Jackson County Recorder Information

The Chancery Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records in Jackson County.

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

As required in Mississippi code ANN. 25-7-9
Effective August 12, 2020

DEEDS: Warranty, Timber, Quitclaim, Trustee's Deeds, Deeds of Trust,
Leases, Plats, Covenants, Construction Liens, Lis Pendens, Townhouse
and Condominium Liens, Powers of Attorney, UCC filings in land records,
Miscellaneous documents, Mobile Home Certificates, etc.
$26.00 Includes indexing for the first 5 pages
$1.00 EACH additional page more than 5

EACH: Assignment, Partial Release, Release, Amendment, Cancellation, Authority to Cancel, Amendment of Supplement to Covenants, Subordination, Modification, Substitution of Trustee Etc.
$27.00 Includes indexing for the first five (5) pages and marginal notation.
$26.00 EACH additional assignment, release, etc.
$1.00 EACH additional page more than five (5)

Oil & Gas Leases, Mineral Deeds, Royalty Deeds, Etc.
$20.00 Includes indexing for the first five (5) pages.
$1.00 EACH additional section or subdivision lot
$1.00 EACH additional page more than five (5)

EACH: Oil & Gas Release / Cancellation / Assignment.
$26.00 Includes the first five (5) pages
$4.00 EACH section or subdivision lot
$1.00 EACH additional page more than five (5)
$1.00 EACH additional page more than five (5)
$1.00 EACH additional book and page marginal notation when applicable.
$18.00 For assignment: Each additional assignee

Mineral Stamp Fees: (MISS CODE ANN. 273179)
1-10 years: $0.03 per mineral acre
11-20 years: $0.06 per mineral acre
20+ years: $0.08 per mineral acre
Furnishing Minerals on deeds are $.08 per mineral acre
NOTE: Mineral Stamps if applicable are $1.00 minimum

A document that does not meet formatting requirements will be recorded for an additional fee of $10.00

Furnishing Copies:
Performed by clerk or employee $0.50 per page
If performed by any other person $0.25 per page
Certified Copies $1.00 per each complete document

All fees are due and payable in advance.

For the most current fees and further information, make sure to contact the local probate office directly. County recording fees are subject to change without notice.

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

* Documents should have printing only on one side. Documents may not be bound together, and may not have anything affixed to them other than an address label or firmly attached bar code.

* The font used should be no smaller than 8-point. It should be in blue or black ink on white paper, size 8.5 x 11.

* The first page of the document needs a top margin of at least 3 inches of vertical space, from left to right. This is used for the recorder's information. All other margins should be a minimum of .75 of an inch. Nonessential information can appear in margins (except for the first page margin).

* Below the three inch margin on the first page, the following information should appear:
-Name, address, and telephone number of individual who prepared the document.
-Return address.
-Title of the document.
-All grantors' names.
-All grantees' names.
-Address or phone number of property, required by 27-3-51, Mississippi Code of 1972.
-A legal description of the property or indexing instruction. If there is not enough room on the first page for this, the information should be given uninterrupted on subsequent pages.

* Corresponding names should appear below signatures.