FY 2018 Annual Report
GRAFTON COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS
Kelley Jean Monahan Register
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018
To the Citizens of Grafton County, the Honorable Commissioners and Delegation Members;
The Registry of Deeds represents a cornerstone of our economy. During Fiscal Year 2018 the Grafton County Registry of Deeds recorded 16,749 documents into the Official Public Record. In accepting and recording these documents we processed over $13,000.000.00, redirecting to the State of New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration in the form of Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) and a percentage to LCHIP, Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. As a result of our efforts, Grafton County Registry of Deeds collected $1,057,993.62 as our share of the collected revenue. These funds, contributed to the general fund of the County, help offset the total amount of taxes to be raised by the citizen of Grafton County.
During FY2018 a great deal of time was invested in planning for our total hardware upgrade and renegotiation of our software contract. Technology is moving at a rapid pace, and it has affected the work flow of the office. E-recording now represents over half of our incoming documents. I have worked tirelessly with our software partner Fidlar Technologies and our NH Register of Deeds Association to establish a clear path to the future. The Real Estate market in Grafton County is booming and we are prepared.
We lost a member of our team unexpectedly in 2015 and since that then, we have had to put a few important preservation projects on hold. We sacrificed this time out of consideration of the overall operating budget of the county. We could afford to wait no longer and with the cooperation of the Board of Commissioners and the Delegation, we welcomed our new member in February 2018. Kim Carpenter joins veteran members Beth Wyman, Brenda Dodge, Mary DeRosia and George Morris. I am proud to say that I believe that we have the most knowledgeable, friendly and helpful team in the state of New Hampshire.
As your Register of Deeds, I seek balance. Balance of access to records verses consideration of protection of private data in the age of the internet. Our demographics are very diverse. I seek to serve all the people of Grafton County and all the users of the data base. A knowledgeable team member answers the phone on the first ring and will work the caller through their concerns and questions. We help people at the counter from 8-4 Monday-Friday. I have established secured h tiers of access options via the internet. Our software partner offers a secure and free service called Property Fraud Alert. The FBI has identified real property theft on paper to be the fastest growing white-collar crime. Visit our website at NHDeeds.com for detailed information. We are here to serve.
After 8 long years, it seems that the people of New Hampshire may have defeated the threat of the Northern Pass Project. I testified before the Site Evaluation Committee as the Grafton County Register of Deeds. One of my statements to the Committee was that I believed that it was not the intent of the original PSNH right of way easements to allow for the proposed project. I stated that the original intent of the property owner was to help deliver electricity to their rural neighbor to the north. These easements, many which were granted in the 1930s and 1940s, were never intended to be bundled and sold off to a foreign company to bring massive power lines from Canada to Southern New England. For the part that I played in this battle, I am gratified as I drive through our beautiful county.
Respectfully submitted,
Kelley Jean Monahan
Kelley Jean Monahan Register
Annual Report Fiscal Year 2018
To the Citizens of Grafton County, the Honorable Commissioners and Delegation Members;
The Registry of Deeds represents a cornerstone of our economy. During Fiscal Year 2018 the Grafton County Registry of Deeds recorded 16,749 documents into the Official Public Record. In accepting and recording these documents we processed over $13,000.000.00, redirecting to the State of New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration in the form of Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) and a percentage to LCHIP, Land and Community Heritage Investment Program. As a result of our efforts, Grafton County Registry of Deeds collected $1,057,993.62 as our share of the collected revenue. These funds, contributed to the general fund of the County, help offset the total amount of taxes to be raised by the citizen of Grafton County.
During FY2018 a great deal of time was invested in planning for our total hardware upgrade and renegotiation of our software contract. Technology is moving at a rapid pace, and it has affected the work flow of the office. E-recording now represents over half of our incoming documents. I have worked tirelessly with our software partner Fidlar Technologies and our NH Register of Deeds Association to establish a clear path to the future. The Real Estate market in Grafton County is booming and we are prepared.
We lost a member of our team unexpectedly in 2015 and since that then, we have had to put a few important preservation projects on hold. We sacrificed this time out of consideration of the overall operating budget of the county. We could afford to wait no longer and with the cooperation of the Board of Commissioners and the Delegation, we welcomed our new member in February 2018. Kim Carpenter joins veteran members Beth Wyman, Brenda Dodge, Mary DeRosia and George Morris. I am proud to say that I believe that we have the most knowledgeable, friendly and helpful team in the state of New Hampshire.
As your Register of Deeds, I seek balance. Balance of access to records verses consideration of protection of private data in the age of the internet. Our demographics are very diverse. I seek to serve all the people of Grafton County and all the users of the data base. A knowledgeable team member answers the phone on the first ring and will work the caller through their concerns and questions. We help people at the counter from 8-4 Monday-Friday. I have established secured h tiers of access options via the internet. Our software partner offers a secure and free service called Property Fraud Alert. The FBI has identified real property theft on paper to be the fastest growing white-collar crime. Visit our website at NHDeeds.com for detailed information. We are here to serve.
After 8 long years, it seems that the people of New Hampshire may have defeated the threat of the Northern Pass Project. I testified before the Site Evaluation Committee as the Grafton County Register of Deeds. One of my statements to the Committee was that I believed that it was not the intent of the original PSNH right of way easements to allow for the proposed project. I stated that the original intent of the property owner was to help deliver electricity to their rural neighbor to the north. These easements, many which were granted in the 1930s and 1940s, were never intended to be bundled and sold off to a foreign company to bring massive power lines from Canada to Southern New England. For the part that I played in this battle, I am gratified as I drive through our beautiful county.
Respectfully submitted,
Kelley Jean Monahan