More than 10,900 entries were entered in the Carbon County Recorder of Deeds office in 2014, according to an annual statistical report released by Emmett P. McCall, the current officeholder.

As a result of the department's activities last year, the recorder collected and remitted $3,598,634 in revenues.Breakdown of filingsA breakdown of the filings included: assignments of mortgage, 493; action to quiet title, 1; agreements of sale, 2; assignments of rents and leases, 120; deeds, 2,389; declaration of taking, 1; deed-time shares, 66; easements, 60; elected official commissions, 1; financing statements, UCC-1, 19; financing statements, UCC-3, 20; highway occupancy permit, 1.Also, lease agreements, 6; mortgages, 2,091; mortgage amendments, 2; subdivision maps, 40; survey maps, 3; mortgage extension agreement, 1; miscellaneous, 36; miscellaneous no parcel, 1; miscellaneous no fee, 1; modification agreements, 100,That included: notary commissions, 83; notice of assessments, 5; orders of court, 8; powers of attorney, 238; preferential assessment applications, 43; releases of mortgage, 42; satisfactions of mortgage, 2,308; and subordinations of mortgage, 60.The office filed 8,242 documents.County revenueMcCall said the office collected $238,750 in recording fees, which was turned over on a monthly basis to the Carbon County General Fund.Other revenue derived from the Recorder of Deeds' office last year included: commission on local realty taxes, $30,145; commission on state realty taxes, $14,981; Affordable Housing administrative fee, $10,428, and commission earned on state writs and UCC statements, $149.The total revenue the county received from recordings and commissions listed above were $294,455.McCall said some filings throughout the year also resulted in the generation of special funds amounting to $100,292.That included:• $59,097 generated to assist the county in its Affordable Housing (rehabilitation) program.• $16,478 deposited in the County Records Improvement Fund• $24,717 added to the Recorder of Deeds Improvement Fund.In addition, the county received $37,865 in additional revenue from other services provided by the recorder's office, including $16,260 in copies; $256 in certification of copies; $8 in map copies; $7,231 in rejection fees; $13,693.63 in remote access fees; and $416.01 in miscellaneous recording fees.In all, McCall was able to turn over to the county $432,613.Transfer taxesMeanwhile, as part of the real estate recording process, the recorder's office also collected transfer taxes for area school district and municipalities as follows:School Districts Jim Thorpe Area School District, $350,390; Lehighton Area School District, $130,368; Palmerton Area School District, $159,865; Panther Valley Area School District, $67,561; Weatherly Area School District, $40,830; and Hazleton Area School District, $4,623.Municipalities Banks Township, $2,343; Beaver Meadows, $2,280; Bowmanstown, $6,314; East Penn Township, $17,970; East Side Borough, $985; Franklin Township, $39,018; Jim Thorpe, $44,714; Kidder Township North, $18,110; Kidder Township South, $93,727; Lansford, $18,681.01; Lausanne Township, $1,100; Lehigh Township, $32,999; Lehighton, $30,726; Lower Towamensing Township, $34,148; Mahoning Township, $37,383; Nesquehoning Borough, $30,232; Packer Township, $5,439; Palmerton, $70,488; Parryville, $2,370; Penn Forest Township, $211,947; Summit Hill, $18,647; Towamensing Township, $48,913; Weatherly, $12,195.84; Weissport, $2,898.56.State proceedsMcCall also remitted $1,717,545 to the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including $1,498,103 in realty transfer taxes, $214,471 In JCS/Access to Justice Funds and $4,971 in writ taxes.