Do you want to purchase or refinance property in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania? If so, you will need to have title insurance. If you do not get title insurance, your real estate transaction might not move forward.
You have multiple options available if you are interested in purchasing title insurance, and you are not required to go with the company offered by your real estate agent or lender. In fact, they cannot require you to select the plan or provider they offer.
Under federal law, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), you are allowed to select your own title insurance plan, and we can review your options with you. We are World Wide Land Transfer, and we are a Pennsylvania title insurance company serving Wyoming County. We can review a variety of choices with you, helping you find the right title insurance plan for your needs.
We also have a real estate attorney on our staff who will review your title insurance and mortgage paperwork with you at no additional cost! Let us help you find the right title insurance.
We are not affiliated with a bank or real estate agent. You are our top priority, and we can help you find the right title insurance for your upcoming real estate transaction. Give us a call today to speak to our team, and let us help you find title insurance for your upcoming purchase or refinance!
WYOMING COUNTY
Wyoming County is a 7th Class County with 18 Townships 5 Boroughs. It was formed out of the northern part of Luzerne, by an act of Assembly approved April 4th, 1842. When the petition for its organization was presented to the Legislature, the Petitioners asked that it might be called “Putnam”, the name of one of the certified townships in the county.
BOROUGHS: Factoryville, Laceyville, Meshoppen, Nicholson, Tunkhannock
TOWNSHIPS: Braintrim Township, Clinton Township, Eaton Township, Exeter Township, Falls Township, Forkston Township, Lemon Township, Mehoopany Township, Meshoppen Township, Monroe Township, Nicholson Township, North Branch Township, Northmoreland Township, Noxen Township, Overfield Township, Tunkhannock Township, Washington Township, Windham Township
TAX COLLECTORS
Braintrim Township
Betty Heller
167 Hilltop Ln.
Laceyville, PA 18623
P: 570-869-2482
Clinton Township
Wally Warring
115 Highland Ave.
Factoryville, PA 18419
P: 570-945-9315
Eaton Township
Janet Kristunas
322 Keelersburg Rd
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
P: 570-836-1696
Exeter Township
Carol Bardzel
114 Upper Camp Ln.
Falls, PA 18615
P: 570-388-6993
Factoryville Borough
Linda Wozniak
PO Box 112
P: 570-945-3679
Falls Township
Jean N. Keeler
2207 SR 307
Dalton, PA 18414
P: 570-587-3509
Forkston Township
Mary E. Valentine
253 Centre St.
Forkston, Twp, PA 18629
P: 570-833-4429
Laceyville Borough
Lesa Huffman
446 Second St.
Laceyville, PA 18623
P: 570-869-2395
Lemon Township
Connie Lawrence
1045E Avery Station Rd.
Factoryville, PA 18419
P: 570-836-4168
Mehoopany Township
Mary Lee Goodwin
231 Sunset Dr.
Mehoopany, PA 18629
P: 570-833-2457
Meshoppen Borough
Michelle Caines
147 Welles St.
Meshoppen, PA 18630
P: 570-833-2433
Monroe Township
Jeanne C. Anderson
222 SR 292 E.
Monroe Twp, PA 18657
P: 570-836-6886
Nicholson Borough
Barbara Nichols
PO Box 75
25 Lackawanna Trail
Nicholson, PA 18446
P: 570-942-6656
Nicholson Township
Audrey Smarkusky
533 Squier Hill Rd.
Nicholson, PA 18446
Northbranch Township
Patricia Holzschuh
636 SR 187
Mehoopany, PA 18629
Northmoreland Township
Betty Weidner
252 Schoolhouse Road
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
P: 570-333-4155
Noxen Township
Christine A. Shook
263Hemlock Lane
Noxen, PA 18636
P: 570-298-2427
Overfield Township
Robert Hug
PO Box 458
5024 Mislevy Road
Lake Winola, PA 18625
P: 570-378-2169
Tunkhannock Borough
Carol Gaylord
50 Redfield St.
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
P: 570-836-4963
Tunkhannock Township
Melinda Kay Shannon
83 E. Tioga St.
Suite 2
PO Box B
Tunkhannock, PA 18657
P: 570-996-2531
Washington Township
Loreida Sickler
31 Sickler Rd. Apt. 1
Meshoppen, PA 18630
P: 570-836-1961
Windham Township
Carole L. Davis
230 Scottsville Rd.
Mehoopany, PA 18629
P: 570-833-4410
RECORDER OF DEEDS
1 Courthouse Square
Tunkhannock PA 18657
FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 8, 2009
RECORDING FEES FOR DOCUMENTS RECORDED IN WYOMING COUNTY
• Fees include up to four pages, four names.
