Cambria County Recorder Information

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

Added at recording

Other charges

StatewideEach county sets its own recording fees, and the totals counties publish include the state charges collected with every deed, mortgage and similar filing: a $20.00 judicial computer system and access to justice fee and a temporary $21.25 surcharge that runs until December 31, 2027 (204 Pa. Code 29.351). Counties also add their own records improvement, affordable housing and demolition fees.

Effective December 1, 2025, an additional $1.00 is charged on all deeds, mortgages, rights of way, easements (release of), satisfactions of mortgage, assignments of mortgage, all orders, awards, lis pendens, leases, condemnations, agreements, assignments and bills of sale, and statements of adverse possession. Recording fees must be paid in the exact amount; overages of $5.00 or less are forfeited. Returned check fee is $30.00.

Paying the office

Separate checks are required for deeds with realty transfer tax. Recording fees must be for the exact amount; overages of $5.00 or less are forfeited, and documents with overages over $5.00 are returned. Return check fee is $30.00.

Transfer tax

Realty Transfer Tax. 1 percent on the value of real estate (including contracted-for improvements to property) transferred by deed, instrument, long-term lease or other writing. The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, 72 P.S. § 8101-C et seq.)

StatewideCounty Recorders of Deeds collect the state realty transfer tax, often together with an additional local realty transfer tax levied by municipalities and school districts (Tax Reform Code of 1971, Article XI-D, 72 P.S. § 8101-D et seq.). The Department of Revenue describes the rate as one percent for the state and usually one percent for the local portion; local rates vary by place.

Checked October 2026 against the sources below. Some of them are not official publications, so confirm with the recorder's office. Sources: Realty Transfer Tax - PA Department of Revenue · Recording Requirements (Cambria County Recorder of Deeds) · Recorder of Deeds Office - Cambria County, PA · Recorder of Deeds - Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (Answer Center)

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

StatewideRecorders refuse a mortgage, assignment, or agreement given to secure payment of money unless a certificate signed by the mortgagee, assignee, or person entitled to interest, or an authorized attorney or agent, setting forth that person's precise residence is attached and recorded with it (21 P.S. § 625).

Deeds, decrees of distribution, awards of real estate, mortgages, rights of way, easements, leases, condemnations, declarations of taking, consents, assignments of leases and rents, sewage, water and highway occupancy permits, and statements of adverse possession must list the UPI number on the top left corner of the first page and after the property description, and need UPI approval from the Cambria County Tax Assessment Office before recording. Deeds and mortgages must show the UPI number, municipality, county and state. Assignments and satisfactions of mortgage must give the book/page or instrument number of the mortgage. Re-recorded documents must be re-acknowledged and state why. Corrective deeds need a Statement of Value explaining the correction, with a copy of the deed being corrected.

Forms filed along with a transfer

• Realty Transfer Tax Statement of Value (REV-183) Statewide Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, Bureau of Individual Taxes
  Filed in duplicate with the Recorder of Deeds when (1) the full value/consideration is not set forth in the deed, (2) the deed is without consideration or by gift, or (3) a tax exemption is claimed

Submitting documents

Separate checks are required for deeds with realty transfer tax. A realty transfer tax payment or Statement of Value must accompany all transfers unless the exemption is clearly stated in the deed.

Checked October 2026 against official publications. Sources: 1979-1980 Regular Session HB 946 PN 3432 Bill Text · REV-183 Realty Transfer Tax Statement of Value and Instructions · Recording Requirements (Cambria County Recorder of Deeds) · Pennsylvania Statutes Title 21 P.S. Deeds and Mortgages § 625