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Recording, Excise, and Map Fees
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Due to the recent passage of HB 1474, the standard recording fee will increase $100 for most recordings. The documents that are already exempt from the housing surcharges will remain the same. This fee change has an effective date of January 1, 2024.
Due to the recent passage of SB 5386, the fee for government liens will be reduced, along with divorce decrees and death, marriage, and birth certificates. Our goal is to ensure proper recording of your documents and reduce document rejections due to these changes. The fee change has an effective date of July 23, 2023.
Fee Sheet Effective July 23, 2023
Due to recent WAC amendments, map fees for will increase by $36. Our goal is to ensure proper recording of your documents and reduce document rejections due to these changes. The fee change has an effective date of July 1, 2023.
Fee Sheet Effective July 1, 2023
Where do the fees go?
Recording Fees
| Type of Recording Fees |
Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| Standard fee: First page | $203.50 |
| Standard fee: Each additional page |
$1.00 |
| Exceptions: Assignment of Deed of Trust, Resignation of Trustee, Appointment of Trustee and Substitution of Trustee, Wage Liens & Releases and Water-Sewer District Liens and Releases - First page | $18.00 |
| Exceptions: Each additional page | $1.00 |
| First page - Lien/Satisfaction of Lien recorded by state, county, and city offices only. | $18.00 |
| Each additional page | $1.00 |
| First page - IRS Federal Tax Lien & Release | $16.00 |
| Each Additional page | $1.00 |
| Deed of Trust - First page | $204.50 |
| Divorce Decrees and Death, Marriage, and Birth Certificates | $18.00 |
| Employment Security Liens - First page | $15.00 |
| Each additional page | $1.00 |
| Recording of multiple title documents, for each title/transaction after the first (depending upon document title and fee listed above) | $18, $203.50, or $204.50 |
| Non-standard documents, in addition to recording fee | $50.00 |
| Military Separation Record - Form DD214 | No Fee |
| Request for Exemption from Public Disclosure of Military Discharge Papers |
No Fee |
Excise Fees
| Type of Excise Fees |
Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| Processing tax-free excise tax affidavits |
$10.00 |
| Processing excise tax affidavits with tax owing $0.01-4.99 | $10.00 minus tax |
| Processing taxable excise tax affidavits | $5.00 plus tax |
*A merchant fee will be charged on all taxable excise transactions when paying by credit/debit card.*
Map Recording Fees
| Type of Map Recording Fees |
Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| Boundary Line Adjustment, Resolution, or Revision |
$323.50 |
| Surveys, Site Plans, Short Plats or Large Lots | $323.50 |
| Each additional page | $5.00 |
| Plats and Condos, up to 40 lots including seals | $323.50 |
| Above 40 lots & over 5 seals |
add $0.50 per additional lot and $1.00 per additional seal |
| Cemetery Plats, up to 40 lots and 5 seals | $323.50 |
| Above 40 lots & over 5 seals |
add $0.25 per additional lot and $1.00 per additional seal |
| Lot Combination - First Page | $303.50 |
| Each additional page | $1.00 |
Miscellaneous Recording Fees
| Type of Miscellaneous Recording Fees |
Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| Certified photocopies, legal size or less, first page |
$3.00 |
| Each additional page | $1.00 |
| Uncertified photocopies, legal size or less, per page | $1.00 |
| Searching records, including UCC searches, per hour (copies require additional fee) | $8.00 |
| Map copies, 18' x 24', per page |
Mylar - $7.00; Bond - $5.00; additional page $1.00 |