Tennessee · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Davidson County, TN
Davidson County (population 745,904) records real-property documents through the Davidson County Register of Deeds (Metropolitan Nashville). 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.
Davidson County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Davidson County Register of Deeds (Metropolitan Nashville)
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 196398, Nashville, TN 37219-6398 (office: 501 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37219)
- Phone
- 615-862-6790
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Davidson County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $5.00 per page, $10.00 minimum charge (general documents); releases $10.00 for one or two pages/one lien
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per page over minimum
- Other fees
- $2.00 data-processing (DP) fee per document; state conveyance tax $3.70/$1,000; state mortgage tax $1.15/$1,000 (first $2,000 exempt); per TCA 8-21-1001
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Davidson County Register of Deeds (Metropolitan Nashville) before you mail a check.
Can you e-record in Davidson County?
Yes. Davidson County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Davidson County, Tennessee
- Prepare the document so it meets Davidson County's formatting rules: 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, or by mail to Davidson County Register of Deeds (Metropolitan Nashville).
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Davidson County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Davidson County property are searchable at Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Assessor of Property (Property Assessor of Davidson County, PADCTN). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
Filing with Jurably in Tennessee
Tennessee requires the property owner's notarized signature plus a stated expiration date on any recorded contract memorandum (Tenn. Code §66-24-101(a)(29)). See the states we file in.