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Island County Auditor > English > Recording > Recording Fee Schedule   Text Mode     Graphic Mode   Page Content NOTICE   CHANGE IN RECORDING FEES   A change in Recording Fees will become effective on September 1, 2012 due to passage of ESHB 2048.  This legislation:   ·         Increases the Homeless Housing and Assistance Act document recording surcharge from $30 to $40 for documents related to real property   ·         Exempts the $40 surcharge for: o   Assignments or Substitutions of previously recorded Deeds of Trust o   Documents recording Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death o   Any other documents not related to real property o   Any documents otherwise exempted from a recording fee under state law   ·         The total recording fee for most recorded documents will be o   $32 for the first page if the document is not real property related or o   $72 for the first page if the document is real property related o   $73 for the first page of Deeds of Trust o   $1 for each additional page or side   Click here for a more detailed explanation of the fee changes.     Recording Fees Washington State  (effective 09/1/2012)   RCW 36, RCW 40, RCW 58, WAC 332-150-130   Standard Documents – For all real estate related documents First page, legal size or letter………………..$72.00 Each additional page or side………………..$1.00   Exceptions   Death/Birth/Divorce Certificates and all non real estate related documents First page, legal size or letter………………..$32.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Deed of Trust First page, legal size or letter………………..$73.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Assignments of Deed of Trust (all other assignments standard fee) Appointment of Successor Trustee Substitution of Trustee First page, legal size or letter………………..$14.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Substitution of Trustee with Deed of Reconveyance First page, legal size or letter………………..$86.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Resignation & Appointment of Successor Trustee First page, legal size or letter………………..$28.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Boundary Line Adjustment First page, legal size or letter………………..$118.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00   Surveys, Short Plats, Condo Plans, Long Plats First page, mylar 18x24………………..$138.00 Each additional page………………..$5.00   Copy Fees Any copy from the Auditor’s Recordings………………..$1.00 per page Certified copies, first page………………..$3.00 Each additional page………………..$1.00 Any misc. copies not part of Auditor’s Recordings………………..$.025 Mylar map copies………………..$5.00 per page   Marriage License Fee………………..$56.00   Non-standard Emergency Recording Fee Add additional $50.00 to standard recording fee – Must have a completed, signed Emergency Acknowledgement Sheet   Records Search by Auditor’s Staff………………..$8.00 per half-hour, plus copy fees

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