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Recording a Deed or Document in Montour County, PA
Montour County (population 17,868) records real-property documents through the Montour 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.
Montour County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Montour County Recorder of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Montour County Courthouse, 253 Mill Street, Danville, PA 17821
- Phone
- 570-271-3012
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Montour County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $72.75 for a deed (includes 4 pages, 4 names and 1 tract)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per page after 4; $1.00 per name after 4; $1.00 per additional tract
- Other fees
- $2.00 per document returned unrecorded (separate check); $15.00 for attached drafts larger than legal size; certified copy $5.00
- Transfer tax on deeds
- 1% Pennsylvania realty transfer tax plus local realty transfer tax, paid to the Recorder of Deeds at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Montour County Recorder of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Montour County requires
- Submission & return
- Recorded documents are mailed back in the self-addressed stamped envelope you enclose; without one they are held at the Courthouse for pickup
Checked against official Montour County and Pennsylvania sources on October 6, 2026: montourcounty.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Montour County?
Montour 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 Montour County, Pennsylvania
- Prepare the document so it meets Montour 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 Montour County Recorder of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Montour County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Montour County property are searchable at Montour County Tax 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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