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Carbon County property transfers

Revenue from deeds

Carbon County Recorder of Deeds Emmett P. McCall reported his office recorded 187 deeds, 206 mortgages and 448 other writs during the month of March.As a result of those transactions, McCall turned over to the Carbon County General Fund the sum of $29,453.38. A breakdown of that revenue includes: transfer fees, $24,659.50; data processing fees, $1,726.75; notaries, $120; commission on transfers and writs, $1,869.23; and Affordable Housing administrative fee, $1,077.90.McCall remitted $420.50 in state writ taxes to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, while Carbon County municipalities and school districts shared realty transfer tax disbursements totaling $104,390.76, the same amount that was forwarded to the state in realty transfer taxes.McCall deposited $2,502 in the Recorder of Deeds Record Improvement Fund and $1,668 in the Carbon County Records Improvement Fund, these being fees assessed by state law on each transaction for records management needs. An additional $17,625 was collected and remitted to the state for its Judicial Computer System program.Also, $6,108.10 was collected last month for the Affordable Housing Program in Carbon County.In all, funds collected in the Recorder's office last month amounted to $266,558.50.Deeds recordedBanks TownshipWalter Zlomsowitch to Tiffany L. Belletiere, P.O. Box 44, Tresckow, property at 6 E. Hemlock St., $10,000.Jim ThorpeSheriff of Carbon County to U.S. Bank, N.A., Irving, Tex., property at 229 South St., $1.LansfordTax Claim Bureau of Carbon County to Randell Dean Kelly, 49 Kepners Road, New Ringgold, property at 208 W. Water St., $900.Tax Claim Bureau of Carbon County to Lou Ann Greenly, 49 Kepners Road, New Ringgold, property at 364 W. Ridge St., $850LehightonEric Todd Solt to Eric T. Solt, 73 Stedman Ave., Lehighton, property at 73 Stedman Ave., $1.Dorothy L. Begel to Larry D. Markley, 142 S. Fifth St., Lehighton, property at 142 S. Fifth St., $55,395.75.Lower Towamensing TownshipBarbara Spadt to Kerry Paules, 505 Little Gap Road, Palmerton, 6.5452 acres of vacant land, $30,000.Mahoning TownshipWilliam E. Henry to Larry K. Heffley, 263 Beaver Run Drive, Lehighton, property at 245 Beaver Run Drive, $8,000.Dayle W. Smith to Carly E.F. Smith, 778 Mill Road, Lehighton, property at 778 Mill Road, $1.NesquehoningJudith Kovatch Lebo to Judith Kovatch Lebo, 32 Hemlock Drive, Nesquehoning, Lot 15, Block 2, Eastwood, Lake Hauto, $1.Summit HillFirst Niagara Bank to Daniel A. Dunn, 30 Greenwood St., Coaldale, property at 225 S. Chestnut St., $10,000.Towamensing TownshipShirley H. Bates to Chaise Terruta, 195 Berger St., Kunkletown, lots 17 and 18, Section 1, Towamensing Acres, $40,000.WeatherlyMaurice O. Kunkle to Mark H. Kunkel, 319 Third St., Weatherly, property on Lauderburn Avenue, $1.