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  • All fees specified shall be paid in advance
  • Personal check limit $125 (subject to County Clerk approval)
  • Personal checks are not accepted for business certificate filing
  • All credit card transactions are subject to a service fee of 2.65% ($3 minimum)
  • The county clerk’s office generates the cover page for all recorded documents. The cover page fee is included in the below fees where applicable

Updated August 2024

Assumed Name (DBA – Doing Business As) Filing

Helpful Information

Sole Proprietor or General Partnership$35.00
Amendments$35.00
DiscontinuancesNo Cost

Apostille – Authentication of a Document
Certificate Authenticating a Notary, Commissioner of Deeds, or other Public Official$3.00
Apostille InformationDownload
NYS Division of Licensing -Apostille/Certificate of Authentication Request FormDownload

Bonds$5.00
Census (2 yr period search)$5.00 (Per Name)
Certificates $5.00

Civil/Matrimonial Actions
Index Numbers$210.00*
*Mortgage Foreclosure Fee$190.00 additional
RJI (Request for Judicial Intervention)$95.00
Note of Issue$30.00
Request for Jury Trial$65.00
Motion/Cross Motion$45.00
Notice of Appeal (from Supreme Court)
Lower Court appeals must be filed with the Lower Court
$65.00
Certificate of Dissolution$5.00
Stipulation to Settle$35.00
Trial de Novo$75.00
Voluntary Discontinuance$35.00
Separation Agreement$35.00 with index number
$5.00 without index number

Copies
Regular Document Copies$0.65 per page
Personal Copies$0.25 per page
Certified Copies$5.00 minimum for 1st 4 pages
then $1.25 per page after
Certification of a Prepared Copy$0.65 per page/$5.00 min
Divorce File Request Form
Exemplified Copies$10.00 additional
Paper Map Copies (vary by size)$5.00-$16.00 per page

Death Certificates (as Misc Recording)$45.50 plus $5.00 per page
plus $0.50 for reference

Deeds
Deed$45.50 plus $5.00 per page
plus $0.50 for each additional
surname or cross reference
(TP-584 & RP-5217 required, see fees below)
Deed Recording Information
Transfer Tax Information (historic to present)
Residential Deed Additional Note to Grantors$10.00 (as of 3/11/20 per NYS Law)

Deposit Into Court$3.00
Duck Stamps (Federal)$26.00

Easements
Easement$45.50 plus $5.00 per page
*TP-584 Required
Termination of Easement$46.00 plus $5.00 per page
*TP-584 Required
TP-584-I Transfer Tax Return$5.00
*Plus Deed Transfer Tax Of
$2.00 For Each $500
Or Fractional Part Thereof
(If Consideration Is Over $500)
RP-5217 Real Property Transfer Report
Improved Residential or Agricultural Land$125.00
Improved Commercial Property or Vacant Land$250.00

Genealogy/Naturalization Search$5.00 per name,
per two-year period
*Certificate Of No Record Found$5.00

Index Numbers$210.00*
*Mortgage Foreclosure Fee$190.00 additional

Judgments
Filing a Transcript of Judgment$10.00
Judgment by ConfessionNo Fee
Judgment by Default$45.00
Judgment by OrderNo Fee
Assignment of JudgmentNo Fee
Satisfaction of JudgmentNo Fee
Filing Certificate of Disposition$1.00
Issue Transcript$5.00
Issue Exemplified Transcript$15.00
Issue Certificate of Disposition$5.00
Signing Prepared Execution$5.00
Real Property Release $46.00 plus $5.00 per page
Bankruptcy Court Order to AvoidNo Fee
Order to Expunge/VacateNo Fee

Liens
Notice of Lending$15.00*
Common Charges (Condo Lien)$15.00*
Assignment of Money Due$25.00*
Assignment of Proceeds$25.00*
Hospital Lien$5.00*
Estoppel Certificate$15.00*
Mechanics Lien$15.00*
Extension of Mechanics LienNo Fee
*No Charge for Satisfactions or Assignments of Liens
Building Loan Contract$25.00
Discharge/Release of Building Loan$5.00

Federal Tax Liens
Federal Tax Lien$40.00
Federal Tax Lien Release$40.00*
*Release of Real Property from a Federal Tax Lien $46.00 plus $5.00 per page
Federal Tax Lien Search Fee$40.00
Federal Tax Lien Copies$5.00 each

Lis Pendens (Notice of Pendency)
File & Record$35.00
Each Additional Defendant$0.50
Order or Stipulation to CancelNo Fee

Hunting & Fishing Licenses
Fees And Options Available at The New York State DEC website

Map Filing
General Requirements
Electronic filing requirements
Lot line adjustment/Simple Subdivision requirements
Subdivision Maps$10.00
Survey Maps$5.00 as additional page
with a Deed recording
Without deed,
$10.00 (Miscellaneous Map)
Miscellaneous Maps$10.00

Military Discharge/DD214No Fee
Miscellaneous Papers$45.50 plus $5.00 per page
plus $0.50 for reference

Mortgage Documents
Mortgage Tax Exemption Affidavit$5.00
Mortgage Assignments$46.00 plus $5.00 per page*
*Each Additional Mortgage or New Money Modification$3.50
Mortgage Discharge$46.00 plus $5.00 per page*
*Related Mortgages$9.00 each
*Other Documents/References$0.50 each
Mortgage Recording$45.50 plus $5.00 per page*
*Each Additional Surname or Cross-reference$0.50 each
Commercial Mortgage Tax1% of mortgage to nearest $100
Residential Mortgage Tax for Mortgages Over $10,0001% of mortgage minus $25
Residential Mortgage Tax for Mortgages Under $10,0003/4% of mortgage
Release of Mortgage$45.50 plus $5.00 per page
Release of Assignment of Leases & Rents$45.50 plus $5.00 per page

Notary Public/Commissioner of Deeds
New Law January 2023
FAQs
File Commissioner of Deeds Oath$10.00
File Certificate of Official Character$10.00
Issue Certificate of Official Character$5.00

Out of State Subpoena Endorsement$10.00
Power of Attorney$45.00 plus $5.00 per page

Passports – USA
Acceptance Fee$35.00
Photos$15.00
**For Passport Book and Card Fees visit travel.state.gov.

Resolutions$50.50 plus $5.00 per additional page
RJI – Request for Judicial Intervention$95.00
Release Of Lien of Estate Tax$50.50 ($51.00 with 2 properties)
Search Court Records*
*Note: We Do Not Perform Judgment Searches
$5.00 per name per 2-year period
Separation Agreement$35.00 with index number
$5.00 without index number
Small Claims Assessment Review$30.00
Title Affidavits$45.00 plus $5.00 per page
Transfer Tax Information (Historic to Present)Download
Trial De Novo$75.00

Uniform Commercial Code
UCC 1$40.00 flat fee
UCC 3 Termination or Amendment$40.00 flat fee
UCC 11 Search$25.00
UCC 11 Copies$5.00 each

Veterans Favor CardNo Fee

Wage Assignment
Filing$5.00
SatisfactionNo Fee