Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Klamath County Records Inventory
Deeds and Indexes
1871-2000
Series documents the ownership of land. Series includes deeds, land sales contracts, quitclaim deeds, homestead exemption claims, corporate certificates, agreements, correction deeds, special assessments of unzoned farmland, easements, and indirect and direct deed indexes. Information includes grantor and grantee name; recording and filing dates; property descriptions; title warranties; consideration amounts; witness and recorder names; and volume and page numbers of where recorded.
Since 1965 deeds have been recorded in the clerk's Book of Records (Clerk and Recorder Official Filings). A separate deed index was maintained until 2000.
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Clerk's Office Public
Research Room:
Deeds Direct [Index], 1995-2000 (3 volumes);
Deeds Indirect [Index], 1995-2000 (3 volumes);
General Index Deeds Direct, vol. 1, 1871-1904 (1 volume);
General Index Deeds Indirect, vol. 1, 1871-1904 (1 volume);
Index to Deeds Direct [volume 7 is being restored-title varies], vol.
1-26, 1875-1995 (26 volumes);
Index to Deeds Indirect [volume 7 is being restored-title varies], vol. 1-26,
1875-1995 (26 volumes).
Records at the Klamath County Government Center, Clerk's Basement Storage
Room:
Deed Record [title varies], vol. 1-363, 1871-1965 (363
volumes);
[Miscellaneous Deeds-primarily warranty], ca.1885-1928
(.15 cu.ft.).
Records at the Klamath County Courthouse, Room 8, Clerk's Basement Storage Room:
[Klamath County Deeds], vol. 1-363, 1871-1965 (158 reels of microfilm).