65 BOY SCOUT RD	NEW OXFORD	PA	17350
HAMILTONBAN	PAMELA WIEHAGEN	642-6656	PO BOX 183	FAIRFIELD	PA	17320
HIGHLAND	SUSAN FORSYTHE	334-5472	745 KNOXLYN RD	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
HUNTINGTON	TANYA LAMO	528-4531	6133 OLD HARRISBURG	YORK SPRINGS	PA	17372
LATIMORE	LORI LEREW	528-4173	1284 TOWN HILL RD	YORK SPRINGS	PA	17372
LIBERTY	NATALIE WILLIAMS	642-1253	3 SKYLINE TRAIL	FAIRFIELD	PA	17320
LITTLESTOWN	STACEY MOTTER	359-8328	33 W MYRTLE ST	LITTLESTOWN	PA	17340
MCSHERRYSTOWN	NANCY GREENHOLT	632-7551	409 MAIN ST	MCSHERRYSTOWN	PA	17344
MENALLEN	ELLEN BLACK	677-7974	39 WEST POINT RD	ASPERS	PA	17304
MT. JOY	KIMBERLY LITTLE	359-4000	3425 BALTIMORE PK	LITTLESTOWN	PA	17340
MT. PLEASANT	DIANE BIXLER	632-1887	435 HILL RD	HANOVER	PA	17331
NEW OXFORD	MELANIE A GABLE	624-7482	201 S WATER ST.	NEW OXFORD	PA	17350
READING	ROBERT MILLER	624-2421	5626 CARLISLE PIKE	NEW OXFORD	PA	17350
STRABAN	CHRISTINE REDDING-MYERS	334-9619	180 GOLDENVILLE RD	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
TYRONE	WENDI WEIGLE	357-5844	2811 HEIDLERSBURG RD	GETTYSBURG	PA	17325
UNION	SANDRA ALDRIDGE	359-4208	1 B MUMMERT DR	LITTLESTOWN	PA	17340
YORK SPRINGS	DONNA KAPPER	528-8121	PO BOX 213	YORK SPRINGS	PA	17372

Recorder of Deeds

County of Adams

Recorder of Deeds

117 Baltimore Street

Room 102

Gettysburg, PA 17325

Effective: December 8, 2009 Pursuant to Act 49 of 2009

All fees include state and county taxes.

Act 87, 1982-Fees set by Legislature

Act 137, 1992-Adams County Ordinance #7 of 1996 Affordable Housing

Act 8, 1998 now Act 32, 2002-Records Management

Act 122 of 2002

Deeds………………………………………………………………………………………………… $53.50

Mortgages……………………………………………………………………………………………. $53.50

Each page over 4…………………………………………………………………………… $ 4.00

Each name over 4…………………………………………………………………………... $ 1.00

Action to Quiet Title………………………………………………………………………………… $42.00

Adjudications and Excerpts …………………………………………………………………………. $42.00

Adverse Possession……………………………………………………………………………………$53.50

Agreements…………………………………………………………………………………………… $18.50

Installment Sales Agreement…………………………………………………………………………$42.00

Articles of Incorporation…………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Assignment of Mortgage…………………………………………………………………………….. $42.00

Notation of Assignment……………………………………………………………………. $ 2.00

Not more than 5 assignments on blanket assignment

Assignment of Rents………………………………………………………………………………….$18.50

Charter……………………………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Clean and Green……………………………………………………………………………………… $18.50

Clean and Green Termination……………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Notation of Termination…………………………………………………………………… $ 2.00

Condominium

Code of Regulations……………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Declaration of Plans………………………………………………………………………… $18.50

Declaration of Taking or Trust………………………………………………………………………. $42.00

Easement …………………………………………………………………………….……………… $42.00

Election Against the Will……………………………………………………………………………. $18.50

Extension of Mortgage Lien………………………………………………………………………….$18.50

Notation of Extension……………………………………………………………………… $ 2.00

Farm Land Preservation Right of Way……………………………………………………………… $42.00

Farm Land Preservation Easement………………………………………………………………….. $42.00

Highway Plans………………………………………………………………………………………. $15.00

Each Additional Page………………………………………………………………………. $ 3.00

Leases………………………………………………………………………………………………… $18.50

Over 30 years…(Taxable)…………………………………………………………………..$42.00

Lost Assignment Affidavit……………………………………………………………………………$20.50

Modification of Mortgage…………………………………………………………………………….$18.50

Notation of Modification……………………………………………………………………$ 2.00

Notary Public Commission & Bond…………………………………………………………………. $35.50

Notations…………………………………………………………………………………………….. $ 2.00

Postponement of Mortgage………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Notation of Postponement…………………………………………………………………. $ 2.00

