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Jeffrey Dunkerton
Westport Town Clerk

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Land Records Fees (Sec. 7-34a)

The Town Clerk's office is responsible for the filing of 180 different types of documents. The land record fees are as follows.

Recording documents

• $60  first page
• $5 each subsequent page or portion.
• Documents using Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc (MERS) as a Nominee:
  a)   $159 flat fee: Assignments and Releases where MERS is the Grantor
  b)   $159 for first page, $5 each additional page for all other documents types using MERS.

• The Town Clerk's Office accepts E-Recordings for many Land Record documents. E-Recordings are accepted 9 am — 3:30 pm EST Monday — Friday. Closed Holidays.
  
  
  • Simplfile                               www.simplifile.com 800-460-5657
  • CSC                                     http://www.erecording.com     866-652-0111
  • ePN                                     www.erecordingpartners.net    888-325-3365
  • Indecomm Global Services    www.indecomm.net                651-766-2350

Surcharges

• $2 each transfer with conveyance reportable to State
• $5 if current mailing address of grantee not given
• $1 if names of those executing, witnessing and acknowledging are not typed or printed under signature
• $1 for each marginal notation of assignment subsequent to the first two pages

Copies, certified copies of land records and maps

• Copies of documents - $1 each page
• For certified copies - $2
• Copies of maps-  $1
• Engineer/Blue line $5
• Certifying a map - $2 each

Conveyance Tax (Sec. 12-494)

• State and Local Conveyance taxes are paid at the time of recording deeds. The Town Clerk forwards the State Tax to the Department of Revenue Services.
• Conveyance tax forms (OP-236) are available from the Department of Revenue Services 
• Residential property up to $800,000 and unimproved land - .0075 x consideration.
• Residential dwelling for the portion exceeding $800,000 up to and including $2,500,000- x .0125.
• Residential dwelling for the portion that exceeds $2,500,000 x .0225.
• Non-residential except unimproved land - .0125 x consideration

Local

• All categories - .0025 x consideration

Maps 

• Any map - $20
• Maps of subdivisions of 3 or more parcels - $30