New York · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Westchester County, NY
Westchester County (population 1,004,456) records real-property documents through the Office of the Westchester County Clerk (Land Records Division). 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.
Westchester County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Office of the Westchester County Clerk (Land Records Division)
- Mailing address
- Office of the Westchester County Clerk, 110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 345, White Plains, NY 10601
- Phone
- (914) 995-3080 (main); (914) 995-3094 / 995-3095 (recording)
- Checks payable to
- Westchester County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Westchester County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $45.00 statutory recording fee (first page/side)
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per written side/page thereafter
- Other fees
- $0.50 per additional town/municipality referenced; NYS transfer tax $2.00 per $500 of consideration; 1% mansion tax on residential $1M+
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Office of the Westchester County Clerk (Land Records Division) before you mail a check.
What Westchester County requires
- Submission & return
- After scanning/digital archiving, original returned to the address in the Record and Return box on the cover page
Can you e-record in Westchester County?
Westchester 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 Westchester County, New York
- Prepare the document so it meets Westchester 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 Office of the Westchester County Clerk (Land Records Division).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Westchester County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Filing with Jurably in New York
New York requires both buyer and seller to sign and acknowledge a recorded contract memorandum (RPL §294). See the states we file in.