News from the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Chester County, Pennsylvania
March 2021
Officials:
Chris Pielli, Esq., Recorder
Erin VanRyn, First Deputy
Diane O'Dwyer, Second Deputy
Nancy W. Pine, Esq., Solicitor
Mailing Address:
Chester County Recorder of Deeds
313 W. Market Street, Suite 3302
P.O. Box 2748
West Chester, PA 19382
Telephone: (610) 344-6330
Fax: (610) 344-6408
Email: RODinfo@chesco.org

Click on "Records Search" for records online.
Hours: The office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Same-day document recording stops at 4:00pm. Same-day plan recording stops at 3:00pm.
Fees: For a full list, click here.
For more FAQs and an archive of past newsletters, please visit www.chesco.org/recorder.
Continuing to Cope with COVID-19
• Masks and social distancing remain required.

• The front lobby is limited to no more than two customers with a designated overflow waiting area.

• The Search Room remains closed to the public, except for Title Searchers who may make an appointment by calling our office. All other inquiries will be directed to our front desk.

Many of our customers are able to complete their business and find answers to common questions on our website. If you need additional assistance, please email us or call (610) 344-6330.
Recorder Remarks
Hi Folks,

We hope this March issue of Good Deeds finds you all enjoying what appears to be the beginning of Spring time! March has been a busy month and a somewhat festive one, as we celebrated St. Patrick's Day and International Women's Day. Our office took time out to recognize both of these great days and we have included further recognition in this, our current publication.

In the meantime, we have made some further improvements to our department and its operations by way of a new fee schedule which includes a few adjustments but has resulted in overall cost savings to our customers. The new fees have taken effect as of Monday, March 22, 2021. Please see our new fee schedule here or via the section below.

In addition, due to pandemic restrictions, the mailing out of our documents has experienced somewhat of a backlog. Fortunately, we have streamlined our process to ensure faster turnaround time and made significant headway towards eliminating our backlog and getting back to normal processing times. We thank you for your patience in this matter. Special thanks to one of our All-Stars, Francine Jenkins, for taking the lead on this project.

Finally, we are happy to announce and introduce our newest Recorder, Nick Casas. Nick originally hails from Illinois and has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Northern Illinois University. His interests include the cinema and filmmaking, photography, horology, and personal computer building. We hope you will all join us as we welcome Nick to our team.

As always, we thank you for your continued support of our department. It is an honor to serve you, the public, to the best of our ability. We welcome any feedback to help improve and successfully continue our mission. Until our next issue, Stay Well, Stay Safe and Stay Strong. Please note, you can sign up for future publications here if you have received this in forward.
Chris Pielli, Esq.
Recorder of Deeds
The Luck O' the Irish
There are 32 million Americans of Irish descent, of which myself and many of my fellow Recorders are proud to be counted. Regardless, we Irish all agree, everyone is Irish on St. Paddy's Day! From our homes and our office to yours, we wish you all a Happy St. Patrick's Day.
Fee Schedule Update
Since Recorder of Deeds Chris Pielli's election in January 2020, it has been a goal of his to initiate a fee structure that reflects fair charges to customers while also considering the needs of the ROD department. With that said, effective March 22, 2021, the Recorder of Deeds has revised its Fee Schedule as indicated in the link below. Please note, we will continue to monitor and review our budget and operations regularly to properly anticipate any future revisions. We will be sure to keep you, our customers, notified accordingly. Should you have any questions regarding our new fees, please feel free to call our office at (610) 344-6330 or email us. 
A Warm Chester County Welcome
Please join us in welcoming Nick Casas to the Chester County Recorder of Deeds team. He started this month as a full-time Document Recording Technician. Prior to joining our staff, Nick managed a Bucks County state representative's political campaign and worked for a statewide group called Organizing Together 2020, where he managed the collar counties with a team of about 10 organizers. He looks forward to serving Chester County and its citizens in his new role here at the Recorder of Deeds.
Showered with Love
The Recorder of Deeds department has a little one on the way! Accountant Carissa Petrelia and her husband, Peter Langan, are welcoming their second child (and first girl) on or around April 9th. We organized a surprise, in-office baby shower over lunch on March 3rd for Carissa and her growing family. Team members contributed different food and beverage items as well as personal gifts. Our office wishes Carissa the very best on her upcoming maternity leave and can't wait to see pink bows and little fingers and toes in baby pictures in the near future!
Personal gifts, favors & the cake
We strive to patronize local
businesses to service our events
(and what a spread!).
The office-wide gift: a diaper cake DIY-ed by Special Projects Coordinator Kim Bydlon
March is National Women's History Month
Women's History Month is observed annually in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia in March, and in Canada in October. Yet it all began with a single day! The recent International Women's Day (IWD) falls on March 8th every year, being observed in some way since as far back as 1911. The below timeline provides the precise history of this celebration of equality and opportunity, both in the United States and around the globe. Please join us by taking time to thank the wonderful women in our lives who have improved our government, our work and our world.
Bubbles the bulldog is the official mascot of the Recorder of Deeds and best fur friend to First Deputy Erin VanRyn. Bubbles has all the answers to common questions as well as helpful tips to expedite your recording process without any major issues. Woof-hoo!
Do I Need to File a 'Right to Know' Request to Obtain Land Records?
Bubble says – "No. Recorded land documents are considered public records unless stricken by judicial order. As such, they are accessible to the public through several methods including online or in-person searching (available by appointment only due to COVID-19 restrictions). Please note, the Recorder’s office has insured these records are accessible to the public but is not responsible for conducting title searching or other in-depth means of records research. For this type of searching, it is recommended that you consult with a legitimate Title Insurance Company or an Attorney. If you have any further questions on how you can search for land records please click here. Woof!"
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News from the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Chester County, Pennsylvania
March 2021
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