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Recording 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.
Please Note: The 2018 Oregon Legislature increased fees on many recorded documents by an additional $40. This fee is collected by the county at the time of recording for the State Department of Housing and Community Services as per HB 4007.
Deed Records
Document Type |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Notes |
Warranty Deed |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Quitclaim Deed |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Bargain and Sale Deed |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Power of Attorney |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Must involve real property and requires a legal description. |
Court Order or Judgment |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Affecting title to real property, requires a legal description. |
Mortgage Records
Document Type |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Notes |
Mortgage |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Deed of Trust |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Trust Deed |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Satisfaction of Mortgage |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied |
Deed of Reconveyance |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being reconveyed |
Deed of Partial Reconveyance |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
(1) Requires legal description (2) Requires reference number of instrument being reconveyed |
Assignment Deed of Trust / Trust Deed |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires address of assignee and reference number of instrument being assigned. |
Assignment of Mortgage |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires address of assignee and reference number of instrument being assigned |
Modification Deed of Trust |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being modified |
Affidavit of Mailing |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
ORS 086.745 & 086.750(3) |
Affidavit of Publication |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
ORS 193.080 |
Notice of Default Foreclosure Avoidance Mediation Program |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page Additional Fees may apply |
Requires reference number of instrument in default |
Exemption Affidavit (Senate Bill 1552, 2012 Legislature) |
Repealed |
For more information see the 2013 Oregon Legislative repeal Senate Bill 558 |
UCC |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
UCC Termination |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being terminated |
UCC Continuation |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being continued |
Appointment Successor Trustee |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of original instrument |
Multi-instrument Documents
+$5.00 per additional first page transaction title listed
Document Type |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Notes |
Substitution of Trustee, and Deed of Reconveyance |
$113.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being assigned/ reconveyed |
Appointment Successor Trustee, and Deed of Reconveyance |
$113.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being reconveyed |
Lien Instruments
Document Type |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Notes |
Lien - Construction, Completion Notice, Hospital, etc. |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description or property address |
Lien Satisfaction or Release |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied |
Judgment |
$16.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Monetary obligation, may contain legal description. |
Satisfaction of Judgment |
$5.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires reference number of instrument being satisfied |
Other Documents
Document Type |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Notes |
Death Certificate |
$78.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Original certified copy. Required as per OAR 333-011-0335 (10), Certified copies of death records used to record the transfer of property in Oregon must not include cause of death information if: (a) The death occurred after 1977; (b) The death occurred in Oregon; and (c) The certified copy is issued after January 1, 2014. |
Power of Attorney |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
NO Real Property Authority. |
Application To Exempt |
$108.00 + $5.00 ea add'l page |
Requires legal description |
Plat Fees
Description |
Fee as of June 4, 2018 |
Partition Plats (Recorded in the Deed Record) |
$93 |
Subdivision Plats: | |
Board of Commissioners Approval + A&T + Housing + OLIS | $5 + $10 + $62 + 1 = $78 |
- 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 |
Subdivision Plat Calculation | $78.00 + Lot Number Fee = Subdivision Fee |
Veterans' Documents (Restricted Access Records)
Document Type |
Fee |
Copies of Discharge Papers (DD214) | No fee |
Recording of Discharge Papers (DD214) | No fee |
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.
Notes on Fees and Recording Standards
Records and Licenses Policies: 041217
1: Space requirement, county recording ticket
1-1) The current space requirement is 2.25h x 3.0w 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.