Rutherford County, Tennessee Recording Fees
Recording a deed in Rutherford County costs about $12 and a mortgage about $82 (a 2-page deed and a 16-page deed of trust, using the Register's $5-per-page rate with a $10 minimum charge plus a flat $2 data-processing fee), per the Rutherford County Register of Deeds's fee schedule. Tennessee sets register-of-deeds recording fees by STATE statute (T.C.A. Sec. 8-21-1001), uniform in every county including Rutherford, confirmed directly on Rutherford County's own Recording Policy & Fees page: warranty deeds, quit claim deeds and deeds of trust/mortgages are all billed at $5.00 per page with a $10.00 minimum charge per document, plus a flat $2.00 data-processing (DP) fee. Because the $10 minimum already covers the first two pages at $5/page, a 2-page document costs $12 total ($10 minimum + $2 DP), and each page beyond the second adds $5.00. A 16-page document is $10 minimum + (14 pages x $5) + $2 DP = $82. Identical structure to Davidson County's published fee page elsewhere in this dataset.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $12 |
| Deed, each additional page | $5 |
| Mortgage, first page | $12 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $5 |
County transfer tax
Tennessee's Realty Transfer Tax (0.37% of price, Tenn. Code Ann. 67-4-409) and its mortgage recordation tax ($1.15 per $1,000 of the debt secured, minus the first $2,000 exempt) are both set uniformly statewide and simply collected by each county's register of deeds, neither is a Rutherford-specific add-on (see data/transfer/tennessee.json, whose local array is empty). Rutherford County levies no additional local transfer, recordation or documentary tax. Tennessee transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in Rutherford County?
$12 for the first page and $5 for each additional page, about $12 for a typical deed, per the Rutherford County Register of Deeds's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$12 for the first page and $5 per additional page, about $82 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.
Rutherford County closing costs → Rutherford County home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
Rutherford County overview