Tennessee · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Union County, TN
Union County (population 21,450) records real-property documents through the Union 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.
Union County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Union County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 901 Main Street, Suite 105, Maynardville, TN 37807
- Phone
- 865-992-8024
- Checks payable to
- Union County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Union County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $12.00 (first two pages, Register's Deed)
- Additional pages
- $5.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $5.00 per additional instrument/reference; State Conveyance Tax $3.70/$1,000; State Mortgage Tax $1.15/$1,000 on Deeds of Trust (first $2,000 exempt); $1.00 Register Fee when state tax applies
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Union County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Union County requires
- Cover sheet
- No state-mandated cover sheet; T.C.A. 8-13-108 formatting applies: 3-inch top margin page 1, 1-inch margins elsewhere, white 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper, legible black print
- Submission & return
- Mail return of recorded original to submitter
Can you e-record in Union County?
Union 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 Union County, Tennessee
- Prepare the document so it meets Union 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 Union County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Union County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Union County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Union County property are searchable at Union County Assessor of Property. 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.