Clerk's Office

The Clerk's Direct/Indirect Search Historical Index application allows you to search Clerk scanned images of direct/indirect books to find historic non-indexed deeds and records.

The Clerk's Office maintains the historical index of land deeds called “Deed Volumes" and "Book of Records.”  Deed Volumes are land records from 1854 to 1973.  Book of Records are land records from 1973 to 1985.  Book of Records has a slight overlap from book to book.

Am I Registered to Vote?

Domestic Partnership Forms

Election Archives

Marriage Application

The Polk County Clerk's Office serves a number of important functions including:

• Administrating elections
• Preserving various records and making them available to the public
• Recording land transactions
• Issuing marriage licenses
• Property Value Appeals Board (PVAB) contact during property tax appeal period

A certified copy of your marriage license is used to show proof of marriage, or effect a name change with agencies such as Social Security or the Department of Motor Vehicles.

To obtain a marriage license, each applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years of age (or 17 years old with a parent or legal guardian's consent). Each couple must appear in person.

The Polk County Clerk's office will be closed from 12:00 p.m - 1:00 p.m on

October 12th.