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Travis County Clerk
Recording Fees
5501 Airport Blvd.
Austin, TX 78751
Phone: (512) 854-9188
Fax: (512) 854-4526
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Recording and Marriage Licenses
The Recording Division preserves all documents pertaining to real property records, including deeds, tax liens, and UCCs. This division also issues marriage licenses and files assumed names (DBAs) for new businesses
Travis County Clerk Recording Division Fee Schedule
(Effective September 1, 2005)
General Fees
Regular Recording
- First Page ...$16.00 (If there is less than 3 inches of space at the bottom of the last page, add an additional $4.00)
- Each additional page, part of page or rider...$4.00
- Each indexed name in excess of five names...$.25
Copies (exceptions as indicated in other fees)
- Copies made by Clerk...$1.00 per page
- Certified copies...$5.00 (plus cost of copy)
- Self-serve copies made from photocopiers ...$0.20
- Self-serve copies made from microfilm reader/printers...$.25
- Self-serve prints from computers...$0.25
Searches (exceptions as indicated in other fees)
- Per name, up to ten years for each type of index..$10.00
Penalty Fee
Documents that do not meet specified requirements are charged an additional fee for each deficient page.
- First page...$3.00
- Each additional page...$2.00
- No Grantee's address...$32.00 or twice the Recording fee
Electronic Data (CDs)
- Real Property Information per CD $10.00
- 30-day set of DBAs, Marriage License, etc. $30.00
- Purchases under $100.00 ...$3.00
- Purchases over $100.00 ... 3% of total
Fees by Document Type
Abandoned or Unknown Cemetery Filing
- No Charge
Abstract of Judgement
- Regular Recording
Assumed Name
- Certificate...$0.50 per name indexed plus $13.00
- Abandonment... $0.50 per name indexed plus $13.00
- Acknowledgment...$2.00
Birth Record
- Search with Certified Copy...$22.00 each
- Each additional Certified Copy...$3.00 each
Bonds
- To Release Property...Regular Recording
- Approval by Clerk...$3.00 each
- Issue Notice...$2.00 each
- Record Notice...Regular Recording
- Service paid to Sheriff...$60.00
Bonds
- Performance and Payment Bonds with Power of Attorney... Regular Recording
- Contract ...$3.00
- Public Weigher's Bond...Regular Recording
Broker's Liens
- Regular Recording plus $0.25 per name
Cattle Brand
- $16.00
Child Support Liens and Releases
- No Charge
Certificate of No Inheritance Tax Due - (no Probate Field)
- Regular Recording
Death Record
- Search with Certified Copy...$20.00
- Each additional Certified Copy...$3.00
Discharge and DD214
- No Charge
Domestic Partnership
- Regular Recording
Estray Record: Notice Affidavit, Receipt, Report
- $3.00 each
Hospital Liens
- Regular Recording
Marriage License
- $71.00
Declaration of Marriage...$36.00
- First Certified Copy...$6.00
- Additional Certified Copies...$6.00 each
TABC Application ...$16.00
- Additional Permit Types... $5.00 each
Notice, Posting
- $3.00
Notice of Sale of Real Estate, Trustee Sales
- $3.00
Polygraph License
- $16.00
Plats 18"x24"
- First Page...$38.00
- Additional Pages...$27.00 per page
- Copies...$3.00 per page
- Additional file mark copy ... $10.00
Real Property Search
- Grantor, Per name up to 10 years...$10.00
- Grantee, Per name up to 10 years...$10.00
Tax Lien
- Federal Tax Lien... $21.00
- Release of Federal Tax Lien...$21.00
- Copies of federal documents...$1.50 per page
- State Tax Lien...$11.00 for first page plus $4.00 for each additional page
- Release of State Tax Lien...$11.00 for first page plus $4.00 for each additional page
- Searches, Per name up to 10 years...$10.00
- Copies of state documents...$1.00 per page
UCC Financing Statement - Standard Form Fee
- UCC-1 or UCC-3 Standard...$26.00
- UCC-1 or UCC-3 Nonstandard... $41.00
- UCC-11 Search Form Per Debtor...$10.00
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:10 PM
