Aroostook County Recorder Information

Land records in Aroostook County are recorded by 2 registry districts, each for its own towns. Find the town your property is in to see which one records for it.

• Northern Aroostook District
  Records for Allagash, Caswell, Cyr Plantation, Eagle Lake, Fort Kent, Frenchville, Grand Isle, Hamlin, Madawaska, New Canada, St. Agatha, St. Francis, St. John Plantation, Stockholm, Van Buren, Wallagrass, Westmanland, Winterville Plantation
  and 34 unorganized townships

  Big Twenty Twp - Escourt, ME, Connor Unorganized Territory, Square Lake Unorganized Territory, T14 R5, T14 R6, T14 R7, T15 R5, T15 R6, T15 R8, T15 R9, T15 R10, T15 R11, T15 R12, T15 R13, T15 R14, T15 R15, T16 R4, T16 R6, T16 R8, T16 R9, T16 R12, T16 R13, T16 R14, T17 R3/Long Lake, T17 R4/Sinclair, T17 R5/Cross Lake, T17 R12, T17 R13, T17 R14, T18 R10, T18 R12, T18 R13, T19 R11, T19 R12
• Southern Aroostook District
  Records for Amity, Ashland, Blaine, Bridgewater, Caribou, Cary Plantation, Castle Hill, Chapman, Crystal, Dyer Brook, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Garfield Plantation, Glenwood Plantation, Hammond, Haynesville, Hersey, Hodgdon, Houlton, Island Falls, Limestone, Linneus, Littleton, Ludlow, Macwahoc Plantation, Mapleton, Mars Hill, Masardis, Merrill, Monticello, Moro Plantation, Nashville Plantation, New Limerick, New Sweden, Oakfield, Orient, Oxbow Plantation, Perham, Portage Lake, Presque Isle, Reed Plantation, Sherman, Smyrna, Wade, Washburn, Westfield, Weston, Woodland
  and 73 unorganized townships

  Bancroft Unorganized Territory, Benedicta Township, Cox Patent, Dudley Township, E Township, Forkstown Township, Molunkus Township, North Yarmouth Academy Grant, R10 R3 WELS, Silver Ridge Township, Squapan Township, St. Croix Township, T1 R5 WELS, T2 R4 WELS, T3 R3 WELS, T3 R4 WELS, T4 R3 WELS, T7 R5 WELS, T8 R3 WELS, T8 R5 WELS, T9 R3 WELS, T9 R4 WELS, T9 R5 WELS, T9 R7 WELS, T9 R8 WELS, T10 R6 WELS, T10 R7 WELS, T10 R8 WELS, T11 R4 WELS, T11 R7 WELS, T11 R8 WELS, T11 R9 WELS, T11 R11 WELS, T11 R12 WELS, T11 R13 WELS, T11 R14 WELS, T11 R15 WELS, T11 R16 WELS, T11 R17 WELS, T12 R7 WELS, T12 R8 WELS, T12 R9 WELS, T12 R10 WELS, T12 R11 WELS, T12 R12 WELS, T12 R13 WELS, T12 R14 WELS, T12 R15 WELS, T12 R16, T12 R17 WELS, T13 R5 WELS, T13 R7 WELS, T13 R8 WELS, T13 R9 WELS, T13 R10 WELS, T13 R11 WELS, T13 R12 WELS, T13 R13 WELS, T13 R14 WELS, T13 R15 WELS, T13 R16 WELS, T14 R8 WELS, T14 R9 WELS, T14 R10 WELS, T14 R11 WELS, T14 R12 WELS, T14 R13 WELS, T14 R14 WELS, T14 R16 WELS, TA R2 WELS, TD R2 WELS, Upper Molunkus Township, Webbertown Township

No registry here lists a town by that name. A village or section of a town records with the registry for that town.

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

Added at recording

Other charges

Fee schedule effective January 1, 2026.

StatewidePlans: $45 for recording, indexing and preserving plans. Paper copies of plans: $10 per page. Website images: no charge for the first 400 electronic images a person acquires in a calendar year, then 50 cents per electronic image; $1 per printed image. Downloads of 1,000 or more consecutive electronic images, under a written agreement with a registry that agrees to provide them: 25 cents per image. Fees are paid when the instrument is offered for record; fees payable by the State are billed monthly.

Transfer tax

Real estate transfer tax. $2.20 for each $500 or fractional part of $500 of the value of the property transferred. When the value of the property being transferred exceeds $1,000,000, an additional tax at the rate of $3.80 for each $500 or fractional part of $500 of the value of the property transferred that exceeds $1,000,000 is imposed. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, 36 MRSA §4641-A; PL 2025, c. 388, Pt. V, §3)

StatewideThe tax is imposed 1/2 on the grantor and 1/2 on the grantee. The register of deeds computes and collects the tax when a deed is offered for recordation, based on the value in the declaration of value. A tax at the same rates is imposed on the transfer or acquisition within any 12-month period of a direct or indirect controlling interest in an entity with a fee interest in real property in Maine; it is reported to the register of deeds within 30 days (36 MRSA §4641-A(2), §4641-B(2)). Exemptions: 36 MRSA §4641-C.

Verified September 2026 against official publications. Sources: Title 33, §751: Schedule · Title 33, §653: Time of recording; verification · Title 33, §752: Records preservation surcharge · Title 36, §4641-A: Rate of tax; liability for tax · Title 36, §4641-B: Collection

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

StatewideSide margin of 3/4 inch on all pages; top margin of 1 3/4 inches on the first page; 1 inch top margin on all other pages; bottom margin of 1 1/2 inches across the bottom of the last page. No punched holes, stickers or writing in any margins.

StatewideDeeds and other written instruments must be acknowledged before recording, with statutory exceptions (33 MRSA §203). The register of deeds may return documents that are not legible for recording and archival purposes (33 MRSA §651-A).

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Real Estate Transfer Tax Declaration (Form RETTD), declaration of value Statewide Maine Revenue Services (State Tax Assessor)
  Accompanies any deed offered for recording and any report of a transfer of a controlling interest, except as provided in 36 MRSA §4641-D

Verified September 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: Title 33, §651-A: Grantor, grantee names; form of indexing · Title 36, §4641-D: Declaration of value · Maine Registers of Deeds Association Document Recording Requirements (May 20, 2024)