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Registry of Deeds
About the Cheshire County Registry of Deeds
Land records in Cheshire County are recorded by the Registry of Deeds. The office is held by Anna Z. Tilton.
AVA copies are paid with a credit card. Laredo Anywhere accounts have a $5/month maintenance fee and copies are $2.00 per page. Tapestry offers pay-as-you-go searching. Plans of deceased surveyors (Samuel Wadsworth, Heman Chase and William House collections) are available for research.
Checked September 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: Cheshire | Home
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 | $12.00 first page, $4.00 each additional page (includes $2 RSA 478:17-j surcharge) |
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| Mortgages and deeds of trust | $12.00 first page, $4.00 each additional page (includes $2 RSA 478:17-j surcharge) |
| Releases and satisfactions | $17.00 first page, $4.00 each additional page (complete discharge of mortgage; $15 for each additional complete discharge) |
| Other standard documents | $12.00 first page, $4.00 each additional page (all other documents) |
Added at recording
| Land and community heritage investment program surcharge | $25.00 Each deed, mortgage, mortgage discharge or plan. Not assessed when the United States, the state, a county, a municipality, a village district, or a school district is a party (RSA 478:17-g, II(a)) |
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Other charges
| Certification | $2.00 |
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StatewideAssignments of mortgages: $10 for the first recorded page, including the first mortgage assigned, plus $5 for each additional mortgage assigned plus $4 for each additional recorded page. Plans: $9 for the first 200 square inches or portion thereof and $2.50 for each additional 100 square inches or portion thereof. Charges for copying any document or providing any other service are established and posted by the register of deeds.
Release of attachments and liens: $17 first page, $4 for second page and each additional page, $10 for each additional discharge or document referenced. Assignment of mortgage: $12 first page, $4 each additional page, $5 for each subsequent mortgage assigned. UCC recordings and terminations: $17 first page, $4 each additional page. Plans: $11 for 8 ½ x 11; $11 for 11 x 17; $16 for 17 x 22; $26 for 22 x 34. All fees include a $2 surcharge under RSA 478:17-j. Copies: $2 for the first sheet and $1 for each additional page, plus postage; AVA print copies $1.05 per page; Laredo print copies $2.00 per page; plans to scale $5 per sheet.
Paying the office
| Accepted | Check |
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| Checks payable to | Cheshire County Registry of Deeds |
Payment is to be made at the time of recording. Separate checks required for recording fees, transfer tax, and L-Chip. Blank checks to be filled out are also accepted.
Transfer tax
Real estate transfer tax. $.75 per $100 of the price or consideration, or fractional part thereof, charged to the buyer and to the seller each ($1.50 per $100 in total); where the consideration is $4,000 or less, a minimum tax of $20 each. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, RSA 78-B:1)
StatewideRSA 78-B:4, III applies the rate established in RSA 78-B:1 to both the purchaser, grantee, assignee or transferee and the seller, grantor, assignor or transferor. Payment is evidenced by indicia of tax paid, approved by the commissioner of revenue administration, attached to the instrument. The tax is computed to the nearest whole dollar. Exemptions are listed in RSA 78-B:2.
The registry's rate table states: purchase price rounded up to the next $100 x .015; tax rounded up to the next dollar amount; $40 minimum tax for purchase of $4,000 or less. Transfer tax must be applied to all deeds of conveyance unless exemption is stated in writing on the deed.
Checked September 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: RSA 478:17-g Recording Fees and Surcharge · RSA 78-B:1 Transfer Tax · RSA 78-B:4 Payment of Tax · Cheshire | Home · Cheshire | FAQs · Cheshire | Recording Fee Schedule · Cheshire | Transfer Tax
Document Requirements
Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.
| Paper size | not larger than eight and one-half inches in width and fourteen inches in length |
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| First page top margin | 3 in |
| Minimum type size | 10 pt |
| Ink and paper | White paper of not less than twenty-pound weight without watermarks. All signatures in black or dark blue ink. |
| Single sided pages required | Yes |
| Grantee address required | Yes (statewide, RSA 478:4-a, I(a)) |
| Printed names under signatures required | Yes (statewide, RSA 478:4-a, I(c)) |
StatewideThe first sentence of the first description paragraph must name all municipalities in which the property is located. All documents shall be suitable for reproduction as determined by the register of deeds, who shall provide document standards as amended and adopted by the New Hampshire registers of deeds.
Town location (physical location) is required on each document. Documents must be originals. E-recordings must have wet ink signatures on all documents that are subsequently e-recorded. No attachment may be stapled or otherwise affixed to any page, but individual pages may be stapled for presentation. Plans: Mylar if drawn after April 18, 1977; standard sizes 8 ½ x 11, 11 x 17, 17 x 22, 22 x 34; minimum ½ inch margin on all sides; no shading or colors.
Forms filed along with a transfer
- Declaration of Consideration by the Purchaser (Form CD-57-P or CD-57-HC-P) Statewide NH Department of Revenue AdministrationFiled with the Department within 30 days after the recording of the deed
Submitting documents
| In person | Accepted |
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| By mail | Accepted |
| Electronic recording | Accepted |
| eRecording through Deeds.com | Available for this office |
| Stamped, self-addressed return envelope | Required |
| How recorded documents come back | Recorded documents are mailed back with receipts. Recorded documents can also be received back electronically through Swift. |
E-Recording stops at 3:00 pm Monday through Friday. Filings which do not comply with the recording standards may be rejected and returned.
Checked September 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: RSA 478:4-a Form of Records · Real Estate Transfer Tax FAQ | NH Department of Revenue Administration · Cheshire | Home · Cheshire | Recording Fee Schedule · Cheshire | Recording Requirements · Cheshire | Hours · Cheshire | E-Recording
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