Yankton County Register of Deeds Office
Welcome to the Yankton County Register of Deeds Office. Our office is located on the second floor of the Yankton County Government Center at 321 W. Third St., in downtown Yankton.
Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday
9:00am - 5:00 pm
Phone:
(605) 260-4400 Opt. 5
Fax:
(605) 668-9682
Address:
321 W. 3rd St., Suite 205
Yankton, SD 57078
The Register of Deeds provides many services to the county. This office is the primary county record-keeping and archival office for vital statistics (birth, death and marriage records), burial permits, land records (such as plats, deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, assignments, etc.), military discharge records, hospital liens, mechanics liens, county, state and federal tax liens, powers of attorney, fictitious name filings, UCC filings and corner records.
Our office is also responsible for the issuance of marriage licenses, as well as certified copies of birth certificates, death certificates and marriage certificates.
2022 Report
Yankton County Register of Deeds staff collected $344,326 in total fees in 2022. That total includes $161,786 in Land Transfer Fees resulting from $161.8 million in sales of residential properties, commercial properties and farmland last year.
The Register of Deeds office completed over 9,000 transactions last year involving vital records, land records, copy requests and liens. Records, reports, requests and documents processed by ROD staff in 2022 include:
- 1,328 liens
- 1,210 death records
- 1,120 birth records
- 996 land transfers
- 969 deeds
- 790 mortgages
- 705 satisfactions
- 629 copy requests
- 334 marriage records
- 165 burial permits
- 164 marriage licenses
- 99 addendums
- 97 easements
- 57 assignments
- 66 plats
Previous Year's Complete Annual Reports: