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Recording a Deed or Document in Patrick County, VA
Patrick County (population 17,424) records real-property documents through the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Patrick County. 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.
Patrick County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Clerk of the Circuit Court of Patrick County
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 148, 101 W. Blue Ridge Street, Stuart, VA 24171-1577
- Phone
- 276-694-7213
- Checks payable to
- Clerk of Court, Patrick County Circuit Court
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC
Patrick County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18 recording/indexing fee for instruments of 10 or fewer pages (includes $5 Technology Trust Fund Fee), per Va. Code §17.1-275
- Additional pages
- $32 total for 11-30 pages; $52 total for 31+ pages (statewide VA tiered fee); plus grantor recordation tax where applicable
- Other fees
- Secure remote access to land records available for $50/month (paid 6 months in advance) — not a per-recording fee
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Patrick County before you mail a check.
What Patrick County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard VA land-record formatting: 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper, adequate top margin for clerk stamp, legible font
- Cover sheet
- Yes — Virginia Land Record Cover Sheet required statewide for e-recorded and most paper land records
- Submission & return
- Original returned by mail after recording, or via erecording vendor return workflow
- Hours & turnaround
- Contact clerk directly
Can you e-record in Patrick County?
Yes. Patrick County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Patrick County, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Patrick 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 electronically through Simplifile, CSC, or by mail to Clerk of the Circuit Court of Patrick County.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Clerk of Court, Patrick County Circuit Court.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Patrick County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Patrick County property are searchable at Patrick County Commissioner of the Revenue / Assessment Rolls (interactive GIS parcel 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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