eRecording is used to record mortgages, Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC's), and county level Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filing.
Click here for a short training video on eRecording.
Follow the steps below for eRecording:
- Scan wet signed, notarized, and witnessed document(s) to yourself.
- Save each document separately to your computer.
- Go to https://ep.erecording.com/Login.aspx and log in.
- Click on Scan/Upload
- In each numbered box enter the following information:
- Borrower Last name--Loan # (for example: Johnson--123456). If business entity, enter first word of entity name--Loan # (for example: Missy's--123456).
- The Office Location field populates automatically.
- Enter or Select county and state where document(s) are to be recorded.
- If the county where the document(s) are to be recorded is not listed, select County IA. You must then issue a check and mail or hand-deliver the check and document(s) to be recorded to the Clerk of Court of the correct county.
- Click Add Package.
- Review pages to ensure they are in order and aligned properly (not upside down, sideways)
- Click Open file and attach document (.pdf format).
- Once attached, you are able to see the document in the window.
- Verify the Document type.
- Click Accept Suggestion if correct OR select from the drop-down menu if not auto-identified correctly.
- Click Accept Suggestion if correct OR select from the drop-down menu if not auto-identified correctly.
- Click Save.
- Verify you have the correct package.
- If you have additional documents that need to be recorded in connection to the SAME loan, continue to step 9. If not, you've completed the eRecording process.
- Credit Administration completes the eRecording process.
- Click on Add a Doc - Repeat steps 5, 6, and 7 above.
If you have documents that need to be recorded in connection to a different loan, click on Worklist and repeat steps 1 - 7 above.
If you have no other documents that need recoding, click on your name in the upper right hand corner and click logout.