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Recording a Deed or Document in Stafford County, VA
Stafford County (population 170,803) records real-property documents through the Land Records Division, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Stafford 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.
Stafford County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Land Records Division, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Stafford County
- Mailing address
- Circuit Court Land Records, PO Box 69, Stafford, VA 22555 (overnight: 1300 Courthouse Road, Stafford, VA 22554)
- Phone
- (540) 658-8752
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri; documents accepted 8:00–3:00; documents in line after 3:00 are recorded the next business day
- Checks payable to
- Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC
Stafford County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18.00 for a deed of 10 pages or fewer
- Additional pages
- $32.00 total for 11–30 pages; $52.00 total for 31 or more pages
- Other fees
- $8.00 Technology Trust Fund fee per instrument; $20.00 deed processing fee on taxable deeds; copies $0.50 per page
- Transfer tax on deeds
- State recordation tax $0.25 per $100 of price or value (whichever is greater), plus grantor tax $0.50 per $500; paid to the Clerk of the Circuit Court at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Land Records Division, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Stafford County before you mail a check.
What Stafford County requires
- Page formatting
- White paper 8.5 x 11 to 8.5 x 14; 1-inch top, left and bottom margins, 0.5-inch right margin; black print, 9-point minimum; no red or yellow ink; pages numbered
- Cover sheet
- Required: Virginia Land Record Cover Sheet (Form CC-1570)
- Submission & return
- Returned by mail in a self-addressed stamped envelope; return name and address must appear on the cover sheet and first page
Checked against official Stafford County and Virginia sources on October 6, 2026: staffordcountyva.gov, law.lis.virginia.gov, vacourts.gov, cdn.staffordcountyva.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Stafford County?
Yes. Stafford 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 Stafford County, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Stafford 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 Land Records Division, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Stafford County.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Clerk of the Circuit Court.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Stafford County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Stafford County property are searchable at Stafford County Commissioner of the Revenue - Real Estate Assessment 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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