{"id":550,"date":"2013-09-21T13:22:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T13:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/massrods.com\/essexnorth\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2021-01-20T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T15:22:49","slug":"recording-fees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/recording-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Fees<\/h3>\n<p>Recording fees are now the same whether you own Recorded Land or Registered Land. Most property is Recorded Land. If the document you wish to record refers to a &#8220;Book and Page&#8221; number, you probably have Recorded Land. If your document refers to a &#8220;Certificate of Title&#8221; number, you probably have Registered Land.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Community Preservation Act Fee Increase<\/h3>\n<p>The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Fiscal Year 2020 budget included a provision aimed at increasing funds available to towns and cities through the Community Preservation Act (CPA). The budget signed by Governor Baker included the following language amending sections of the M.G.L. and increasing the fees collected at the registries of deeds for the CPA.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u201cSECTION 29. Section 8 of chapter 44B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3, 8 and 23, the figure \u201c$20\u201d and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $50.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u201cSECTION 30. Said section 8 of said chapter 44B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in lines 10, 14 and 24, the figure \u201c$10\u201d and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- $25.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The current and new fee schedules are shown in the table below.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"554\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #e8e8e8;\" scope=\"row\" width=\"290\"><strong>Document<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; background-color: #e8e8e8;\" scope=\"row\" width=\"224\"><strong>Fee<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Declaration of Homestead<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Declaration of Trust<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Deed<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Mortgage<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Mortgage Foreclosure Deed &amp; Affidavit<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Mortgage Discharge, Release or Partial Release<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Municipal Lien Certificate<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">UCC Documents (up to 2 debtors)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Federal Tax Liens (and related documents)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Plans (per sheet)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">All other documents<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"even\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">Certified Copies (per page)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;\">$1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_message message_box_style=&#8221;solid-icon&#8221; message_box_color=&#8221;mulled_wine&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Fees include all applicable surcharges.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Only Cash or Check Accepted.\u00a0Please make checks payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_message][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Excise Calculator<\/h3>\n<p>The effective tax rate is $4.56 per $1000 or fraction thereof of taxable value. 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Most property is Recorded Land. If the document you wish to record refers to a &#8220;Book and Page&#8221; number, you probably have Recorded Land. If your document refers to a &#8220;Certificate of Title&#8221; number, you probably have Registered&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/recording-fees\/\">Continue Reading<span> Recording Fees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/massrods.com\/berkshiremiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}