Mercer County, New Jersey Recording Fees
Recording a deed in Mercer County costs about $50 and a mortgage about $180 (a 2-page deed ($40 + $10) and a 16-page mortgage ($30 + 15 x $10)), per the Mercer County Clerk's fee schedule, effective 2003-07-21. New Jersey recording fees are set by STATE statute (N.J.S.A. 22A:4-4.1, in effect statewide since 7/21/2003) and are uniform for every county's recording office, including Mercer's, confirmed identically in Monmouth and Essex Counties' own published fee schedules: $40.00 for the first page of a deed plus $10.00 for each additional page (plus $10.00 per marginal notation); $30.00 for the first page of a mortgage/discharge/assignment/postponement/subordination/release plus $10.00 for each additional page. Mercer County's own site (mercercounty.org) returned a persistent 403/Akamai block to automated fetch this session, so this cites the statewide statutory schedule confirmed against two other NJ counties rather than a directly-fetched Mercer page.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $40 |
| Deed, each additional page | $10 |
| Mortgage, first page | $30 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $10 |
| Marginal notation fee per marginal notation on a deed | $10 |
County transfer tax
New Jersey's Realty Transfer Fee (RTF), including the supplemental Graduated/Mansion Fee on transfers over $1,000,000, is set entirely at the state level under N.J.S.A. 46:15-5 et seq. and simply collected by the county clerk at the time of deed recording (see data/transfer/new-jersey.json). No New Jersey county, including Mercer, adds its own separate local transfer tax on top of the state RTF. New Jersey transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in Mercer County?
$40 for the first page and $10 for each additional page, about $50 for a typical deed, per the Mercer County Clerk's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$30 for the first page and $10 per additional page, about $180 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.
Mercer County closing costs → Mercer County home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
Mercer County overview