Cornwall Recording Information, Litchfield County, Connecticut

Recorder Office

Contact the recorder's office directly for its records, copies, and recording requirements.

Cornwall Town Clerk

26 Pine St., Cornwall, Connecticut 06753

Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Cornwall, CT 06753

Mon-Thurs 9 AM -12 & 1 – 4 PM

860-672-2709 fax 860-672-4069

townclerk@cornwallct.gov

Checked September 2026 against the office's own page.

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About the Cornwall Town Clerk

Land records in Cornwall are recorded by the Town Clerk. The office is held by Kathryn Lee.

StatewideEach town provides public access to an electronic indexing system that combines the grantor index and the grantee index of the town's land records (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-25a).

Fraud Alert sends an alert whenever a document, such as a deed or mortgage, is recorded under the subscriber's name or names. Documents can be viewed online or at the Clerk's office.

Checked September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Town Offices & Officials - Cornwall CT · Get email alerts when a land record document is recorded in your name at the Town Clerk's Office

Recording Fees

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Deeds and other conveyances	$10.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page (statutory fee for recording any document)
Mortgages and deeds of trust	$10.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page (statutory fee for recording any document)
Releases and satisfactions	$10.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page (statutory fee for recording any document)
Other standard documents	$10.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page (for recording any document)

Added at recording

Land records recording fee (historic documents preservation)	$10.00 each document recorded in the land records of the municipality; not applicable to documents recorded by a state or municipal employee in conjunction with official duties
Land records recording fee (Donald E. Williams, Jr. community investment account)	$50.00 each document recorded in the land records of the municipality; not applicable to documents recorded by a state or municipal employee in conjunction with official duties
Additional fee for documents reportable to the Office of Policy and Management	$2.00 recording any document with respect to which certain data must be submitted to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with section 10-261b
Additional fee where grantee's current mailing address is not given	$5.00 recording any deed, except a mortgage deed, conveying title to real estate which does not contain the current mailing address of the grantee

Other charges

Document that does not meet the formatting standards	$1.00 per document when the document fails to have legibly typed, printed or stamped directly beneath the signatures the names of the persons who executed it, the names of any witnesses and the name of the officer before whom it was acknowledged
Copies, per page	$1.00
Certification	$2.00

Fee schedule effective July 1, 2025.

StatewideFor each assignment of mortgage, subsequent to the first two assignments, two dollars. Section 7-34a(a)(2) sets separate recording fees for documents recorded by a nominee of a mortgagee. Any town clerk who receives a fee pursuant to section 7-34a may permit the payment of such fee on an Internet web site designated by the clerk, in a manner prescribed by the clerk.

Paying the office

StatewideThe town clerk is not required to receive any instrument for record unless the fee for recording it is paid to the town clerk in advance, except instruments received from the state or any political subdivision thereof.

Transfer tax

Real estate conveyance tax. State portion: three-quarters of one per cent of the consideration; one and one-quarter per cent where the property is used for a purpose other than residential use, except unimproved land; for a residential estate with consideration of $800,000 or more, three-quarters of one per cent up to $800,000, one and one-quarter per cent on the portion over $800,000 up to $2,500,000, and two and one-quarter per cent on the portion over $2,500,000. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494)

StatewideA municipal portion of the conveyance tax is imposed at the rate of one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration and becomes part of the general revenue of the municipality (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(a)(2)). Any targeted investment community, as defined in section 32-222, or any municipality in which properties designated as manufacturing plants under section 32-75c are located may impose an additional tax at a rate of up to one-fourth of one per cent of the consideration (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-494(c)). Land classified as farm, forest, open space or maritime heritage land that is sold or transferred within ten years of classification is subject to an additional conveyance tax on the total sales price, at ten per cent in the first year following classification, declining by one percentage point each year to one per cent in the tenth year (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-504a). No deed, instrument or writing subject to the tax is recorded unless the return prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Revenue Services has been filed with the town clerk and the tax reported to be due has been paid (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-497).

Verified September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Chapter 92 - Town Clerks (2026 Supplement) · Chapter 223 - Real Estate Conveyance Tax

Document Requirements

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

First page top margin	0.75 in (statewide, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(f))
Other margins	0.75 in (statewide, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(f))
Return address required	Yes (statewide, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(f))

StatewideThe blank margin of not less than three-fourths of an inch in width surrounds each page of the instrument.

StatewideThe town clerk shall not refuse to receive an instrument for record that does not conform to the margin and return address requirements of section 7-24(f), and the fact that a nonconforming instrument is recorded does not affect its priority or validity. If the town clerk receives an instrument deemed illegible, the clerk records it, writes thereon that it is being recorded as an illegible instrument and, if a return address appears, notifies the return addressee that a legible instrument should be submitted for rerecording (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(e)). On and after October 1, 2012, any document being recorded shall contain not more than twenty assignments of a mortgage (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-29(b)).

Forms filed along with a transfer

Form OP-236, Connecticut Real Estate Conveyance Tax Return Statewide Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
Filed with the town clerk for a deed, instrument or writing subject to the real estate conveyance tax; the return can only be used for conveyance dates on or after 7/1/2020

Submitting documents

How recorded documents come back	The fees received by town clerks for recording documents include payment for the return of each document, which is made by the town clerk to the designated addressee.

StatewideAll instruments required by law to be recorded shall be recorded at length by the town clerk within thirty days from the time they are left for record (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 7-24(b)).

Verified September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Chapter 92 - Town Clerks, General Statutes of Connecticut · Chapter 92 - Town Clerks (2026 Supplement) · Real Estate Conveyance Tax Forms - CT Department of Revenue Services