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Recording a Deed or Document in Delaware County, PA
Delaware County (population 580,937) records real-property documents through the Delaware County Recorder 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.
Delaware County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Delaware County Recorder of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Recorder of Deeds, Government Center, Room 108, 201 W. Front Street, Media, PA 19063
- Phone
- (610) 891-4152
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30 AM–4:30 PM; recording 8:30 AM–3:30 PM
- Website
- delcopa.gov/recorder-deeds
- Checks payable to
- Recorder of Deeds (recording fee); Recorder of Deeds, Agent (transfer taxes)
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Delaware County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $117.25 for a deed of up to 4 pages, 4 names and 10 folios
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $1.00 per name after 4; $1.00 per folio after 10; $1.00 if no return envelope; certification $7.00 for 4 pages
- Transfer tax on deeds
- 2% total: 1% state plus 1% local (1.5% Radnor, Upper Darby and Chester City; 2% Upper Providence), paid to the Recorder of Deeds at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Delaware County Recorder of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Delaware County requires
- Page formatting
- 1-inch top margin on all documents for the electronic recording stamp
- Submission & return
- Original returned per the filer's instructions after recording
Checked against official Delaware County and Pennsylvania sources on October 6, 2026: delcopa.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Delaware County?
Yes. Delaware County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Prepare the document so it meets Delaware 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 electronically through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, or by mail to Delaware County Recorder of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Recorder of Deeds (recording fee); Recorder of Deeds, Agent (transfer taxes).
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Delaware County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Delaware County property are searchable at Delaware County Board of Assessment (Real Estate Portal). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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