• Each name over four $0.50 per name
• Additional pages over four $2.00 per page
• Additional Marginal Notations over ONE are $2.00 each.
BASE FEES
Deed $ 47.00
Mortgage $ 47.00
Satisfaction of Mortgage, Power/Letter of Attorney to Satisfy $ 44.00
• Need Original Mortgage, certified copy, or copy of the original recorded
mortgage from our records. Certified copies are $5.00 for up to 8 pages
and $.50 per page after the 8 pages.
Assignment of Mortgage $ 42.00
Modification of Mortgage $ 18.50
Mortgage Amendment $ 18.50
Release of Mortgage $ 42.00
Subordination of Mortgage $ 18.50
Ag Easement/Ag Area $ 18.50
Adverse Possession $ 18.50
Affidavit $ 18.50
Act 319 Clean and Green $ 18.50
Agreement $ 18.50
Assignment $ 18.50
Assignment Rents & Leases $ 18.50
Assumption Agreement $ 18.50
Brand $ 18.50
Charter $ 18.50
Consent of Landowner $ 18.50
Court Order $ 18.50
Covenants and Restrictions $ 18.50
Declaration of Pooling and Unitization $ 18.50
Declaration of Taking or Trust $ 18.50
Decree/Award of Real Estate $ 42.00
Easement $ 42.00
1/2/2013
Election to Take $ 18.50
Financial Statement $ 18.50
Financing Statement (UCC-1) $ 100.00
• Secured Transaction
• Assignment or release
• Continuation (UCC-2)
• Termination (UCC-3)
Highway Occupancy Permits $ 18.50
Installment Sales Agreement $ 42.00
Lease $ 18.50
Lease – 30 years $ 42.00
Lien Search(name change only) plus $1.00 each listing $ 8.00
Misc $ 18.50
Mineral Rights Conveyance $ 42.00
Notice of Condemnation $ 18.50
Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Oil and Gas Miscellaneous $ 18.50
Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Amendment of Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Extension of Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Release of Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Surrender of Oil and Gas Lease $ 18.50
Ordinance $ 18.50
Option Agreement $ 18.50
Power of Attorney $ 18.50
Revocation of Power of Attorney $ 18.50
Public Utilities Filing Act 287 of 1974 (Underground Right of Way) No charge
Redetermination Act 40 $ 40.00
Release $ 18.50
Rollback Taxes $ 18.50
Right of Way $ 42.00
Sewer/Water Permit $ 18.50
Sewer Easement $ 42.00
Supplemental Indenture $ 42.00
Supplemental Mortgage $ 42.00
Timber Conveyance $ 18.50
Waiver $ 18.50
Veteran’s Discharge No charge
Notary Public (including bond & oath) $ 35.50
Notary Public Address Change/Name Change $ 18.50
Maps/Subdivision Maps $ 29.00
• We will not accept any maps larger than 24×36 inches. All subdivision
maps must show proof of county and/or township or borough
approval. All maps must be signed by owners and acknowledged. We
will not accept poor copies.
1/2/2013
Highway Plan $ 15.00
• Additional pages $ 3.00
All fees include the State Writ Tax, $.50, and where applicable, Affordable Housing fee,
Wyoming County Ordinance #5, $5.00, Act No. 32 of 2002, $5.00, and Act No. 122 of 2002,
$10.00, and Act No. 49 of 2009, $13.50.
Realty Transfer Tax
A state tax of 1% of the consideration and a local tax of the same amount is due when
recording.
All deeds shall set forth the true consideration or be accompanied by a “Statement of
Value”. If an exemption is claimed, either full or partial, the deed must be accompanied by
a “Statement of Value”. 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, mortgages and assignments 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.
ALL FEES ARE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
