Land Records and E-Recordings

LAND RECORDS (Sec.7-34a):
ONLY ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS MAY BE RECORDED

Recording documents: $60.00 first page, $5.00 each subsequent page or portion thereof. (Public Act 13-247)

Recording Nominee (MERS) Assignment/Release (Grantor only): $159 flat fee with no additional page fee

Recording Nominee (MERS) Other Documents - Mortgage, Subordination, etc., (Nominee is Grantee): 
$159 plus $5 for each additional page

$2.00 each transfer reportable to State.

$5.00 if current mailing address of grantee not given in any deed conveying title to real estate. 
$1.00 if names of those executing, witnessing and acknowledging are not typed or printed under signature.

Fees paid for recording documents shall include therein payment for the return of the documents (Section 7-34a(b)).

ASSIGNMENTS: $2.00 fee for assignments subsequent to the first two. (7-34a(a)). Multiple assignments are limited to twenty on a single document. (7-29(b)). 

State residential property & unimproved land: .0075 x consideration 
State residential dwelling over $800,000: .0075 x $800,000 + .0125 x amount over $800,000 
State non-residential except unimproved land: .0125 x consideration

Local: all categories .0025 x consideration*

*Gives 18 towns the option of increasing their municipal real estate conveyance tax by an additional quarter point to .005.

$10.00 Any document 
$20.00 Any map 
$30.00 Maps of subdivisions of 3 or more parcels

$1.00 Copies of land records documents (in any format) 
$20.00 For use of battery-powered scanner - per occasion 
$2.00 For certifying documents 
Copies of maps, surveys - Actual cost of reproduction 
$2.00 For certifying maps