Cumberland County Recorder

The Registry of Deeds is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Cumberland County.

First page - $22.00
Each additional page - $2.00 per page.

Names in excess of four to be indexed - $1.00 per name (please count all grantors, grantees, aka's, trustees, dba's, partners, nominees)

Marginal references to prior documents - $13.00 each after the first one.

Transfer tax - based on the value of the property as set forth in the declaration of value, $2.20 for each $500 or fraction thereof and imposed in equal parts on the grantor and grantee, unless transfer is exempt.

* Names must be typed or printed beneath signatures of grantors and grantees.

* The document submitted must be an original.

* Documents must be acknowledged and notarized by Maine notary.

* Deeds conveying property must include a Real Estate Transfer Tax Declaration (RETTD) and must pay tax, unless exempt. Deeds between certain family members are exempt from transfer tax. An exemption from the transfer tax must be clearly stated on the deed being recorded (for a list of exemptions, see supplemental forms).

* For each assignment, there is a maximum of 20 names allowed.

* Documents must contain the name of a grantor and grantee.

* 1.5" top margin on the first page, 1.5" bottom margin last page, 1" top margin all other pages, .75" side margins for all pages.

* Document must be legible when scanning.

* Unless the transaction is exempt, the seller of residential real property shall provide to the purchaser a property disclosure statement containing the following information: water supply system, insulation, heating system or heating source, waste disposal system, hazardous materials, and known defects. For more specific guidelines on the property disclosure statement, interested parties are directed to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 33, Chapter 7.