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 and mortgages, cancellations, releases, assignments and similar), collected by every county's Clerk of Superior Court, including Chatham (Savannah)'s.

Fee schedule

ItemFee
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

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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 collected by the county Clerk of Superior Court at recording. 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.

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Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.

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