Smith County, Texas Recording Fees
Recording a deed in Smith County costs about $19 and a mortgage about $75 (a 2-page deed ($15 + $4 = $19) and a 16-page deed of trust ($15 + 15 x $4 = $75)), per the Smith County Clerk's fee schedule. The $4.00 each-additional-page rate is the uniform statewide base set by Tex. Local Gov't Code Sec. 118.011(a)(2), matching every other Texas county already in this dataset (Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Bend, Hidalgo, Montgomery, Tarrant, Travis, Williamson). The $15.00 first-page fee is Smith County's own total (the $5.00 statutory base filing fee under Sec. 118.011 plus county-adopted Records Management/Archive/Preservation fees under Local Gov't Code Ch. 291), which varies county by county. The $15.00 total was surfaced via search of the county's own fee page content; a direct automated fetch of smith-county.com was blocked by Cloudflare bot protection this session, so this figure should be spot-checked against the Clerk's live page. $15 matches Fort Bend County's total in this same dataset, a plausible county-specific total within the normal $15-$35 statewide range.
Fee schedule
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| Deed, first page | $15 |
| Deed, each additional page | $4 |
| Mortgage, first page | $15 |
| Mortgage, each additional page | $4 |
| Additional name fee per name over five names indexed on a document; not counted in the typical total below | $0 |
County transfer tax
The Texas Constitution (Article 8, Section 29) bars any state, county, or municipal tax on real property transfers, see data/transfer/texas.json. No transfer, recordation or documentary tax exists in Texas at any level of government. Texas transfer tax →
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to record a deed in Smith County?
$15 for the first page and $4 for each additional page, about $19 for a typical deed, per the Smith County Clerk's fee schedule.
And the mortgage?
$15 for the first page and $4 per additional page, about $75 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.
Smith County closing costs → Smith County home buyer guide →
Fees as published by the recorder; e-recording and courier charges may apply. General information, not legal advice.
Smith County overview