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 - 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
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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.
2021 Report
Yankton County Register of Deeds staff collected $418,773 in fees in 2021. That total includes $176,337 in Land Transfer Fees from $176.3 million in sales of residential properties, commercial properties and farmland last year.
Yankton County Register of Deeds staff completed over 8,000 transactions in 2021 involving vital records, land records, copy requests and liens. Records, reports and documents processed or issued by ROD staff in 2021 include:
- 1,529 death records
- 1,249 satisfactions
- 1,235 mortgages
- 1,178 birth records
- 1,169 land transfers
- 1,124 liens
- 1,124 deeds
- 675 copy requests
- 306 marriage records
- 162 burial permits
- 156 marriage licenses
- 151 addendums
- 150 easements
- 95 assignments
- 84 plats