Florida recording fee calculator

The answer up front: recording an instrument in Florida's official records costs $10.00 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page, plus $1.00 for every indexed name beyond four — identical in all 67 counties because the fee is statutory (Fla. Stat. §28.24(13)). A two-page deed: $18.50. A twenty-page mortgage: $171.50.

What common documents cost to record

Page counts drive the fee, so the same instrument costs the same whether you record it in Escambia or Monroe. Typical examples (four or fewer names, so no per-name charge):

These are the clerk's statutory fees only. They do not include the transfer and mortgage taxes that ride on the same documents — see "Recording fee vs. the taxes on the same page" below.

Where the numbers come from

The quoted "ten dollars a page" is really a statutory stack — this page computes it from the components: the $5.00/$4.00 base recording charge (§28.24(13)(a)-(b)), the $1.00/$0.50 Public Records Modernization Trust Fund charge ((13)(d)), and the $4.00-per-page court-technology service charge ((13)(e)). E-recording services may add their own convenience fee on top — that part is the vendor's, not the clerk's.

The per-name charge, and who pays it

The clerk indexes each party to an instrument by name. The first four names are covered by the base fee; every name beyond four adds $1.00. Most deeds and mortgages stay under the limit, but a multi-owner deed, a family transfer, or a document naming several grantors and grantees can cross it — the calculator above adds the per-name charge when you enter the count. Who pays the recording fee is set by the purchase contract; in a typical Florida purchase the buyer pays to record the deed and the mortgage, and the seller pays to record the release of any existing mortgage. The settlement agent collects the exact amount at closing and remits it to the clerk.

Recording fee vs. the taxes on the same page

The recording fee is usually the smallest line on the page. The same recorded documents also owe Florida's transfer and mortgage taxes, which dwarf the per-page charge: a deed owes documentary stamps at 70 cents per $100 of price (60 cents in Miami-Dade), and a mortgage owes note stamps at 35 cents per $100 plus the nonrecurring intangible tax of 2 mills. On a $300,000 purchase those taxes run into the thousands while the recording fee stays under $172. Run the tax calculators alongside this one, or see every line together in the closing cost worksheet.

Statutory fees as of the 2025 Florida Statutes; the clerk's invoice controls. Informational only.

Quick answers

How much does it cost to record a deed in Florida?

$10.00 for the first page and $8.50 for each additional page, uniform in every Florida county (Fla. Stat. §28.24(13)) — a typical two-page deed records for $18.50. Documentary stamps on the transfer are separate and usually much larger.

Are recording fees the same in every Florida county?

Yes — the clerk's fee is set by state statute, not by the county. What varies is any e-recording vendor's convenience fee if you record electronically through a third party.

What's actually inside the $10 first-page fee?

Three statutory pieces: $5.00 base recording and indexing (§28.24(13)(a)), $1.00 for the Public Records Modernization Trust Fund ((13)(d)), and a $4.00 court-technology service charge ((13)(e)). Instruments indexing more than four names add $1.00 per extra name ((13)(c)).

What else is due when a deed or mortgage records?

Transfer taxes: deeds owe documentary stamps and mortgages owe note stamps plus the nonrecurring intangible tax — those are computed by our transfer-tax and intangible-tax calculators and dwarf the recording fee itself.