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Recording a Deed or Document in Westmoreland County, VA
Westmoreland County (population 19,715) records real-property documents through the Clerk of the 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.
Westmoreland County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Mailing address
- Westmoreland County Circuit Court Clerk, 175 Polk Street, P.O. Box 307, Montross, VA 22520
- Phone
- (804) 493-0108
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Westmoreland County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $18 for instrument of 10 or fewer pages (statewide statutory tier, Va. Code §17.1-275)
- Additional pages
- $32 for 11-30 pages; $52 for 31+ pages (statewide statutory tiers)
- Other fees
- $3.50 of base fee earmarked for records preservation; separate consideration-based grantor's/recordation taxes apply - use VA Circuit Court deed calculator
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Clerk of the Circuit Court before you mail a check.
What Westmoreland County requires
- Page formatting
- White unglazed 8.5x11in paper, black ink, min. 9-pt font; 1in margins top/left/bottom, 0.5in right; pages numbered; surnames underscored/capitalized on first appearance; tax ID (upper left corner preferred); consideration amount on first page
- Submission & return
- Instruments returned to the grantee unless another address is listed
Can you e-record in Westmoreland County?
Westmoreland County 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 Westmoreland County, Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Westmoreland 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 by mail to Clerk of the 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 Westmoreland County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Westmoreland County property are searchable at Westmoreland County Commissioner of the Revenue - Property Identification Card 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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