Indiana · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Perry County, IN
Perry County (population 19,172) records real-property documents through the Perry 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.
Perry County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Perry County Recorder
- Mailing address
- Perry County Recorder, 2219 Payne Street, Tell City, IN 47586
- Phone
- (812) 547-4261
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. CT
- Electronic recording
- Available via CSC, ePN, Indecomm, NTC, Simplifile
Perry County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $25.00 per deed (includes 1 oversize page); $55.00 per mortgage
- Additional pages
- No per-page charge for standard pages; $5.00 per page larger than 8.5" x 14"
- Other fees
- Multiple-transaction documents $25.00 plus $7.00 per added cross-reference; certification $5.00; copies $1.00 per page
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Perry County Recorder before you mail a check.
What Perry County requires
- Page formatting
- 2" top and bottom margins on first and last pages; 1/2" side margins; 1/2" top and bottom margins on other pages; 10-point font minimum; names printed below signatures
- Submission & return
- Mailed back in the self-addressed stamped envelope you provide
- Turnaround
- E-recordings within about an hour; mailed documents 3–5 business days
Checked against official Perry County and Indiana sources on October 6, 2026: perrycounty.in.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Perry County?
Yes. Perry County accepts electronic recording through CSC, ePN, Indecomm, NTC, Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Perry County, Indiana
- Prepare the document so it meets Perry 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, ePN, Indecomm, NTC, Simplifile, or by mail to Perry County Recorder.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Perry County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Perry County property are searchable at Perry County Assessor (GIS/property search hosted by WTH Technology, linked from official assessor page). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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