Warren County Recorder Information

Office locations, recording fees, and document requirements in New York

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Recorder Office

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Warren County Clerk
Warren County Municipal Center, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, New York 12845
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Front counter services M-F
Recording cutoff: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Recording and Filing
518 761-6429, 761-6426 fax 518-761-6551
Checked October 2026.

About the Warren County Clerk

Land records in Warren County are recorded by the County Clerk. The office is held by Carrie L. Black.

Real property records are online from c.1963 to the present; historical records (deeds 1813-1962, APA, Lis Pendens) are under the Indexbooks tab, at 50 cents per page. Searches are by name; the office does not index by tax parcel or address. Printing online copies costs $5 per document for non-subscribers.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: Warren County Clerk · Warren County Clerk Search Online Records

Recording Fees

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All documents$45.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page

Added at recording

Cover Sheet$5.00 Cover sheet on recorded documents
Capital Gains Tax Affidavit (TP 584)$5.00 Per TP-584 filed
Real Property Transfer Report (RP 5217)$125.00 qualifying residential or farm (Box 7A,7B,7E or 7G & 8 or Prop. Class: 100-199 or 200 – 299, or 411-C)
Real Property Transfer Report (RP 5217)$250.00 all other
Notice of Conveyance-Fraud$10.00 on residential deed recordings, effective 3/11/2020
Mortgage Tax Exemption Affidavit$5.00 Per mortgage tax exemption affidavit

Other charges

Additional names indexed$0.50 each beyond the 2 included (each additional name over 2)
Additional references or marginal notations$0.50 each (per cross reference entered on the margin of another instrument's record)
Copies, per page$0.65

StatewideUnder CPLR 8021(a)(4)(a), the county clerk's fee for recording, entering, indexing and endorsing a certificate on any instrument is $5, plus $3 for each page or portion of a page. A county may opt by county law to raise this to $20, plus $5 for each page. Any cover page counts as an additional page. Each additional town, city, block or other index costs $0.50. An assignment of more than one mortgage, or a release of more than one lease, costs $3 for each one beyond the first. A notice of pendency or notice of attachment costs $35 in counties within New York City and $15 in other counties (CPLR 8021(a)(10)). County clerks charge a recording fee per document plus a fee per page. The per-document amount shown for a county includes the state's $5 records management fee and $15 cultural education fee (CPLR 8021(a)(4)(b)).

Certified copies: $1.25 per page, $5.00 minimum. Copies sent by mail: $1.30 per page. Pre-1950 documents: $10.00 historic document handling fee. Exemplified copy: $10.00. IT-2663: no fee.

Paying the office

Returned check fee: $35.00.

Transfer tax

Real estate transfer tax. Two dollars for each five hundred dollars or fractional part thereof. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, Tax Law § 1402(a))

StatewideAdditional tax (mansion tax): 1% of the consideration attributable to residential real property when the consideration for the entire conveyance is $1 million or more (Tax Law § 1402-a). In a city with a population of one million or more, an additional $1.25 is levied for each $500 or fractional part thereof when the consideration is $3 million or more for residential real property, or $2 million or more for other property (Tax Law § 1402(a)(2)). A supplemental tax applies to New York City residential conveyances of $2 million or more (Tax Law § 1402-b). Mortgage recording tax, payable when the mortgage is recorded: basic tax of 50 cents per $100 of mortgage debt or obligation secured; special additional tax of 25 cents per $100; additional tax of 25 cents per $100 (30 cents per $100 in counties within the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District) unless the additional tax is suspended in the county; and city or county mortgage tax of 25 to 50 cents per $100 where applicable. New York City, Yonkers and various counties levy local mortgage taxes.

The county clerk's schedule states the NYS mortgage tax as 1 1/4% in Warren County; mortgage tax exemption affidavits are filed for $5.00.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: NY CPLR 8021 County clerks other than as clerks of court · NY Tax Law 1402 Imposition of tax · NYS DTF Mortgage recording tax · Warren County Clerk Fees

Document Requirements

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Grantee address requiredYes (statewide, Real Property Law § 333(1-a))

StatewideA deed must state the city, town and village in which the property is located (RPL § 333(1-d)). A conveyance must be in English, apart from proper names written in English letters, or have an English translation attached that is executed and acknowledged, or certified as the statute provides (RPL § 333(2)). A conveyance must be accompanied by the real property transfer report form, or by the commissioner's confirmation that the data has been reported (RPL § 333(1-e)).

Forms filed along with a transfer

Submitting documents

In personAccepted
By mailAccepted
Electronic recordingAccepted
eRecording through Deeds.comAvailable for this office

Documents for recording are also accepted by UPS and FedEx.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: NYS DTF Real estate transfer tax · Warren County Clerk e-recording press release · Warren County Clerk Our Services · NY Real Property Law 333 (Onecle)

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Recorder Office

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Warren County Clerk
Warren County Municipal Center, 1340 State Route 9, Lake George, New York 12845
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Front counter services M-F
Recording cutoff: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Recording and Filing
518 761-6429, 761-6426 fax 518-761-6551
Checked October 2026.

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