Tennessee · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Haywood County, TN
Haywood County (population 17,042) records real-property documents through the Haywood County Register 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.
Haywood County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Haywood County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 1 North Washington Avenue, Brownsville, TN 38012
- Phone
- (731) 772-0332
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Haywood County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $10.00 for up to 2 pages (per Haywood County site); note other TN-standard schedules cited elsewhere list $12.00 first two pages
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $1.00 tax-collection fee, $2.00 EDP (electronic data processing) fee; $3.70/$1,000 state conveyance tax; $1.15/$1,000 state mortgage tax
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Haywood County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
Can you e-record in Haywood County?
Haywood 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 Haywood County, Tennessee
- Prepare the document so it meets Haywood 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 by mail to Haywood County Register 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 Haywood County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Haywood County property are searchable at Haywood County Property Assessor (Gwen Watson). 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.