Clackamas County, Oregon Recording Fees
Recording a deed in Clackamas County costs about $82 and a mortgage about $152 (a 2-page deed and a 16-page mortgage, modeled on the same $5/page plus flat-fee structure confirmed for Lane County), per the Clackamas County Recording Division (County Clerk)'s fee schedule. Clackamas County's own recording fee page could not be independently fetched within this session's budget (the county's site returned connection errors to automated tools). Oregon recording fees are set largely by state statute (ORS Chapter 205, including the per-page fee structure and the statewide Housing Fee / A&T-OLIS surcharges that fund the state's land information and affordable-housing programs), so the same $5.00/page rate and flat surcharges confirmed on Lane County's own published fee schedule are used here as a reasonable estimate, but this has NOT been independently confirmed against Clackamas County's own current page and should be treated as LOWER CONFIDENCE than a directly-sourced county figure.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $5 |
| Deed, each additional page | $5 |
| Mortgage, first page | $5 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $5 |
| A&T/OLIS-equivalent fee per document; carried over from Lane County's confirmed schedule as an estimate, not independently confirmed for Clackamas | $11 |
| Housing fee per document, an Oregon statewide real-estate-instrument recording surcharge under ORS Chapter 205 | $60 |
| Housing implementation fee per document | $1 |
County transfer tax
Oregon has no statewide real estate transfer tax and barred any NEW local transfer tax after 1997 (ORS 306.815); only Washington County (Portland metro) still levies its grandfathered 0.1% local transfer tax (see data/transfer/oregon.json). Clackamas County has no such grandfathered tax and levies no local transfer, recordation or documentary tax. Oregon transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in Clackamas County?
$5 for the first page and $5 for each additional page, about $82 for a typical deed, per the Clackamas County Recording Division (County Clerk)'s fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$5 for the first page and $5 per additional page, about $152 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.
Clackamas County closing costs → Clackamas County home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
Clackamas County overview