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Recording a Deed or Document in Fairfax City, VA
Fairfax City (population 26,772) records real-property documents through the Fairfax Circuit Court, Land Records Division. 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.
Fairfax City recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Fairfax Circuit Court, Land Records Division
- Mailing address
- Fairfax Circuit Court, Attention: Land Records Division, 4110 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 317, Fairfax, VA 22030
- Phone
- 703-691-7320 (press 3, then 3); TTY 711
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00–4:00; counter recording line closes at 3:00
- Checks payable to
- Clerk of the Court
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Fairfax City recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $23.00 clerk's fee for a deed of 1–10 pages
- Additional pages
- $37.00 total for 11–30 pages; $57.00 total for 31 or more pages
- Other fees
- Deed processing $20.00; transfer fee $1.00; open space fee $3.00; paper-filing fee $5.00; oversized plat $22.00/sheet
- Transfer tax on deeds
- State recordation tax $0.25 per $100 plus local $0.083 per $100; grantor tax $0.50 per $500; regional congestion and WMATA fees $0.10 per $100 each; paid to the Clerk at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Fairfax Circuit Court, Land Records Division before you mail a check.
What Fairfax City requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5 x 11 to 8.5 x 14 white paper; black print 9 pt or larger; margins 1 inch top, left and bottom, 0.5 inch right; pages numbered; grantee address and consideration in left margin of page 1
- Cover sheet
- Required: Fairfax Land Records cover sheet (2-D barcode) for counter and mail filings
- Submission & return
- Mailed in the self-addressed stamped envelope you include, or placed in your Land Records Division mailbox; return address goes on the cover sheet
- Turnaround
- Up to 6 weeks for mailed documents
Checked against official Fairfax City and Virginia sources on October 6, 2026: fairfaxcounty.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Fairfax City?
Fairfax City 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 Fairfax City, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Fairfax City'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 Fairfax Circuit Court, Land Records Division.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Clerk of the Court.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Fairfax City property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Fairfax City property are searchable at City of Fairfax Office of Real Estate Assessments (Patriot Properties WebPro database). A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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