Power of Attorney…………………………………………………………………………………… $18.50

Policeman’s Commission……………………………………………………………………………. $21.50

Release of Executor………………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Release of Mortgage…………………………………………………………………………………. $42.00

Notation of Release………………………………………………………………………… $ 2.00

Restrictions……………………………………………………………………………………………$18.50

Right of Way………………………………………………………………………………………….$42.00

Search Fee – Each Name for Genealogy…………………………………………………………….. $ 3.00

Satisfaction Piece……………………………………………………………………………………. $42.00

Notation of Satisfaction……………………………………………………………………. $ 2.00

Seal of Office (Acknowledgment)…………………………………………………………….…….. $ 2.00

Sewage Permit……………………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Subdivision Plan (18×24)……………………………………………………………………………..$25.00

Must be Mylar (plastic). No paper copies accepted.

Each additional page……………………………………………………………………….. $10.00

Must be recorded within 90 days of Approval

Subordination of Mortgage………………………………………………………………………….. $18.50

Notation of Subordination…………………………………………………………………..$ 2.00

Filing Fee For Act No. 287 of 1974 or now Act No. 172 of 1986…………………………………… $10.00

Copy-each Township or Borough………………………………………………………….. $ 1.00

Not to exceed $25.00

Preferential assessments under Act No. 319 of 1974………………………………………………… $18.50

Draft…………………………………………………………………………………………………. $ 2.00

Branding……………………………………………………………………………………………… $18.00

Bank Report – 1 Year…………………………………………As of 05/01/05………………..…….$150.00

INSTRUMENTS OTHER THAN A DEED AND MORTGAGE:

Each Page over 4…………………. $2.00

Each Name over 4…………………. $ .50

Copies

Per Page……………………………………………………………………………………. $ .25

Subdivision Copy Per Page….……………………………………………………………...$ .50

Certification………………………………………………………………………………… $ 2.00

Off Computer………………………………………………………………………………. $ .25

Fax Per Page……………………………………………………………………………….. $ 1.00

Fee for BAD CHECK returned……………………………………………………………………… $20.00

PLEASE ENCLOSE A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO RETURN THE INSTRUMENTS AFTER RECORDING.

All fees include the State Writ Tax and all fees shall be payable in advance.

REALTY TRANSFER TAX

A State Tax of 1% of the consideration and a local tax of the same amount is due when recording.

Three checks are needed. One for the State Tax, one for the Township Tax and one for the recording fee, all made payable to Adams County Recorder of Deeds.

All deeds shall set forth the true consideration or be accompanied by a “Statement of Value”. If an exception from taxation is claimed, either full or partial, the deed must be accompanied by a

“Statement of Value” unless noted in the deed. The “Statement of Value” shall be fully completed. Where the property is located in two or more taxing authorities, the person recording the deed

shall indicate thereon the value of the property in each taxing authority for local realty transfer tax purposes.

All deeds and mortgages must have a Certificate of Residence completed and signed in order to record.

Where no fee is specified the fee shall be set by the Recorder of Deeds.

Effective 1980 – Excludes transfers between Grandparents and Grandchildren or the spouse of such grandchild.

Effective December 11, 1984 – Brothers and Sisters exempt from Local Transfer Tax.

Effective July 2, 1986 – Exempts Brothers and Sisters from State Realty Transfer Tax.

No tax due on deeds prior to February 15, 1951.

Beginning January 1, 1997 – $11.50 from each deed and mortgage recorded plus $2.00 for each Page over 4 and $.50 on each name over 4 will go to affordable housing. Act 137 of 1992.

Adams County Ordinance #7 of 1996.

Records Management – Effective April 1, 1998 – Act 8, 1998 now Act 32, 2002 – Effective

June 17, 2002.

FINANCING STATEMENTS
Act 167-1992

EFFECTIVE JUNE 17, 2002
Changes yearly – call Recorder of Deeds office for fee.

Financing Statements and Ancillary Transactions (Continuations, Assignments, Terminations, Amendments & Releases) $100.00

Searches – We Do Not Search.

Assignment attached to UCC – No Extra Charge

COPIES
Copies will be $2.00 per page

Certification will be $28.00

The Act also provides for an annual increase in the UCC filing fees based on the previous year’s Consumer Price Index for urban workers.

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