Kitsap County Auditor, Washington Fax Number — Copies, Recording, and Records Requests
The auditor's recording division in Kitsap County is the contact for copies and searches; recording an instrument is done with the original, not by fax. Kitsap County Auditor, Washington keeps the public land records for Kitsap County, from its offices in Port Orchard, as the county's office of record for deeds, mortgages, and liens. Here is what the office handles, what genuinely goes by fax, and how to get its current number.
Kitsap County Auditor, Washington Fax Number
Use the county's records-office page to confirm the auditor's recording division's line before you send anything
Hours: The auditor's recording division is staffed weekdays, and e-recording submitters process on business days as well.
Send a Fax NowWhat You Can Fax to Kitsap County Auditor, Washington
- A document to the title company or closing attorney in your transaction
- A completed copy-request form where the office accepts it by fax
- A records-search or chain-of-title inquiry to the office
- A supporting document the office asks you to send by fax
- A certified- or plain-copy request for a recorded deed or mortgage
Reaching the recording office in Kitsap County
Day-to-day contact for Kitsap County land records — copies, searches, and general questions — is handled by the auditor's recording division. A copy of a recorded instrument is public and is usually requested with the book-and-page or instrument number. Ask the auditor's recording division directly whether it takes your request by fax and what its working line is.
Deeds, liens, and copies in Kitsap County
Recorded documents in Kitsap County — the deed, the mortgage or deed of trust, the lien, the satisfaction — are the auditor's recording division's stock in trade. A certified copy carries the office's seal and is what a lender or court usually wants, versus a plain informational copy. What you might fax is a copy request or correspondence, not the instrument you want recorded, which goes in as an original.
Sending documents in a Kitsap County deal from your computer
Faxing around a Kitsap County closing from a shared store machine is not the most private route for a property document. You upload the PDF, enter the confirmed fax number, and the pages go out encrypted in transit. You can start on the 7-day free trial without a card; paid plans run from $12.99/month once you are ready.
Faxing to Kitsap County Auditor, Washington — FAQ
Yes. A recorded copy for the lender or a release to the title company is a common fax in a Kitsap County transaction. A title company confirming a payoff, a lender needing a recorded copy, or an escrow agent circulating a document all use fax. Send it securely and keep the confirmation, especially when it carries a recorded copy.
A number copied from a search result may be stale; the auditor's recording division has the current one. Call the office's main line and ask whether your request goes by fax or must be mailed or filed online. Verifying the office and the line up front is the honest shortcut.
No. A faxed copy is not recordable at the auditor's recording division in Kitsap County. The original is submitted with the recording fee and any transfer tax, then indexed by the parties' names. Reserve fax for the parties and for requests the office confirms it takes, and record on the original.
The auditor's recording division is the contact point for copies and searches of the Kitsap County land records. A records search returns the document number you need to order a certified copy. Verify the line on the county's own contact page rather than a third-party listing.
No. The auditor's recording division records an original, notarized instrument with the fee — not a fax. Put the parcel and recording reference on every page so it is matched cleanly. The result is a clean hand-off to the right office in a Kitsap County records matter.
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