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.
Public Service Announcement:
The only third-party company South Dakota authorizes to order vital records (birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates) is at Vital Chek. Vital Chek offers the option to order online with overnight shipping using a credit card. Fees for S.D. vital records are $15.00 per copy (ordered directly from the County Register of Deeds office) and $26.50 (ordered through Vital Chek) or $44.00 (ordered through Vital Chek with overnight shipping).
Please be aware when ordering vital records that you will need to order them from the state in which the event occurred. When using search engines be sure to only visit state government websites. These sites will almost always end in “.gov”. For a list of other states’ vital record request information please refer to this website: National Center for Health Statistics
For more information on ordering vital records, call the Yankton County Register of Deeds at (605) 260-4400 Ext. 5.
2024 Report
Yankton County Register of Deeds staff collected $333,842 in total fees in 2024. That total includes $165,915 in Land Transfer Fees resulting from $165.9 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 2024 include:
- 1,632 liens
- 1,332 death records
- 1,070 birth records
- 1,013 land transfers
- 972 deeds
- 621 mortgages
- 584 satisfactions
- 612 copy requests
- 253 marriage records
- 186 burial permits
- 152 marriage licenses
- 218 easements
- 46 assignments
- 47 notary signatures
- 63 plats
Previous Year's Complete Annual Reports: