Chatham County, Georgia Recording Fees
Recording a deed in Chatham County costs about $25 and a mortgage about $25 (flat per-document fee regardless of page count), per the Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court, Real Estate Division's fee schedule, effective 2020-01-01. Georgia standardized real estate recording fees statewide under O.C.G.A. 15-6-77(f) (HB 288), effective January 1, 2020: $25.00 flat for each instrument pertaining to real estate, deeds, security deeds/mortgages, cancellations, releases, assignments, etc., collected by every county's Clerk of Superior Court, including Chatham's (Savannah). Confirmed against Cobb County's and DeKalb County's identical published $25.00 flat rate elsewhere in this dataset; Chatham County's own Clerk of Superior Court page returned a 403 to automated fetch on 2026-09-22, so this figure rests on the statewide statute rather than a Chatham-specific confirmation.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $25 |
| Deed, each additional page | $0 |
| Mortgage, first page | $25 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $0 |
| Plat/map/condominium floor plan recording per page, separate from the deed fee | $10 |
County transfer tax
Georgia's real estate transfer tax (O.C.G.A. 48-6-1, effectively 0.1% of price) and its intangible recording tax on new mortgage notes ($1.50 per $500 of the secured face amount, O.C.G.A. 48-6-61) are both set uniformly statewide by the Department of Revenue and merely collected by the county Clerk of Superior Court at recording (see data/transfer/georgia.json). Chatham County adds no further local transfer, recordation or documentary tax. Georgia transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in Chatham County?
$25 for the first page, about $25 for a typical deed, per the Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court, Real Estate Division's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$25 for the first page, about $25 for a typical mortgage or deed of trust. The buyer pays this at closing.
Sources
Figures are computed from the documents above and rounded to the dollar. All sources.
Chatham County closing costs → Chatham County home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
Chatham County overview