Editing Recorder of deeds (section)

{{Short description|Office or position that maintains property ownership records}}
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[[File:Frederick Douglass (1).jpg|thumb|right|240px|Portrait of [[Frederick Douglass]] in the D.C. Recorder of Deeds Building. Frederick Douglass was the first recorder of deeds for the [[District of Columbia]].]]

'''Recorder of deeds''' or '''deeds registry''' is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to [[real property|real estate]] ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real [[property law|rights over that property]].