Total County Revenues Calculated
Armstrong County Register and Recorder Marianne Hileman has turned over the figures for 2012.
Total revenues for all payees collected by the office in 2011 was $5,561,145.40 and in 2012 amounted to $6,120,142.66, which would include transfer taxes collected as well as any inheritance taxes collected.
The difference from 2011 was the mix of documents that were filed with deeds, mortgages and satisfaction filings up while the oil and gas leases and agreements filings down.
A comparison of the some of the documents recorded in 2011 with 2012:
2011 2012
*Deeds 1,688 1,796 6% increase
Marshall’s Deeds 3 1 67 % decrease
Sheriff’s Deeds 64 76 19% increase
Tax Claim Deeds 13 49 277% increase
Satisfaction of Mortgages 685 620 9% decrease
Satisfaction Pieces 1,627 1,798 11% increase
Mortgages 1,941 2,081 7% increase
Oil and Gas Leases 258 134 48% decrease
Oil and Gas Agreements 142 118 17% decrease
*Deeds are General Warranty, Quit Claim and Fiduciary.
Marshall’s Deeds are when the state comes in to take property.
Sheriff’s Deeds are for mortgage foreclosures.
Tax Claim Deeds are when properties go up for non-payment of taxes.
Satisfaction of Mortgages and Satisfaction Pieces are filed after a Mortgage has been paid in full.
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In addition, there were 417 marriage license applications filed in 2012 along with 534 estate and orphans’ court files.
In 2012, the County received commissions for the collections of the State Writ Tax of $180.77; Transfer Tax of $23,557.75; Inheritance Tax of $31,565.36; Landex (our current computer company) of $58,529.43 and Infocon (former computer company) of $961.00. ( The office switched from Infocon in May 2010 to Landex. )
If an individual/company wants to research a property from outside of the office, an account has to be set up with the computer company at Landex.com. If an individual/company wants to research a property in the office, there are nine (9) public terminals.
Armstrong County Court House | KP NewsDesk January 21, 2013
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By jorn jensen, January 21, 2013 @ 9:55 AM
Admin - Thank you for presenting this data. The +277% one, tax claim deeds (properties go up for sale for non-payment of taxes), is what I have been presenting on this site for several years - a need to replace property taxes with increased sales and income taxes. People have paid-off homes and can’t afford the tax-rent to stay in them. 49 tax sale poperties in 2012 and the county raises taxes - logic would have it that 2013′s results will be even more than 49.