Payment Options
- Cash, check and card* accepted
- Please do not mail cash
Unless otherwise noted, please make checks payable to Monroe County Recorder.
*There is a processing fee for payment by card.
Fee Schedule (IC 36-2-7-10)
| Mortgages | $55.00 |
| Deeds and most other documents | $25.00 |
| Mechanic's lien (IC 32-28-3-3) With one first-class mailing. Each additional mailing | $25.00 $2.00 |
| Multi-transaction documents: Monroe County does not accept multi-transaction documents (such as multiple releases of mortgages in a single document). | |
| Plats, Large Surveys and Other Large-Format Documents (exceeding 8 1/2 by 14 inches) |
$25.00 + $5.00 per additional large sheet |
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Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filings * UCCs must be filed using national forms. Forms are available at Indiana Secretary of State website https://inbiz.in.gov/business-filings/ucc | All UCC documents: $25.00 |
| Copies of documents 11" x 17" or smaller (per page) | $1.00 |
| Copies of documents larger than 11" x 17" | $5.00 |
| Bulk Copies (Bulk purchasers must have a contract with the Recorder. "Bulk" means all recorded images, regardless of type, over a certain time period.) | $0.20 per image/page |
| Recorder's certification per document | $5.00 |
| Assessor's Fee: Any document that requires a sales disclosure (such as a warranty deed). | $20.00 payable to Monroe County Auditor |
| Auditor's Transfer Fee: Any document that serves to transfer property (namely, any deed of transfer, including an Affidavit of Survivorship). | $10.00 per parcel (legal description) transferred, payable to Monroe County Auditor |
Recording fees are no longer be based on a number of pages (except for large-format documents such as surveys and plats). There will no longer be any additional fees for cross-references or for non-conforming pages. HOWEVER, documents are still required to conform to recording standards and may be rejected for non-conformance.
* For best results when sending UCC Statements, UCC Amendments, and UCC Terminations, please include an original and a copy.
The changes in the recording fee structure were brought about by the passage of Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 505. Details can be found HERE.
Please remember that all documents must meet requirements for recording set out by Indiana Code. For Recording Requirements, click HERE.