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Benton County Records and Licenses – Fees

All recording fees are required to be paid at the time of recording. Documents presented for recording must be on letter or legal size white paper and must meet recording standards.

Deed Records • Mortgage Records • Multi-instrument Documents • Lien Instrument • Other Documents • Plat Fees • Veterans' Documents • Location & Copy Fees • General Notes • Notes and Fees on Recording Standards

Deed Records

Document Type	Fee	Notes
Warranty Deed	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Quitclaim Deed	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Bargain and Sale Deed	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description

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Mortgage Records

Document Type	Fee	Notes
Mortgage	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Deed of Trust	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Trust Deed	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Satisfaction of Mortgage	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied
Deed of Reconveyance	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being reconveyed
Deed of Partial Reconveyance	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	(1) Requires legal description (2) Requires reference number of instrument being reconveyed
Assignment Deed of Trust	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being assigned
Assignment Trust Deed	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being assigned
Modification Deed of Trust	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being modified
Affidavit of Mailing	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	ORS 086.745 & 086.750(3)
Affidavit of Publication	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	ORS 193.080
Notice of Default	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being defaulted
UCC	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
UCC Termination	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being terminated
UCC Continuation	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being continued
Appointment Successor Trustee	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of  original instrument

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Multi-instrument Documents

+ $5.00 per each add'l instrument

Document Type	Fee	Notes
Substitution of Trustee, and Deed of Reconveyance	$68.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being assigned/ reconveyed
Appointment Successor Trustee, and Deed of Reconveyance	$68.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being  reconveyed

Lien Instruments

Document Type	Fee	Notes
Lien - Construction, Hospital, etc.	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description or property address
Lien Satisfaction or Release	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied
Judgment	$16.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description
Satisfaction of Judgment	$16.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied

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Other Documents

Document Type	Fee	Notes
Death Certificate	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Original certified copy
Power of Attorney	$33.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Must involve real property
Application To Exempt	$63.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page	Requires legal description

Plat Fees

Description	Fee
Board of Commissioners Approval Fee	$5.00
Subdivision Plats:
- 20 Lots Or Less	$20.00
- 21 To 29 Lots	$25.00
- 30 To 49 Lots	$30.00
- 50 To 74 Lots	$35.00
- 75 To 100 Lots	$40.00
- Over 100 Lots	$40.00 Plus $.25 per additional lot
Partition Plat	$20.00
Assessment and Taxation Fee + State Housing Related Fee and County Collection Service Fee	$27.00 (per plat)
Oregon Land Information System Fund	$1.00 (per plat)

Veterans' Documents (Restricted Access Records)

Document Type	Fee
Copies of Discharge Papers (DD214)	No fee
Recording of Discharge Papers (DD214)	No fee

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Notarization, Search, Copy and Transmission Fees

Description	Fee
Notary Services (per signature)	$10.00
Document Location/Search	$3.75
Copies from computer or copier (per page)	$0.25
Copies from microfilm reader/printer (per page)	$1.00
Certified Copy of Recorded Document	$3.75
Transmission via e-mail, FTP, to storage media, mail, fax etc. (per transmittal)	$3.00

General Notes on Fees

• If you do not include sufficient money or include an over payment of the correct fee, the document(s) will be returned to you unrecorded. Recording may be completed and refund checks are issued for over payments over $10. Please, provide a phone number that will allow our office to contact you if we have questions or concerns about the document you have presented to us for recording.

• If you are unable to determine the correct fees from the information provided, you can call us or come into our office. Checks and money orders should be made out to Benton County.  It is common practice for those with questions about the proper fee to include a statement in the check notation section, that the check is not to exceed $X (where "X" takes the place of the highest estimated amount authorized for recording fees). We will fill in the check with the correct recording fee and return the document(s) as indicated on each.

Note: The listing of documents in the above fee schedule is not all-inclusive. If you have additional questions regarding fees, please, contact our office at the following phone number 541-766-6831

A non-standard fee of $20.00 will be assessed on the following documents:

Trust Deed, Deed of Trust if the words “Lender is Beneficiary” does not appear on first page of instrument.

The $20.00 Non-Standard Fee may be applied to documents that do not fully comply with recording requirements. (e.g. Title of document, names of parties, poor legibility, return to info, consideration amount, etc.)

Contact our office at 541-766-6831 if you have any questions.

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Notes and Fees on Recording Standards

Records and Licenses Policies: 041217

1: Space requirement, county recording ticket

1-1) The current space requirement is 2.25 x 3.0 in the upper right hand portion of the document.

If the document does not meet this requirement, the following may be applied:

1-1a) Recording cover sheet, an additional $5.00 fee will be charged.

2: Recording reproduced documents with original signatures

2-1) In accordance with the May 12, 1999, letter sent to title companies following a staff meeting decision, it was determined that staff will have the option to allow recording parties who present our office with documents of poor quality (photocopies/ facsimiles) for recording, with the option to attach a typed copy of the original page(s). The regular recording fee will be applied to each page. The attached page(s) should contain the following statement:

“Because the previous page(s) do not meet the recording standards for permanent records in Benton County, Oregon, the following is a typed reproduction of the original page(s)."

Signatures should be shown on the typed reproduction in the following manner: s/ John Doe

3: Covering information (area of recording ticket)

3-1) No information that is relevant to the document must be on the upper right hand portion of said document, if document is received with said flaw the following shall apply:

(a) Received in person; by title company, citizen, or others. The options will be that they must: 1. Provide a written statement to the effect of “permission for placement of county recording ticket authorized by.” 2. Complete a recording cover sheet.

(b) Received in mail; the document must be rejected.

Note: see definitions for some of the terms used on this page.

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