Tennessee recording fees & transfer taxes
Itemized deed and mortgage estimates.
Loading the Tennessee calculator…
How Tennessee charges are calculated
Realty transfer tax uses consideration; mortgage indebtedness tax uses new secured debt and the applicable exclusion. Recording fees depend on page count.
Rates checked Oct 12, 2026. Check the official sources for changes since this date.
Covered transactions and locations
Standard instruments for an ordinary taxable sale in one jurisdiction. No exemptions, gifts, family transfers, assumed liens, refinances, amendments, prior-tax credits, multiple jurisdictions or nonstandard documents. New deed of trust only; standard single instruments.
82 reviewed recording locations in this snapshot; availability also depends on the document and recording date.
Anderson County, Bedford County, Benton County, Blount County, Bradley County, Campbell County, Cannon County, Carter County, Cheatham County, Chester County, Claiborne County, Clay County, Cocke County, Coffee County, Cumberland County, Davidson County, Decatur County, DeKalb County, Dickson County, Fayette County, Fentress County, Franklin County, Gibson County, Giles County, Grainger County, Greene County, Grundy County, Hamblen County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardeman County, Hardin County, Hawkins County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Henry County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Jackson County, Jefferson County, Johnson County, Knox County, Lake County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Lincoln County, Loudon County, McMinn County, McNairy County, Macon County, Madison County, Marion County, Marshall County, Maury County, Meigs County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Obion County, Overton County, Perry County, Polk County, Putnam County, Roane County, Robertson County, Rutherford County, Scott County, Sequatchie County, Sevier County, Shelby County, Smith County, Sullivan County, Sumner County, Tipton County, Trousdale County, Unicoi County, Union County, Van Buren County, Warren County, Washington County, Weakley County, Williamson County, Wilson County
Official sources
- https://ctas.tennessee.edu/eli/standard-fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://ctas.tennessee.edu/eli/data-processing-fee — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.tn.gov/revenue/taxes/local-taxes/recordation-taxes/due-date-tax-rate.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/revenue/documents/tax_manuals/march-2022/Realty-Transfer-Recordation-Tax.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.tn.gov/tdot/about/county-outline-map.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://andersondeeds.com/faq — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.bedfordcountytn.gov/government/register_of_deeds/index.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.bentoncountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://blounttn.gov/321/Register-of-Deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://bradleycountytn.gov/county-government/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://campbellcountytn.gov/elected-officials/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://cannoncountytn.gov/registrar/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.cartercountytn.gov/government/elected_officials/register_of_deeds.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.cheathamcountytn.gov/faqs_register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://andersondeeds.com/faq — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.nashville.gov/departments/register-deeds/recording-services/filing-fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://register.shelby.tn.us/fee-schedule — checked 2026-10-12
- https://rod.knoxcounty.org/fee-schedules/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://register.hamiltontn.gov/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.hamiltontn.gov/PDF/register/Registerfees.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://rutherfordcountytn.gov/register-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://rutherfordcountytn.gov/state-fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://williamsoncountyregister.com/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://williamsoncountyregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Notice_Fee.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.deeds.sumnercounty.org/recordingFeeSchedule — checked 2026-10-12
- https://cdn.myocv.com/ocvapps/a82237066/fileGalleries/69d01d5ceb49f9704509c9d4/69d01d6e6de44-warrantydeeds.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://montgomerytn.gov/deeds/fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.nashville.gov/departments/register-deeds/recording-services/filing-fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://fayettetn.us/departments/register/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://fentresscountytn.gov/?p=71 — checked 2026-10-12
- https://franklin.registerofdeeds.us/standard-fees/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://gibsontn.org/county-government/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://gilescountytn.gov/register/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://graingercountytn.com/county-officials/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.greenecountytngov.com/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.grundycountytn.net/officials/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://hamblencountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://hancockcountytn.com/local_public_service_directory/register_of_deeds.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://hardemancounty.org/government/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://fayettetn.us/departments/register/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.hardincogov.com/?p=32 — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.hawkinscountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://haywoodtn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.hendersoncountytn.gov/en-US/register-of-deeds-631ebb7b — checked 2026-10-12
- https://henrycountytn.gov/government?tab=register — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.houstoncountytn.gov/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.humphreyscountytn.gov/pdfs/recording_fees.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.humphreyscountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://jacksoncountytn.gov/deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://jeffersoncountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.johnsoncountytn.gov/administrative-offices — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.hardincogov.com/?p=32 — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lakecountytn.gov/government/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lawrencecountytn.gov/government/departments/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lewiscountytn.com/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lincolncountytn.gov/Documents/Document%20Hub/lincolncountytn.gov_a_menus_2065_print.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lincolncountytn.gov/business_detail_T8_R8.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://loudoncounty-tn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.mcminncountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.mcminncountytn.gov/requirements_2_register_docs.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.mcnairycountytn.org/register-of-deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://maconcountytn.gov/government/register_of_deeds/index.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.madisoncountytn.gov/118/Register-of-Deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://marioncountytn.net/services — checked 2026-10-12
- https://lakecountytn.gov/government/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.chestercountytn.org/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://claibornecountytn.gov/countyoffices/county-officials/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.claycountytngov.com/registerofdeeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.cockecountytn.gov/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.coffeecountyregisterofdeeds.com/fees/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://cumberlandcountytn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Fee-Schedules-for-Register-of-Deeds.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://decaturcountytn.gov/departments/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.dekalbtennessee.com/register-of-deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.dicksoncountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.dicksoncountytn.gov/pdfs/require_to_record.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.chestercountytn.org/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.marshallcountytn.gov/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.marshallcountytn.gov/faqs-register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.maurycounty-tn.gov/155/Register-of-Deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.meigscounty.org/directory-pages/register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://monroetn.gov/monroe-county-register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.metromoorecounty.org/about_us/register_of_deeds.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.obioncountytn.gov/register_of_deeds.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://overtoncounty.org/departments/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://overtoncounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/overtonregisterfees.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://perrycountytn.com/index.php/county-offices — checked 2026-10-12
- https://polkcountytn.gov/register-of-deeds-2/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.marshallcountytn.gov/faqs-register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://putnamcountytn.gov/register-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://roanecountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.robertsoncountytn.gov/local_government/register_of_deeds/fee_structure.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://scottcounty.com/government/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://sequatchiecountytn.gov/directory-detail.php?slug=register-of-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://seviercountytn.gov/government/county_officials/register_of_deeds.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://smithcotn.com/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://sullivancountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://tiptonco.com/government/register_of_deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://putnamcountytn.gov/register-deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.trousdalecountytn.gov/government/local_government/county_officials.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://unicoiregdeeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Recording-Fees-1.pdf — checked 2026-10-12
- https://unicoiregdeeds.com/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.unioncountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/ — checked 2026-10-12
- https://vanburencountytn.gov/elected_officials/index.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.warrencountytn.gov/government/register_of_deeds/index.php — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/318/Filing-Requirements-Fees — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.washingtoncountytn.org/230/Register-of-Deeds — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.weakleycountytn.gov/registerofdeeds_fees.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.wilsondeeds.com/assets/pages/home.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.wilsondeeds.com/assets/pages/filing.html — checked 2026-10-12
- https://www.trousdalecountytn.gov/government/local_government/county_officials.php — checked 2026-10-12