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Recording a Deed or Document in Vanderburgh County, IN
Vanderburgh County (population 180,133) records real-property documents through the Vanderburgh 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.
Vanderburgh County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Vanderburgh County Recorder
- Mailing address
- Vanderburgh County Recorder, P.O. Box 1037, Evansville, IN 47706-1037 (office: Civic Center Complex, Room 231, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN 47708)
- Phone
- (812) 435-5215
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Vanderburgh County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $25.00 per deed (flat fee; includes one oversize page). Mortgages $55.00
- Additional pages
- No per-page fee for standard pages; $5.00 for each additional page larger than 8.5" x 14"
- Other fees
- Each additional cross reference $7.00; copies $1.00 per page; certification $5.00
- Transfer tax on deeds
- None. Most deeds need a sales disclosure form, with a $20.00 filing fee paid to the County Auditor
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Vanderburgh County Recorder before you mail a check.
What Vanderburgh County requires
- Page formatting
- Pages no larger than 8.5" x 14"; black ink, at least 10-point type, 20-lb paper; 2" top and bottom margins on the first and last pages, 1/2" side margins; 1/2" margins on all sides of interior pages; no permanently bound pages
- Submission & return
- Mailed back in the self-addressed stamped envelope you include
Checked against official Vanderburgh County and Indiana sources on October 6, 2026: evansvillegov.org, in.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Vanderburgh County?
Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County, Indiana
- Prepare the document so it meets Vanderburgh 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 by mail to Vanderburgh 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 Vanderburgh County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Vanderburgh County property are searchable at Vanderburgh County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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