Why People File a Quitclaim Deed in Bingham County
Just Got Married
Married couples often file here for one simple reason: getting a new spouse's name onto a title that was only in one person's name before.
Going Through a Divorce
A finalized divorce often leaves one more step: updating the deed so it reflects only the spouse who's keeping the property.
Inherited Property
Settling a family member's estate often ends with the same step: a quitclaim deed to move the property title into the heir's name.
Gifting to Family
Adding a child or grandchild to an existing title is a common, no-sale use of a quitclaim deed.
About the Bingham County Recorder (part of the Bingham County Clerk's Office)
Bingham County was created January 13, 1885 from Oneida County and named for Henry H. Bingham, a Pennsylvania congressman and Civil War veteran who was a friend of Idaho's territorial governor. It was once one of the largest counties in the territory before being repeatedly partitioned to help form Bannock, Fremont, Bonneville, Power, and Butte counties. Today it's a center of Idaho's irrigated agriculture, particularly potato farming, with Blackfoot as its county seat.
Cities and Communities Served
Recording jurisdiction runs countywide, not by city limits — if the property sits anywhere within Bingham County, this is the Bingham County Recorder (part of the Bingham County Clerk's Office) that will accept the deed. That includes:
Incorporated cities: Blackfoot, Shelley, Firth, Basalt, Aberdeen.
Unincorporated communities: Riverside, Rockford, Fort Hall.
The Fort Hall Indian Reservation, home to the federally recognized Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, extends into the northern part of Bingham County; land status there can affect which recording/title rules apply.
Office Details
Address: 501 N Maple St, Blackfoot, ID 83221
Phone: (208) 785-8040 (main); direct deputy recorder lines (208) 782-3163 / (208) 782-3159 also reach the office
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday; documents submitted after 4:30 p.m. are processed the next business day
Recording Fee: Recording fees are set under Idaho Code 31-3205 and charged per document rather than based on property value, with base fees for standard instruments and per-page increments for longer documents; some categories such as military discharge records are recorded at no charge.
E-recording: Simplifile
How to File a Document
- Sign in Front of a Notary: Idaho law requires a deed to be acknowledged before a notary public before the Bingham County Recorder (part of the Bingham County Clerk's Office) can record it (Idaho Code § 55-805). The deed is actually valid between you and the person you're transferring to as soon as it's signed and delivered — the notarized acknowledgment is what makes it eligible for recording, which is the step that protects you against someone else claiming the property later.
- Give the Grantee's Full Mailing Address: Idaho requires the deed itself to state the complete mailing address of the person receiving the property, not just their name. This is a simple detail that's easy to miss and a common reason a deed gets sent back.
- Attach a Full Legal Description, Not Just an Address: A street address alone isn't enough — Idaho deeds need the property's actual legal description (the metes-and-bounds, government survey, or platted-lot description used in the county's own records). You can usually copy this directly from the deed that transferred the property to you.
- Consider Online Notarization if an In-Person Visit Is Hard: Idaho has allowed remote online notarization since 2020, so if getting to a notary's office in person is difficult, a signer may be able to complete the acknowledgment through video with an Idaho-commissioned online notary instead.
- Record with the County Recorder: Bring, mail, or (where the county supports it) e-file the signed and notarized deed with the Bingham County Recorder (part of the Bingham County Clerk's Office) for the county where the property sits. Idaho charges a flat recording fee set by state statute and based on the document and page count, not a percentage of the property's value — and unlike some states, Idaho has no separate real estate transfer tax or transfer declaration form to file alongside the deed.
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Other Counties in Idaho
Filing somewhere else in the state? Here are a few other county pages:
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