West Virginia · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Nicholas County, WV
Nicholas County (population 24,604) records real-property documents through the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission, Nicholas County (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here per WV Code; clerk is Robert Painter as of research date). 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.
Nicholas County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Office of the Clerk of the County Commission, Nicholas County (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here per WV Code; clerk is Robert Painter as of research date)
- Mailing address
- Nicholas County Clerk, Nicholas County Courthouse, 700 Main Street, Suite 5, Summersville, WV 26651
- Phone
- (304) 872-7820
- Checks payable to
- Nicholas County Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Nicholas County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $32.00 for first 5 pages (WV Code §59-1-10, statewide statutory fee for deeds/deeds of trust/memoranda of deed of trust)
- Additional pages
- $1.00 per additional page after the first 5 pages
- Other fees
- $1.00 preservation fee added for instruments over 19 pages, plus another $1.00 per each additional 10 pages (per WV Code §59-1-10); of the $32 base fee, statutory allocations include $4 to Farmland Protection Fund, $10 county general revenue, $5 reappraisal fund, $8 Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund, $1 county 911 fund, $2 clerk's office operations
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission, Nicholas County (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here per WV Code; clerk is Robert Painter as of research date) before you mail a check.
What Nicholas County requires
- Page formatting
- No county-specific formatting page found; general WV clerk practice recommends 2-inch top margin on first page, 1-inch margins elsewhere, and text no smaller than 10-point font with at least 2 points of line spacing
- Submission & return
- Recorded original typically returned by mail to submitter after recording
Can you e-record in Nicholas County?
Nicholas 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 Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Prepare the document so it meets Nicholas 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 Office of the Clerk of the County Commission, Nicholas County (real property deeds/memoranda recorded here per WV Code; clerk is Robert Painter as of research date).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Nicholas County Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Nicholas County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Nicholas County property are searchable at Nicholas County Assessor's Office. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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