Alaska · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Anchorage Municipality, AK
Anchorage Municipality (population 287,155) records real-property documents through the Alaska DNR Recorder's Office, Anchorage Recording District. 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.
Anchorage Municipality recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Alaska DNR Recorder's Office, Anchorage Recording District
- Mailing address
- Alaska DNR Recorder's Office, 550 West 7th Ave, Suite 108, Anchorage, AK 99501-3564
- Phone
- (907) 269-8876
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; closed the second Wednesday of each month 9:00–10:30 a.m.
- Website
- dnr.alaska.gov/ssd/recoff
- Checks payable to
- Department of Natural Resources
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Anchorage Municipality recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $20.00 for the first page
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per additional page (each side of a sheet counts as a page)
- Other fees
- $2.00 per indexed name over six; $50.00 non-standard document fee; $5.00 certification; $2.00 conformed copy at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Alaska DNR Recorder's Office, Anchorage Recording District before you mail a check.
What Anchorage Municipality requires
- Page formatting
- Opaque white paper no larger than 8.5" x 14"; 2" top margin on page 1, 1" margins on all other sides and pages; at least 10-point type; title; recording district named (e.g. "Anchorage Recording District"); full mailing addresses of grantor and grantee; legal description; "Return To" name and address outside the margins
- Submission & return
- Original mailed back to the "Return To" party named on the document after recording
Checked against official Anchorage Municipality and Alaska sources on October 6, 2026: dnr.alaska.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Anchorage Municipality?
Yes. Anchorage Municipality accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
- Prepare the document so it meets Anchorage Municipality's formatting rules (above): 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 electronically through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, or by mail to Alaska DNR Recorder's Office, Anchorage Recording District.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Department of Natural Resources.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Anchorage Municipality property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Anchorage Municipality property are searchable at Municipality of Anchorage - Property Appraisal Division, Property Search (property.muni.org). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Anchorage Municipality
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 Anchorage Municipality 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 (electronically through the county’s approved network) and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.
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Under contract in Anchorage Municipality? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.