Alabama · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Colbert County, AL
Colbert County (population 57,227) records real-property documents through the Colbert County Probate Office (Judge Daniel Rosser). Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Colbert County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Colbert County Probate Office (Judge Daniel Rosser)
- Mailing address
- Colbert County Probate Office, P.O. Box 47, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 (physical: 201 North Main Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674)
- Phone
- 256-314-5822 (office); 256-386-8542 (Judge)
- Website
- colbertprobatejudge.org
- Checks payable to
- Colbert County Probate Judge
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Colbert County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $8.00 (first page)
- Additional pages
- $3.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $1.00 per name beyond 2 grantors/grantees indexed; easement recording $0.50 plus $8 first page/$3 additional; deed tax $1.00/$1,000 (round up to next $500), or $0.50 alternate rate; mortgage tax $0.15/$100 (round up to next $500), $1.50/$1,000
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Colbert County Probate Office (Judge Daniel Rosser) before you mail a check.
Can you e-record in Colbert County?
Colbert County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Colbert County, Alabama
- Prepare the document so it meets Colbert County's formatting rules: legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Colbert County Probate Office (Judge Daniel Rosser).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Colbert County Probate Judge.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Colbert County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Colbert County property are searchable at Colbert County Revenue Commissioner. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Colbert County
Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk. It’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Colbert County property, we file a memorandum of contract to put your equitable interest on the public record, where every title search will find it. The online notary session is included: you sign it alone, and the seller is notified by certified mail. Then we record it (by certified mail) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.
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Under contract in Colbert County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.