Massachusetts · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Suffolk County, MA
Suffolk County (population 797,936) records real-property documents through the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds. 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.
Suffolk County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Suffolk County Registry of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 24 New Chardon St., Boston, MA 02114
- Phone
- 617-788-6221 / 617-788-8575 (recorded land); 617-788-6251 (Land Court/registered land)
- Website
- massrods.com/suffolk
- Checks payable to
- Suffolk County Registry of Deeds OR Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Suffolk 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); see massrods.com/suffolk/fees-forms-of-payment/.
- Other fees
- No separately itemized rider fee identified.
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Suffolk County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5x11 white paper; 3-inch top-right blank margin page 1; standard statewide formatting rules.
- Cover sheet
- Required only if first page lacks the blank 3"x3" upper-right recording-info block.
- Submission & return
- Recorded original returned by mail; e-recorded documents returned electronically.
- Hours & turnaround
- E-recording of Registered Land: same-day if submitted before 3:30pm; Recorded Land e-recording and mail turnaround not separately quantified.
Can you e-record in Suffolk County?
Suffolk 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 Suffolk County, Massachusetts
- Prepare the document so it meets Suffolk 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 Suffolk County Registry of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Suffolk County 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.