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Recording a Deed or Document in Northampton County, PA
Northampton County (population 324,411) records real-property documents through the Northampton 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.
Northampton County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Northampton County Recorder of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Recorder of Deeds, 669 Washington Street, Room L116, Easton, PA 18042-7486
- Phone
- 610-829-6210
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30–4:30; recordings needing parcel (PIN) certification end at 4:00
- Checks payable to
- Recorder of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Northampton County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $76.25 per deed, covering up to 4 pages and 4 names, plus $10.00 parcel certification per parcel
- Additional pages
- $2.00 per page over 4; $0.50 per name over 4
- Other fees
- Parcel certification $10.00 per parcel; non-conforming (8.5 x 14) penalty $10.00; statement of value $2.00 (counts as a page)
- Transfer tax on deeds
- PA realty transfer tax 1% of value plus local realty transfer tax (rate varies by municipality and school district), collected by the Recorder of Deeds at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Northampton County Recorder of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Northampton County requires
- Page formatting
- Maximum 8.5 x 11 paper (8.5 x 14 accepted with $10.00 penalty); parcel number required on all real-estate documents
- Submission & return
- Mailed back in a self-addressed stamped envelope with enough postage
Checked against official Northampton County and Pennsylvania sources on October 6, 2026: norcopa.gov, pa.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Northampton County?
Northampton 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 Northampton County, Pennsylvania
- Prepare the document so it meets Northampton 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 Northampton County Recorder of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Recorder of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Northampton County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Northampton County property are searchable at Northampton County Assessment / ncpub.org Tax Records. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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