RECORDING TRANSMITTAL - PALM BEACH
To: Joseph Abruzzo
Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller, Palm Beach County
For Express Mail:
RECORDING DEPT. – ROOM 4.2500
205 N. Dixie Hwy
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
For Regular Mail:
P.O. Box 4177
West Palm Beach, FL 33402
Phone: (561) 355-2991
Website: www.mypalmbeachclerk.com
E-mail: clerkweb@mypalmbeachclerk.com
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SCROW ACCOUNT #
Date:
From:
Contact:
Phone: ( ) Ext.
E-mail:
Your File #
RECORDING FEES
$10.00 = Recording fee (1st page)
$ 8.50 = Recording fee for each additional page to the same document
$ 1.00 = Indexing fee for each grantor and grantee name for the
5th name and above (The first 4 party names are not charged.)
$ 0.60 = Abstract fee for 1st legal description. $0.60 for 2nd legal
description. $0.20 for each additional legal description.
$ 2.00 = Search fee due when only a book/page or CFN is given and the
property’s legal description does not appear on the document.
The abstract fee is also due when there is a search fee.
Calculate your recording fees by accessing the Palm Beach County
Recording Fees Calculator at:
https://www.mypalmbeachclerk.com/html/taxcalculator.html
Please DO NOT send cash or coin by mail.
MAILING FEES
A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with the proper amount in
postage affixed is required for the return of your document(s) after recording.
If one is not provided, a mailing fee will be assessed to the transaction
according to the following chart:
$1.00 for 1 – 5 pages
$3.50 for 6 – 50 pages
$8.25 for 51 – 150 pages
151 or more pages: Postage will be calculated at time of recording.
If an SASE is not provided, and the amount presented is insufficient to include
the above postage charge, your document(s) will held in our office. Unclaimed
documents will be destroyed after six (6) months.
STATE DOCUMENTARY STAMPS AND NON-RECURRING INTANGIBLE TAXES
Deeds: Documentary Stamps are due at time of recording on all conveyance documents at a rate of $0.70 per $100 of the consideration or fraction
thereof. Corrective deeds or no consideration deeds require the minimum $0.70 Documentary Stamps. If the property being transferred has a mortgage
on it, the balance of the mortgage at the time of transfer is consideration for the transfer and will be taxed.
Mortgages: Documentary Stamps are due on all obligations to pay money at a rate of $0.35 per $100 of the consideration or fraction thereof on the new
money amount. If the obligation is secured by real property, Intangible Taxes are due at a rate of $0.002 per $1.00 of the obligation amount.
For more detailed information on Documentary Stamps or Intangible Taxes, please contact the Florida Department of Revenue at (850) 488-6800, or you
may visit their website at: http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/
Please record the following documents IN THE EXACT ORDER AS PRESENTED:
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Document Title /
Description
Number of (see fee chart above):
Subtotal Per
Document
Taxable
Documents
Taxable
Documents
Document Total
Pages Names Abstracts
Searches
Consideration
Tax Due
$ $ $ $
$ $ $ $
$ $ $
$
$ $
$
$
$ $
$
$
$ $
$
$
$ $ $ $
$
$ $
$
$ $ $ $
Use additional forms as needed. Total your recording fees on the last page.
Please fill in the applicable information below:
Escrow Customer
Overage/Shortage will be
credited/debited from account.
Special Instructions:
Check Amount: _____________
Check Number: _
____________
Total Fees: $
Revised 1/5/2021
