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Recording a Deed or Document in Rockingham County, VA
Rockingham County (population 89,316) records real-property documents through the Land Records Division, Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court, Rockingham 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.
Rockingham County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Land Records Division, Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court, Rockingham County
- Mailing address
- Rockingham County Circuit Court, Attn: Deed Room, 80 Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA 22802
- Phone
- 540-564-3126 / 540-564-3124
- Checks payable to
- Clerk of Court
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Rockingham County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18 for instrument of 10 or fewer pages (statewide VA fee per Va. Code §17.1-275); deeds/deeds of trust wholly within City of Harrisonburg are $3 less than the standard Deed Calculator result
- Additional pages
- $32 total for 11-30 pages; $52 total for 31+ pages (VA statewide tiered schedule)
- Other fees
- $2.50 per paper document filed (waived for e-recordings); multi-title instruments (e.g., Deed of Trust + Assignment of Rents) assessed multiple fees
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Land Records Division, Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court, Rockingham County before you mail a check.
What Rockingham County requires
- Page formatting
- Use Virginia Circuit Court Deed Calculator for exact fee/tax computation; standard VA paper/margin conventions apply
- Submission & return
- Recorded original returned to submitter per standard VA clerk practice
Can you e-record in Rockingham County?
Yes. Rockingham County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Rockingham County, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Rockingham 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, ePN, or by mail to Land Records Division, Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court, Rockingham County.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Clerk of Court.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Rockingham County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Rockingham County property are searchable at Rockingham County Real Estate / Online GIS (parcel, owner, and 911-address 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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