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The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Collin County.
Recording Fees
Abstracts of Judgment and Releases; Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Oil and Gas Leases, Mechanic Liens, Releases of Liens, Affidavits, Powers of Attorney, Lis Pendens, Bills of Sale, State Tax Liens and Releases; Tax Certificates, are some of the general documents filed in the Official Public Records
$25.00 - first page of a Real Property Record (includes all surcharges)
$4.00 - each additional page
$0.25 - each additional name to be indexed in excess of 5
Federal Tax Lien/Release of Lien
Recording Fee Property Code 14.005--$10.00
Record Management Local Government Code 118.011(b)(2)--$10.00
Record Archive Local Government Code 118.011(f)(1)--$10.00
TOTAL $30.00
State Tax Lien/Release of Lien
Recording Fee Local Government Code 118.011(a)(2)--$5.00
Records Management Local Government Code 118.011(b)(2)--$10.00
(Archive Fee cannot be charged to State) TOTAL (first page)--$15.00
FEES FOR RECORDING:
Pages.....................Fees
1----------------$25.00
2----------------$29.00
3- --------------$33.00
4- --------------$36.00
5----------------$40.00
Non certified copy per page or part of a page LGC 118.0145---$1.00
Non Certified ? 11 x 17 ? Double Letter per page-LGC 118.011(c)---$2.00
Non Certified ? 24 x 36 Plat or Map per page-LGC 118.011(c)---$5.00
Certification Fee for whole document -LGC 118.014---$5.00 (plus additional $1.00 per page)
Military Discharge -DD214 (Plain or CC)-LGC 192.002(b)---No Charge
Any marking on the back side of any page is considered as an extra page.
At the bottom of the last page must be a margin of 4". Otherwise, $4 will be added for each additional page.
Discover, American Express, Visa and MasterCard credit or debit card are now accepted; a convenience fee of 2.34% will be applied to such payments.
Make checks payable to Collin County Clerk.
Overpayments of $10 or less will not be refunded unless requested.
Fees are subject to change without notice. For the most current fees, contact the County Clerk directly.
Document Formatting Requirements
- A 4" margin for the filing stamp is required at the bottom of the last page. Otherwise, an additional page fee will be charged.
- A return address needs to be included on the document, and should be appropriately marked with "Return to" or "After recording return to."
- Documents submitted for recording have to be original copies or clerk certified copies.
- All documents must be signed and notarized.
- Provide a legal description of the property.
- The grantee's name and address must be listed on the document.
- An instrument that transfers interest in real property that was executed on or after January 1, 2004 must have the following notice in 12 point bold font or 12 point capital letters on the first page:
NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY
REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM THIS INSTRUMENT
BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.
If this notice is absent from applicable instruments, the instrument may not be recorded.