Massachusetts · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Nantucket County, MA
Nantucket County (population 14,255) records real-property documents through the Nantucket Registry of Deeds (Commonwealth of Massachusetts). 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.
Nantucket County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Nantucket Registry of Deeds (Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
- Mailing address
- 16 Broad Street, Nantucket, MA 02554
- Phone
- (508) 228-7250
- Checks payable to
- Nantucket Registry of Deeds OR Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Nantucket County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- Flat per-document fee: Deed $155; Mortgage $205; Declaration of Homestead $35; Declaration of Trust $255; Mortgage Discharge/Release $105; Municipal Lien Certificate $80; UCC $75; Federal Tax Lien $5; Plans (per sheet) $105; All other documents $105
- Additional pages
- None for standard instruments (statewide flat fee). Certified copies $1/page.
- Other fees
- No separately itemized rider; note Nantucket land bank transfer fee (2%) is a separate, unrelated real-estate transfer fee, not a recording rider.
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Nantucket Registry of Deeds (Commonwealth of Massachusetts) before you mail a check.
What Nantucket County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5x11 white paper; 3-inch top-right blank margin on page 1; standard statewide formatting standards apply.
- Cover sheet
- Required only if first page lacks the blank 3"x3" upper-right recording-info block.
- Submission & return
- Recorded original mailed back to submitter; e-recorded documents returned electronically.
- Hours & turnaround
- Recording hours Mon-Fri 8:00am-12:00pm and 1:00-3:45pm; e-recording generally processed same day.
Can you e-record in Nantucket County?
Nantucket 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 Nantucket County, Massachusetts
- Prepare the document so it meets Nantucket 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 Nantucket Registry of Deeds (Commonwealth of Massachusetts).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Nantucket Registry of Deeds OR Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Filing with Jurably in Massachusetts
Massachusetts requires the seller's notarized acknowledgment before a purchase agreement or notice of one can be recorded (MGL c.184 §17A). See the states we file in.