St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Recording Fees
Recording a deed in St. Tammany Parish costs about $120 and a mortgage about $220 (a 2-page act of sale/deed falls in the '1 to 5 pages' tier ($120 flat, recorded in the conveyance records only) and a 16-page mortgage falls in the '6 to 25 pages' tier ($220 flat, recorded in the mortgage records only)), per the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court, Recording Department's fee schedule, effective 2024-05-13. St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court's own fee schedule (revised 5/13/2024, confirmed by direct PDF fetch): a FLAT fee per page-count tier, not a first-page-plus-per-page rate, $120.00 for 1-5 pages, $220.00 for 6-25 pages, $320.00 for 26-50 pages, $320.00 + $5.00/page beyond 50, for a document recorded in ONLY the conveyance records OR ONLY the mortgage records (each tier already includes up to 10 indexed names and a certified copy). These figures already include the $5.00 Louisiana Clerks Remote Access Authority (LCRAA) Portal Fee and the $15.00 St. Tammany Parish Council Fee baked into the tier totals. If a single instrument must be recorded in BOTH the conveyance and mortgage records, the fee is roughly double the single-index tier, less a $5.00 LCRAA-fee credit.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $120 |
| Deed, each additional page | $0 |
| Mortgage, first page | $220 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $0 |
| Index Fee after the 10th name per name beyond 10 indexed on the document | $5 |
| Non-standard document fee for a document that does not meet Louisiana's formatting standards (La. R.S. 13:844(A)(1)) | $10 |
County transfer tax
Louisiana imposes no real estate transfer, conveyance, or documentary stamp tax at the state OR parish level (matching data/transfer/louisiana.json and the sibling louisiana--east-baton-rouge-parish.json file in this dataset); St. Tammany Parish substitutes 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 St. Tammany Parish?
$120 for the first page, about $120 for a typical deed, per the St. Tammany Parish Clerk of Court, Recording Department's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$220 for the first page, about $220 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.
St. Tammany Parish closing costs → St. Tammany Parish home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
St. Tammany Parish overview