Arizona · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Santa Cruz County, AZ
Santa Cruz County (population 46,116) records real-property documents through the Santa Cruz County Recorder. 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.
Santa Cruz County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Santa Cruz County Recorder
- Mailing address
- 2150 N Congress Drive, Suite 101, Nogales, AZ 85621
- Phone
- 520-375-7990
- Checks payable to
- Santa Cruz County Recorder
- Electronic recording
- Available via CSC
Santa Cruz County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $30.00 (most documents); $24.00 for plats/surveys
- Additional pages
- $20.00 additional page (plats/surveys); most other documents are flat-fee per instrument (no per-page tier); government agency rate $15.00 first page
- Other fees
- No separate records-management/archive rider fee identified; AZ statutory $30 recording fee already includes Affidavit of Property Value/indexing/state surcharge components in neighboring AZ counties
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Santa Cruz County Recorder before you mail a check.
What Santa Cruz County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard 8.5x11 letter or legal paper; first page should have space for recording stamp; legible typed or printed text; notary acknowledgment required for most conveyances
- Cover sheet
- Recommend including a cover letter with return name/address and phone
- Submission & return
- Mail (include self-addressed stamped envelope / return address); document mailed back to submitter after recording
- Hours & turnaround
- Typical AZ small-county paper mail recording is several business days to ~1-2 weeks
Can you e-record in Santa Cruz County?
Yes. Santa Cruz County accepts electronic recording through CSC, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Santa Cruz County, Arizona
- Prepare the document so it meets Santa Cruz County'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 CSC, or by mail to Santa Cruz County Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Santa Cruz County Recorder.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Santa Cruz County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Santa Cruz County property are searchable at Santa Cruz County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
How Jurably helps in Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz 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 (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 Santa Cruz County? Secure it.
Jurably files a memorandum to protect your deal, notarizes what you need, and records it — no courthouse trip.