Cape May County Recorder Information

About Cape May County Recorder

The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining records in Cape May County.

Recording Fees

Effective May 1, 2017, a cover sheet or an electronic synopsis will be required with all land documents submitted for recording. An additional fee of $20.00 will be charged for documents submitted without it.

FEE DESCRIPTIONS AND RATES FOR RECORDED INSTRUMENTS
Regular recording fee:
$30.00 first page of document (front) plus
$10.00 each additional recorded page

Homelessness Trust Fund:
$5.00 per instrument pursuant to P.L. 2009 Ch. 123, effective September 1, 2019. Fee applies to most recorded instruments.

Noting fee:
$10.00 per instrument (book and page or citation). Fee is to link instruments on record.

Names fee:
$6.00 per name, beginning with the sixth name pursuant to NJSA 22A:4-4.

Abstracting fee:
$10.00 per instrument. Fee is to notify the Tax Assessor of the transfer. Fee applies to deeds and land transfer documents including certain court orders.

Cancelation fee (Mortgage or Tax Sale Certificate):
$20.00 per instrument

Map fee: $55.00 per set of two identical 4 mil mylar sheets.

NOTE: ADD THE ABOVE RECORDING FEES TO A SPECIFIC DOCUMENT TO OBTAIN A TOTAL.
EXAMPLE: A ONE PAGE RELEASE IS $30 (REGULAR RECORDING FEE) + $5 (HOMELESSNESS TRUST FUND) = $35

ASSIGNMENT (General)
DISCHARGE (General)
RELEASE (General)
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Noting fee / If applicable, Names fee

ASSESSMENT LIEN FOR CONDOMINIUM OR
HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

ASSESSMENT LIEN DISCHARGE FOR CONDOMINIUM
OR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION ASSESSMENT LIEN AMENDMENT FOR
CONDOMINIUM OR HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

BANK MERGER OR NAME CHANGE
First page $25, additional $5
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

CAFRA PERMIT (NJ Department of Environmental
Protection Coastal Area Facility Review Act)
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

COURT ORDER
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Noting fee / If applicable, Names fee

COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

DEED
Regular recording fee (Note: count RTF and GIT tax
forms front, not instructions)
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
If applicable, Names fee
NJ Realty Transfer (RTF) fee requirements and NJ
Gross Income Tax requirements

EASEMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
If applicable, Names fee

JUDGMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
If applicable, Noting fee / If applicable, Names fee

GENERAL PERMIT (NJ Army Corps of Engineers)
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

GRANT (Tidelands)
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
If applicable, Names fee

LEASE 2 -- 98 years
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

LEASE ASSIGNMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

LIS PENDENS -- Recorded
(see filed Lis Pendens when object is foreclosure
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

LIS PENDENS DISCHARGE -- Recorded
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

LIS PENDENS -- Foreclosure
(see recorded Lis Pendens when object is not foreclosure)
$30.00
$10.00 per noting
If applicable, Noting fee / If applicable, Names fee

LIS PENDENS DISCHARGE -- Foreclosure
$30.00
$10.00 per noting
If applicable, Noting fee / If applicable, Names fee

MASTER DEED
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
Map fee $55.00 per set of Survey/Plans
If applicable, Names fee

MASTER DEED AMENDMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
Noting fee $10.00
If applicable, Map fee $55.00 per set of Survey/Plans
If applicable, Names fee

MASTER DEED REVOCATION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Abstracting fee $10.00
Noting fee $10.00
If applicable, Names fee

MORTGAGE COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES & RENTS
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

MORTGAGE ASSIGNMENT
MORTGAGE ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
MORTGAGE MODIFICATION AGREEMENT
Regular recording fee
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

MORTGAGE DISCHARGE
MORTGAGE PARTIAL RELEASE
MORTGAGE SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

MORTGAGE CANCELATION
(original instrument endorsed)
Cancelation fee $20.00
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
(Total fee $25.00)

POWER OF ATTORNEY
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

POWER OF ATTORNEY REVOCATION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

RE-RECORDING OF RECORDED DOCUMENT
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00
If applicable, Abstracting fee
If applicable, Names fee

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE ASSIGNMENT
TAX SALE CERTIFICATE REDEMPTION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
Noting fee $10.00 / If applicable, Names fee

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE CANCELATION
(original instrument endorsed)
Cancelation fee $20.00
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
(Total fee $25.00)

VACATION ORDINANCE OR STREET DEDICATION
Regular recording fee
Homelessness Trust Fund $5.00
If applicable, Names fee

COPIES, CERTIFIED
$10.00 certification
$1.00 per page

COPIES, MARKED TRUE COPY
$2.00 per instrument
COPIES, PLAIN
$0.05 per page

COPIES, MAP
$5.00 24 X 36"
$4.00 18 X 24"
$3.00 15 X 21"
$2.00 11 X 17"
$1.00 8 X 14"
$2.00 Plans reduced to 8 X 14"

The realty transfer tax fees must be paid at the time of recording and are as follows:
$2 per $500 of consideration in excess of $150,000;
$3.35 per $500 of consideration not in excess of $150,000 but not more than $200,000;
$3.90 per $500 of consideration in excess of $200,000 but not more than $350,000.

For considerations in excess of that amount, see the New Jersey treasury's website.

Reduced rates apply to senior citizens, blind or disabled persons and on property that is low/moderate-income housing.

Document Formatting Requirements

* A document, including a corrected document submitted for re-recording must be acknowledged or proved as required by law. The officer taking the acknowledgment or proof shall sign a certificate stating the acknowledgment or proof.

* A document or its image should be legibly printed on white paper that is no larger than 8.5 x 14 inches.

* If including a cover sheet, which is available at every recording office in New Jersey as well as on a website maintained by the Division of Archives and Records Management, it should include: the nature of the document, the date of the document, and the names of the parties to the document and other names to be indexed. If the deed is conveying real property, include the lot and block number of the property or the account number for the property, the grantee's mailing address, and the amount of consideration. If the person submitting the document does not include a cover sheet or electronic synopsis, the recording office will charge an additional fee of $20 for indexing.

* The name of the person who prepared the deed is required to be stated on the document.

* Corresponding names should be printed below all signatures in the document.

* Documents should be in English or accompanied by an accurate English translation.

* If the transfer is subject to realty transfer fees, a statement of true consideration for the transfer should be contained in the deed, or the acknowledgment, or the proof of execution, or in an appended affidavit by one of the parties to the deed. A deed that states "One dollar and love and affection" as a statement of consideration must have an affidavit of true consideration annexed to the deed that sets forth the true and actual consideration paid or to be paid for the transfer.

* If the transfer is exempt from any fees, an affidavit stating the basis for the exemption should be appended to the deed.

* For transfers of real property upon which there is new construction, the words "NEW CONSTRUCTION" in upper case letters should be printed or typed clearly at the top of the first page, and an affidavit by the grantor stating that the transfer is of property upon which there is new construction should be included with the deed.

* As a prerequisite to recording, include the lot and block number of the real property being conveyed as designated on the tax map of the municipality at the time of conveyance or the account number of the real property.

* The mailing address of the grantee must be included on the deed. If the real property has been subdivided, the reference should be preceded by the words "part of." If no lot and block number or account number have been assigned to the property, the deed should state that fact.