Look Up Property Records in Tuscola County, MI
In Michigan, this is handled by the Register of Deeds — here's what to expect and where to go.
Deeds, mortgages and land records are the Register of Deeds' records, and MCL § 600.2567(1) is that office's fee schedule: “To certify a recorded document, $5.00”and “For copies of any records or papers, if required, $1.00 per page”. Recording a document costs $30.00 regardless of length. A grantor/grantee search is 50 cents per year with a $5.00 minimum.
In Tuscola County the Register of Deeds is a separate office from the County Clerk. Michigan's constitution lets each county board combine or separate the two at pleasure (Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 4), and Tuscola County keeps them apart. Land records are at the Tuscola County Register of Deeds, not at the clerk's counter — the address and hours on this page are the clerk's. (County site lists the County Clerk and the Register of Deeds as separate departments with distinct pages.)
What to bring
- The property address, and better still the parcel number or the legal description. Land records are indexed by grantor and grantee name, not by street address, so a name and an approximate year is what actually finds a deed.
- The names of the buyer and seller if you know them, and roughly when the transfer happened. MCL 600.2567(1)(e) prices a grantor/grantee search at 50 cents per year searched with a $5.00 minimum, so a narrower date range costs less.
- Payment — $1.00 per page for a plain copy, $5.00 to have a recorded document certified.
Recording a new document is $30.00 regardless of length under MCL 600.2567(1)(a), which includes $5.00 into the county automation fund.
Deeds are recorded by the county Register of Deeds (MCL 565.201). In some counties the board has combined the County Clerk and Register of Deeds into one office (MCL 168.200(2)).
⚠️ This office does not process deed recording — the Register of Deeds does. The office below is your county's County Clerk — useful for other services.
This page shows the best information we have for Tuscola County. Fees and hours may vary — call ahead to confirm before visiting.