Register of Deeds Division

Document Recording Statistics

  • Warranty Deeds

    Month 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
    January 426 574 503 505 569 630 658 568 588 699 634 482 511
    February 359 426 400 457 513 491 564 562 487 619 538 431 490
    March 470 507 498 598 626 709 696 624 628 759 723 586
    April 467 499 527 531 553 623 688 656 473 771 643 543
    May 525 688 630 678 736 807 836 794 414 816 770 592
    June 561 636 682 932 873 904 809 801 668 803 806 703
    July 521 717 849 747 733 841 752 820 900 840 716 603
    August 634 689 713 838 855 831 884 823 860 882 764 649
    September 553 724 770 815 926 780 753 766 824 835 706 729
    October 630 697 750 728 775 791 808 830 837 811 696 659
    November 482 588 698 681 734 743 627 661 814 760 608 562
    December 596 602 626 644 685 668 619 756 902 747 633 572
  • Mortgage Foreclosures

    By Month/Year

    Month 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
    January 60 30 29 16 9 11 8 5 8 0 1 5 5
    February 41 23 18 10 9 6 2 7 1 2 3 3 0
    March 68 36 19 22 17 11 10 8 5 0 2 5
    April 37 35 18 19 11 6 5 2 0 0 3 2
    May 37 42 19 16 9 8 5 7 0 0 2 6
    June 48 23 18 15 14 6 9 4 0 0 4 5
    July 39 31 24 16 4 5 7 1 3 2 3 0
    August 53 29 14 17 5 5 4 3 1 0 2 0
    September 56 36 24 11 7 6 3 4 0 0 1 5
    October 45 27 15 17 7 5 5 3 1 3 5 4
    November 26 28 20 15 4 5 5 3 1 1 2 3
    December 42 19 16 13 7 1 4 8 1 3 2 1

    Yearly Totals

    1996 43 2000 110 2004 262 2008 957 2012 552 2016 103
    1997 58 2001 165 2005 333 2009 933 2013 359 2017 75
    1998 98 2002 265 2006 540 2010 953 2014 235 2018 67
    1999 114 2003 245 2007 850 2011 827 2015 187 2019 55
    2020 21 2021 11 2022 30 2023 39

    By Government Unit

    Township 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
    Allendale 7 7 4 7 2 3     1 2
    Blendon 3 1   1 3   1   1 1
    Chester 5 1 1   1 1       1
    Crockery 10 4 4 6 4 2 1 2 1 2
    Georgetown 23 34 11 15 11 5 1 1 2 7
    Grand Haven 9 18 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
    Holland 34 25 17 6 7 6 6 1 7 7
    Jamestown 5 3   1 1         1
    Olive 4 4   4 1 2       3
    Park 17 11 5 3 4 3 1 1 1 2
    Polkton 1 2 2 2         1  
    Port Sheldon 4 4 1 2 2 3   1 1  
    Robinson 6 8 7 3 1 2   1 1 1
    Spring Lake 15 8 13 8 4 3   2 2 2
    Tallmadge 10 4 3 2 1 1 2   2  
    Wright 5 3 2 1 1     1   1
    Zeeland 5 1 1 1 3 1   1 1  

    Cities 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
    Coopersville 3 1 2 1 3   1     1
    Ferrysburg 7 5 3 1   3 1     1
    Grand Haven 12 12 5   3 2     3 2
    Holland 36 24 13 9 5 14 4 1 4 4
    Hudsonville 7 3 1 1            
    Zeeland 7 4 2 1 3 1     1  
  • Statistics Overview
    Documents Recorded 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
    Deed Related Documents 656 541 475 470 421 466 496 503
    Master Deeds 17 17 23 24 12 16 15 17
    Quit Claim Deeds 2,766 2,721 2,732 2,855 3,044 3,529 2,798 2,264
    Sheriff's Deeds 103 75 67 55 21 11 30 39
    Warranty Deeds 8,578 8,818 8,694 8,661 9,340 9,340 8,237 7,111
    Total Deeds 12,120 12,172 11,991 12,065 11,891 13,362 11,576 9,934
    Assignment of Mortgages 928 1,403 1,674 1,711 826 709 557 494
    Discharge of Mortgages 12,708 12,242 10,770 12,124 19,284 20,047 10,403 6,596
    Mortgages 13,392 12,432 11,325 13,358 18,916 18,906 11,455 7,765
    Mortgage Related Documents 1,469 1,404 1,199 1,286 1,458 1,730 1,405 980
    Total Mortgages 28,497 27,481 28,479 28,479 40,484 41,392 23,820 15,835
    Liens 476 484 532 529 369 570 520 452
    Federal Tax Liens 160 159 162 194 81 75 32 46
    Lien Related Documents 1,533 1,155 903 677 482 647 636 546
    MESC Tax Liens 203 1 5 2 0 13 5 5
    State Tax Liens 151 291 347 230 153 210 184 158
    Total Liens 2,523 2,090 1,949 1,632 1,085 1,515 1,377 1,207
    Certificate of Trusts 1,321 1,231 1,372 1,372 1,511 1,595 1,335 1,207
    Death Certificates 1,019 932 936 956 928 1,161 1,188 1,044
    Miscellaneous Documents 3,549 3,677 3,737 3,665 3,091 3,546 3,589 3,123
    Notice of Commencement 663 691 696 666 555 743 609 442
    Power of Attorney 463 511 452 421 377 390 322 268
    Total Miscellaneous 7,015 7,031 7,052 7,080 6,462 7,435 7,043 6,084
    Total Documents 50,155 48,774 45,960 49,256 59,922 63,704 43,816 33,060