THE

REGISTER OF DEEDS

OFFICE:

Where every property record contract is stored,

protected and made available to all those who play a

part in the American economic system.

It used to be so simple …

CEO

Archive Specialist

CIO

Surveyor

Protector

Facilitator

VP of Sales &

Marketing

REGISTEROf

DEEDS

THE REGISTER OF DEEDS IS CALLED UPON TO FULFILL MANY ROLES TODAY,

UTILIZING MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS

Politician

CFO

Motivational

Speaker

Psychologist

Lightning Rod

Legislator

Cornerstone

…but not anymore

CEO• There’s a business to run

• Everyone in the county is a customer and a stockholder

• Many other processes are dependant on the processes carried out in the office

• The office is responsible for a century+ of information….

• ….that needs to be kept forever

• ….with media and technology that keeps changing

• And things get to be stored in salt mines!

Archive Specialist

CFO• Daily responsible for a

meaningful amount of money….

• ….that represents significant revenue to the county budget

• ….that is handled by several people in the office

• The office is accountable for staying within annual budgets

CIO• Megabyte ~ Gigabyte ~

Terabyte ~ they all mean something

• Maintain disaster recovery plans for countless possible perils

• Ensure that firewalls and other protective measures are in place in a global internet world

• Deal with software and software vendors

Motivational Leader• Leadership of a team

• Process growing document volumes without additional help

• Assist the staff in handling every situation efficiently

• Train on new and changing procedures

Protector• Monitor new documents

for Social Security Numbers and other personal information

• Search old documents endlessly for Social Security Numbers

• Alert the public about newly recorded documents of interest

Politician• Hold countless

fundraisers

• Stay up all night on election day

• Help draft and support legislation

• Watch out for the welfare of constituents

Lightning Rod• Take responsibility for

things that go wrong

• Take responsibility for things that people say went wrong but didn’t

• Take responsibility for things that people say will go wrong in the future but really won’t

VP of Sales/Marketing• Promote new policies

and procedures to those that use them

• Promote electronic recording

• Promote remote access

Cornerstone• The Register of Deeds

office plays a crucial role in making home ownership possible

• Recorded documents are the lynchpin for property value and property taxes

• The cornerstone of capitalism in the Western Hemisphere

A WELL-DEVELOPED SYSTEM OF TRACKING PROPERTY

OWNERSHIP IS FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR ENTIRE ECONOMIC

SYSTEM IN AMERICA

“Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the

transformation from predominantly informal, extralegal ownership to a

formal, unified legal property system. In the West we've forgotten that creating this system is also what

allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth.”

CEO

Archive Specialist

CIO

Surveyor

Protector

Facilitator

VP of Sales &

Marketing

REGISTER OFDEEDS

Politician

CFO

Motivational

Speaker

Psychologist

Lightning Rod

Legislator

Cornerstone