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Recording a Deed or Document in Hampton City, VA
Hampton City (population 137,315) records real-property documents through the Clerk of the Hampton Circuit Court. 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.
Hampton City recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Clerk of the Hampton Circuit Court
- Mailing address
- Clerk of the Hampton Circuit Court, P.O. Box 40, Hampton, VA 23669-0040 (office: 237 N. King Street)
- Phone
- (757) 727-6105
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; recording cut-off 3:30 p.m.
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Hampton City recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18.00 for a deed of 10 or fewer pages; $32.00 for 11–30 pages; $52.00 for 31 or more pages
- Additional pages
- No per-page fee; flat fee by page bracket. Plat sheets larger than 8.5" x 14" are $17.00 each
- Other fees
- $8.00 Technology Trust Fund fee per recorded instrument
- Transfer tax on deeds
- State recordation tax of $0.25 per $100 of the greater of price or assessed value (Va. Code §58.1-801), plus grantor's tax of $0.50 per $500 (§58.1-802), collected by the Circuit Court Clerk at recording. Cities may add a local recordation tax of one-third of the state tax (§58.1-814)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Clerk of the Hampton Circuit Court before you mail a check.
What Hampton City requires
- Page formatting
- First page shows the tax map or parcel ID number and the consideration; grantor and grantee named in the first clause with surnames underlined or in capitals; pages numbered consecutively; no Social Security numbers
- Submission & return
- Returned to the grantee, or to the return address shown on the deed or cover sheet
Checked against official Hampton City and Virginia sources on October 6, 2026: vacourts.gov, hampton.gov, law.lis.virginia.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Hampton City?
Hampton 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 Hampton City, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Hampton 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 Clerk of the Hampton Circuit Court.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Hampton City property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Hampton City property are searchable at Hampton Office of the Assessor of Real Estate - Real Estate Property Information Search. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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