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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
The fees to be charged and collected by the recorders of deeds in counties of the first class shall be as follows:
For recording deeds of not more than four pages, three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), and one dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof.
For registration of deeds which the recorder of deeds is required to have registered in any office for the registration of deeds, other than the said recorder's office, twenty-five cents ($.25) for each description in such deed, in addition to the recording fee.
For recording mortgages of not more than four pages, six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50), and one dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof.
For recording widow's election, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
For recording release of legacies, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
For recording decree of femme sole trader, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
For recording power of attorney of not more than two pages, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof.
For recording or exemplifying of commission with bond and oath for notary public, city or county officer, or magistrate, five dollars ($5); special police officer two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50).
For exemplification of special police officer's oath, one dollar ($1).
For recording all other instruments of writing of not more than four pages, three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50), and one dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof. 1
For exemplification of records of not more than two pages, two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), and one dollar ($1) for each additional page or fractional part thereof, in addition to fifty cents ($.50) for certificate and seal.
For noting any instrument on margin of record, twenty-five cents ($.25).
For entering satisfaction or partial payment on margin of record of mortgage, one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50).
The word page, as hereinbefore used, shall mean a legal cap or typewritten page.
For making searches, mortgages, conveyances and assignments of mortgages--
For each and every ten years or fractional part thereof, each name, one dollar ($1).
Each reference examined, ten cents ($.10).
Certificate and seal to search, fifty cents ($.50).
The fees for services not herein specifically provided for shall be the same as for similar services, as nearly as can be practically ascertained.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 7629. Fees of recorders of deeds - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-16-ps-counties/pa-st-sect-16-7629/
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