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- Jurisdiction
- Montgomery County, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
- Level
- County
- Authority
- County Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 8, 2020); Emergency Management Services Code
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19
- End
- Not verified (county offices reopened to the public in stages in summer 2020) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- the public, title companies, lenders and attorneys recording documents in Montgomery County
- Functions reached
- CL closings, recording and title searches (mail-only recording)
- ML mortgage lending
- CT public offices closed
- Collection
- Philadelphia MET-PHL
Operative words
The Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds office is currently closed to the public for recording and title searching. We will be accepting all paper recordings via the mail only. We will accept plans for recording via mail in a rolled tube.
Enforcement
Notes
Montgomery County's alerts index (Wayback, read) also lists 'Montco Issues Emergency Declaration and Update on Two Presumptive Positive COVID-19 Cases' (Mar. 8, 2020), 'All Montgomery County Courts and Offices Closed', 'Coronavirus Update: All Montgomery County Offices Closed Monday & Tuesday' and 'Montgomery County Releases Guidance for Reopening Pre-K to 12 Schools for Fall 2020' (July 16, 2020)