Massachusetts · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Worcester County, MA
Worcester County (population 862,111) records real-property documents through the Worcester District Registry of Deeds (covers Worcester and most of the county); NOTE: northern towns (Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, etc.) are served by a separate district. 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.
Worcester County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Worcester District Registry of Deeds (covers Worcester and most of the county); NOTE: northern towns (Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, etc.) are served by a separate district
- Mailing address
- 90 Front Street, Worcester, MA 01608 (Worcester District)
- Phone
- 508-368-7000
- Website
- worcesterdeeds.com
- Checks payable to
- Worcester District Registry of Deeds OR Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Worcester 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).
- Other fees
- No separately itemized rider fee identified.
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds (covers Worcester and most of the county); NOTE: northern towns (Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, etc.) are served by a separate district before you mail a check.
What Worcester 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 generally processed same business day; mail turnaround not separately quantified.
Can you e-record in Worcester County?
Worcester 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 Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Prepare the document so it meets Worcester 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 Worcester District Registry of Deeds (covers Worcester and most of the county); NOTE: northern towns (Fitchburg, Leominster, Gardner, etc.) are served by a separate district.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Worcester District 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.