East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Recording Fees
Recording a deed in East Baton Rouge Parish costs about $135 and a mortgage about $235 (a 2-page deed falls in the '1-5 pages' tier ($135 flat if recorded only in conveyance records); a 16-page mortgage falls in the '6-25 pages' tier ($235 flat if recorded only in mortgage records)), per the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court, Recording Department's fee schedule, effective 2017-08-01. Louisiana parishes each set their own recording fee schedule (there is no statewide standard); East Baton Rouge Parish charges a FLAT fee per page-count tier, not a first-page-plus-per-page rate: $135 for 1-5 pages, $235 for 6-25 pages, $335 for 26-50 pages, $335 + $5/page beyond 50, for a document recorded in ONLY the conveyance records OR ONLY the mortgage records (a typical act of sale is conveyance-only). If a single instrument must be recorded in BOTH the conveyance and mortgage records (common for an act of mortgage that also includes a vendor's lien, or is cross-filed), the fee roughly doubles: $235 for 1-5 pages, $435 for 6-25 pages, $635 for 26-50 pages, $635 + $10/page beyond 50. These figures already include a $30 Judicial Building Fund fee and a $5 Louisiana Clerk's Remote Access Authority fee baked into the tier totals. The fee schedule PDF is dated effective 8/1/2017 (form revised 6/28/2019) and is still the document currently linked from the Clerk's own recording page, so it is treated as current.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $135 |
| Deed, each additional page | $0 |
| Mortgage, first page | $235 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $0 |
| Indexing more than 10 names per name beyond the first 10, per book | $5 |
County transfer tax
Louisiana imposes no real estate transfer, conveyance, or documentary stamp tax at the state OR parish level; East Baton Rouge Parish confirms this, matching data/transfer/louisiana.json. Parishes substitute flat, page-tiered recording fees (see above) in place of an ad valorem transfer tax. Louisiana transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in East Baton Rouge Parish?
$135 for the first page, about $135 for a typical deed, per the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court, Recording Department's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$235 for the first page, about $235 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.
East Baton Rouge Parish closing costs → East Baton Rouge Parish home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
East Baton Rouge Parish overview