Tioga County PA

Lookup Public Records in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Including Vital Birth and Death Records, Deeds, Probate, Property Records, Mortgages, Liens, Judgments, Marriage Licenses, Voter Registrar, Payroll, Military Discharges.

Tioga County, Pennsylvania Overview

Tioga County is located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The county was formed in 1804 and named after Tioga River. The county seat is Wellsboro. According to the U.S. Census Bureau of 2015, the county has a population of approximately 41,877 people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,137 square miles of which 1,134 square miles is land and 3.2 square miles is water. Tioga County borders the following counties: Steuben County, New York to the north; Chemung County, New York to the northeast; Bradford County to the east; Lycoming County to the south and Potter County to the west. Tioga County has 25 zip codes. The zip codes are 16911, 16912, 17724, 17727, 16914, 16917, 16920, 16921, 16928, 16929, 16930, 16932, 16933, 16935, 16936, 16938, 16939, 16940, 16942, 17765, 16943, 16946, 16947, 16901 and 16950. The most populated zip code is 16901.

Tioga County Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office Information

The Recorder of Deeds is the repository for land records. Its responsibilities include receiving, recording processing and delivering deeds, deed restrictions, mortgages, satisfaction pieces, releases, assignments, easements, rights of ways, leases, survey maps, and miscellaneous documents. The office also handles bonds and commissions for notaries and elected officials as well as military discharge records. All transactions are public record with the exception of the Military Discharge records. The Recorder of Deeds is also an Agent for the Department of Revenue with the collection of Realty Transfer Tax.

The Register of Wills has jurisdiction of the probate of wills and grant of letters to a personal representative of a decedent who resided in Tioga County. The Register of Wills serves as an agent for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the collection of Inheritance Tax. These documents are all public records.

The Clerk of Orphans’ Court Issues marriage licenses, petitions for guardianship, petitions for small estates, family settlement agreements, annual accountings, first and final accountings, adoptions and other court related issues. All of the Orphans’ Court records are public records with the exception of adoptions which records are sealed by the Court and not accessible to the public.

Records maintained at the Tioga County Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office are available to the public for inspection except military discharges and adoptions. Recorded documents can be accessed online through Landex.

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Tioga County Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office Website:

Tioga County Register of Wills

The physical address of the Tioga County Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office is:

Register and Recorder, Clerk of Orphans’ Court
116 Main Street
Wellsboro, PA 16901
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (570) 724-9260
Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Jane E. Wetherbee is the Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court of Tioga County. She can be contacted at (570) 724-9260 or emailed at [email protected]

Tioga County Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of Orphans’ Court Office Staffs:

Tina M. Rothenburgh, Chief Deputy

Lori A. Kriner, Deputy

Tioga County Register of Deeds Office

Address: 116 Main Street Wellsboro, PA 16901
Phone: (570) 724-9260