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Land Records

Online Land Records

Please note, there is a $2.00 per page to view / print. Once the link is open, search by name, property or volume and page. The results will appear. Choose the document from the list. To view/print click the blue document # to the right. Once the document opens on the screen, click the save image on the top right. This will start the customer information process. There will be a verification wait time for documents recorded within the last 6-8 weeks. They need to go through a correction/external verification process.

Pricing:

Recording Fees  
$60.00 first page, $5.00 each additional page of same document. 

Recording Surcharge
$2.00 for each conveyance with consideration of $2,000.00 or more.

Trade Name Certificates     
$10.00 per Registration

Maps 
$30.00 for subdivisions, $20.00 for site plans, easements, boundary maps, etc.

Copies        
Copies of land records are $1.00 per page.

Certified Copies   
$1.00 per page for copies and $2.00 certification fee per document.

State Conveyance Tax Forms

  1. Must have two copies (one for the Town Clerk)
  2. BOTH copies MUST be signed

There is now a fillable PDF form available on the DRS website. It remains a two page document, with a copy for the DRS and one for the town clerk. The instructions, OP-236 Schedules A and B (for multiple grantors or grantees) and the Real Estate Conveyance Tax Allocation worksheet (for property located in more than one town) are also available at this link.

Town Conveyance Tax Form

MERS Information:

Effective July 15, 2013, there are special remittance rules for the recording of documents by a Nominee of a Mortgagee; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS): For Assignments and Releases where Nominee is the GRANTOR, the recording fee is a flat $159.

For all other document types where Nominee is either Grantor OR Grantee (including Assignments and Releases where Nominee is the GRANTEE) the recording fee is $159 for the first page, and $5 for each additional page of the document.

In general, documents such as Lis Pendens, Certificates of Foreclosure, Affidavits, and Releases of Lis Pendens are not subject to the higher fee because the Nominee did not initiate nor are they a direct party in the action.

However, if the Nominee acquires ownership of a property through a foreclosure action, the recording fee for the Satisfaction of Judgment would be $159 for the first page and $5 for each additional page of the document.