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Recording a Deed or Document in Lebanon County, PA
Lebanon County (population 146,380) records real-property documents through the Lebanon 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.
Lebanon County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Lebanon County Recorder of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 400 South 8th Street, Lebanon, PA 17042-6794
- Phone
- 717-228-4447 (fax 717-228-4456)
- Checks payable to
- "Recorder of Deeds" (Lebanon County)
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Lebanon County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $91.75 base fee for a Deed (includes 4 names, 4 pages, affordable housing fee, records improvement fee, UPI fee, ATJ/UJS/CJEA fees)
- Additional pages
- Additional charges apply for extra pages and names beyond base
- Other fees
- Affordable housing fee, records improvement fee, UPI fee, and ATJ/UJS/CJEA fees are bundled into the $91.75 base deed fee per county fee schedule PDF
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Lebanon County Recorder of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Lebanon County requires
- Hours & turnaround
- Recording hours Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:00pm; office hours 8:30am-4:30pm
Can you e-record in Lebanon County?
Yes. Lebanon 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 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Prepare the document so it meets Lebanon 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 Lebanon County Recorder of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to "Recorder of Deeds" (Lebanon County).
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Lebanon County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Lebanon County property are searchable at Lebanon County Assessment Office. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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