Fulton County, Indiana

Our office is located at 125 E. 9th Street in Rochester, IN Suite 120 in the Annex building. Our office is the last office on the right.

The Recorder’s office is mandated by the State of Indiana and is a constitutional office where fees charged are established under IC Code 36-2-7. Please see our fee schedule.

The only form this office holds is the Certificate of Assumed Business Name Form.

This statement must be included on all documents except those that require a social security number such as Military Discharges and Federal Tax Liens.

You will need to confer with your attorney for your own protection.

A deed must be presented and approved by the Assessor and the Auditor before it can be recorded in our office.

Credit Bureaus incorrectly report that State Tax Liens are filed in the Recorder’s Office. These records are filed with the County Clerk’s Office at 574-223-2911.

Due to the ongoing identity theft crisis, the DD214 is a confidential document.

Birth Certificates for persons born in Fulton County, Indiana, are available through the Fulton County Health Department. Their office can be reached at (574)-223-2881.

The Area Plan Commission can assist you with zoning issues or questions. You can contact their office at (574) 223-7667.

The Area Plan Commission can assist you with your permit.

The Fulton County Treasurer’s Office can help you. They are located in the Fulton County Annex building located at 125 E. 9th Street, Rochester, IN. Their phone is (574)-223-2913

The Fulton County Auditor’s Office can help you and is also located in the Annex building at 125 E 9th Street, Rochester, IN. If you have any questions, you can contact them at (574) 223-2912.

You are required under Indiana Code to file an Assumed Business Name for a variety of different reasons.

For liability reasons, this office does not conduct real estate searches.

The Treasurer’s Office can help you. They are located in the Fulton County Annex Building located at 125 E. 9th Street, Rochester, IN. Their phone number is (574) 223-2913.

Compensation - A monthly benefit depending upon rating percentage, with additional amounts for dependents of veterans with a 30 percent rating and above.

Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty) The Montgomery GI Bill (Active Duty) provides a program of education benefits to individuals who enter active duty for the first time after June 30, 1989, and receive an honorable discharge.

A disabled veteran may receive employment assistance, self-employment assistance, training in a rehabilitation facility, and college and other training.

VA loan guaranties - to be used for the purchase of homes, condominiums and manufactured for refinancing loans - are made to service members, veterans, reservists and surviving spouses who have not remarried.

VA cemeteries Burial benefits in a VA National Cemetery include the grave site, a headstone or marker, opening and closing of the grave, and perpetual care.

Educational assistance benefits are available to spouses who have not remarried and children of: (1) veterans who died or are permanently and totally disabled as the result of a disability arising from active military service; (2) veterans who died from any cause while rated permanently and totally disabled from service-connected disability; (3) service members listed for more than 90 days as currently missing in action or captured in line of duty by a hostile force; (4) service members listed for more than 90 days as currently detained or interned by a foreign government or power.

Remission of fees for the children of a disabled veteran The natural or legally adopted children of a disabled veteran may be eligible for remission of fees at any state-supported post secondary school or university in the State of Indiana.

The Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs and the Indiana State Archives have copies of DD-214's on file for many Hoosier veterans who entered the service from Indiana.

The Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette provides nursing and domiciliary care for any Hoosier veteran with at least one-day of wartime service.

Each county auditor is authorized to pay up to an amount not to exceed $100 for the burial of a veteran or the veteran's spouse and to pay up to $100 for the setting of a federal headstone. Veterans must have received an honorable discharge, and a application must be filed Ref: IC 10-5-3-1.

If a building permit was issued, we will be notified by the planning agency.

You should submit a Form 137R to the Assessor's office along with evidence of your loss (for example, pictures, insurance claims, appraisal, repair bills) within 12 months of the disaster.

We've all become accustomed to the level of services provided by our local community. Schools, police and fire protection, libraries and paved roads are only a few of the amenities property taxes make possible.

Annual Adjustments or "trending" of property walues became part of Indiana's move to a market-based assessment system upon order of the Indiana Supreme Court in 1999.

A taxpayer has a right to appeal their property tax assessment for any reason.

Yes. There are a number of Credits and exemptions available to qualifying taxpayers

Mortgages and homestead exemptions are filed with the County Auditor by December 31st and will be applied to the following year's taxes, if you purchase a new property, both need to be filed.

Filing of forms 103 and 104 are required by May 15th of each year and are filed with the County Assessor in the County in which the property is located.

Yes. The same deadlines apply as a regular business filing.

You can access your property record card by following the link located on the Assessor's Home Page

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Your neighbor may be receiving deductions that you may not be eligible for Or that have not been applied to your home due to Various reasons.

The assessment process dictates that market value can only be established using arms-length, non-distressed sales; a foreclosure sale does not meet that benchmark, since they are generally conducted under duress.

Your tax bill results from the interaction of your property's value and the local tax rate.

The assessed value should reflect the amount a Willing buyer would pay for the property at the time of the assessment (March 1 is the assessment date).

The first step in the appeals process begins with written notification to your local assessing official.

lf lot corner irons were set; you can find them with a metal detector.

Since 1990, it is a state requirement that all surveys be recorded in the County Recorder's Office.

You can have your property surveyed to determine where your Corners are supposed to be.

The first thing you need is a soils report by a register soil scientist, any registered in Indiana will work but we do provide a list of soil scientists that have said they wanted to work in Fulton County. After the soils report is received by the Health Department you will be given minimum specifications for the types of septic systems that would work in that soil. With the minimum specification a system can be designed/quoted by an installer, the system should be flagged out and the plans submitted to the Health Department for review. After the Health Department has done a site review of the flagged out system the septic permit should be able to be picked up. For questions, please come into the office or call (574) 223-7730