Recorder's Office

Mission
To provide the public accurate, permanent records of important legal documents.

Vision
​To provide exceptional customer service carrying out all mandated functions accurately and efficiently.

What We Do

Record Land Documents
The main function of our office is the recording of documents pertaining to real property ownership in Kootenai County.

• 48,722 recorded documents raised county revenue of $928,794 in fiscal year 2017.

New in 2017 was the addition of our current database to our website providing online access to documents recorded between 1989 and 2017. This year we intend to implement an online pay-per-copy feature so documents may be printed from the comfort of your home or office saving a trip to the County Administration Building.

Process Passport Applications
As an additional service for our County residents, we are a Passport Acceptance Facility. We perform this service according to regulations of the United States Department of State.

• In FY17 we have reviewed and processed 4,769 applications which has brought in $118,850 to the county.  

We are the only acceptance facility within the Coeur d'alene, ID, and Spokane, WA, area that accepts passport applications on a walk-in basis.  All other facilities require applicants make an appointment, which are generally six to eight weeks out.

Issue Beverage Licenses 
We issue beverage licenses and catering permits to establishments selling or producing alcoholic beverages within Kootenai County 

• 422 beverage licenses and 31 catering permits made $90,518 county revenue in FY17.

 Issue Marriage Licenses
 Another duty is issuing marriage licenses for those who wish to marry within Idaho.  

• 2,458 marriage license produced county revenue of $38,459 in fiscal year 2017.

Archive Historical Documents
Our office has been working to make all of our historical documents available via electronic means.  We have documents that date back to 1881.  

The removal of books has allowed us to plan for expansion of the public research area in our upstairs vault.  We have designed a new counter area for our research computers to give you more room and better access to our archives.  

• Completed scanning more than 30,000 images from the Release of Mortgage books dated 1882 to 1992.  
•  Importing 34,842 marriage images into our current database.
•  Importing 12,000 deed documents from 1997 and 1998.
• Rescanning hard to read images as needed.

Financial Snapshot

Recorder's Revenue and Expenses

This department does not require any tax revenues to operate -- completely self-sufficient.  

For more about the Recorder's office, please visit the Kootenai County Clerk's website.
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