Welcome to Maricopa County Recorder's Office
We are pleased to offer the latest in technology for your information and convenience. Our recording system makes available, either in our office downtown or on the internet, over 93,000,000 images dating back to January, 1984. Social security numbers have been redacted on all images available on the website. Data including our first recording on June 5, 1871 can be located on our website. Images of Plat Maps dating from 1901, and Recorded Ordinances are also available in our office or on the internet. Since August of 1999 we have accepted documents electronically as we continue to remain at the forefront of e-government.
We are proud of the many recognitions we have received and that we are considered by many to be the premier recording office in the country. Since 1988, we have continued to provide the citizens of Maricopa County the finest service possible. To ensure that we stay on the leading edge in our field we continually make changes and we encourage your participation. We welcome your suggestions and comments and look forward to hearing from you.
Helen Purcell
Maricopa County Recorder
Awards and Recognition
Numerous articles have been written on the fact that Maricopa County Recorder's Office was the first Recording Office in the United States to provide their documents on-line for the public to access. Click here to view some of these articles.
We have provided tours and continue to do so to businesses that wish to bring back to their organization a better way to do business. If you would like to visit and tour our operation please contact Barbara Frerichs.
- 2008 - National Association of Counties Achievement Award, Connecting the D.O.T.S. (Digitized Outline to Text System): GIS District Boundary Definition Simplified
- 2008 - National Association of Counties Achievement Award, Voter Assistance & Alternative Format Information Website
- 2007 - Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government’s Ash Institute Top 50 Innovations in Government, Election Reporting Database
- 2007 - Election Center Best Professional Practice Award, Election Reporting Database
- 2007 National Association of Counties Achievement Award, Election Reporting Database
- 2006 - NACo Achievement Award for Language Assistance Proficiency Assurance
- 2005 - NACo Achievement Award for Milos (Military and Overseas Voter Project)
- 2005 - NACo Achievement Award for Boardworker Voter Assistance Enhancement Program
- 2002 - Special Achievement in GIS award - this award honors an elite group of organizations that have embraced GIS technology to better serve the world.
- 2002 - NACo Achievement Award for Online Redistricting System 2002 - NACo eGovernance Award for Online Redistricting System
- 2001 - NACo Achievement Award for Digital Recording for accepting electronic documents for recordation.
- 2000 - The Year 2000 Computerworld Smithsonian Collection for Vote-By-Mail 1994 - NACo Achievement Award for Providing our information and images on-line through public access
- 1994 - NACo Achievement Award for Re-Engineering our Micrographics Department
- 1992 - NACo Achievement Award for Design and Implementation of our Recorder's Automation Project