Recording a Deed or Document in Litchfield County, CT

Litchfield County (population 185,000) records real-property documents through the Town Clerk — Town of Litchfield. 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.

Litchfield County recorder — contact

Recording office: Town Clerk — Town of Litchfield
Mailing address: Town of Litchfield Town Clerk, 74 West Street, Litchfield, CT 06759
Phone: (860) 567-7561
Website: townoflitchfieldct.gov/subpages/land-records
Checks payable to: Town of Litchfield Town Clerk
Electronic recording: Paper / mail

Litchfield County recording fees

First page / base fee: $60.00 first page
Additional pages: $5.00 per additional page
Other fees: +$2.00 if conveyance tax due; +$5.00 if current grantee mailing address not on deed; +$1.00 if signer/witness/notary names not typed/printed beneath signatures; MERS nominee grantor fee $159.00

Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Town Clerk — Town of Litchfield before you mail a check.

Can you e-record in Litchfield County?

Litchfield 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 Litchfield County, Connecticut

Prepare the document so it meets Litchfield 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 Town Clerk — Town of Litchfield.
Pay the recording fee, payable to Town of Litchfield Town Clerk.
Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

Looking up a Litchfield County property

Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Litchfield County property are searchable at Town of Litchfield Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.

Filing with Jurably in Connecticut

Connecticut law now bars recording a residential wholesale contract or any notice of it (Public Act 25-168 §257), so we can't file there. See the states we file in.