CONNECTICUT RECORDING FEES (Effective July 15, 2013)
Recording fee for the 1st page of a document with no nominee: $53.00 for the first page and $5.00 for each additional page of the same document. For a document with a nominee (e.g. MERS): $159.00 for the 1st page and $5.00 for each additional page of the same document.
***EXCEPTION, For Assignment of Mortgage and Release of Mortgage with a nominee (e.g. MERS): $159.00 flat fee with no additional funds for subsequent pages.
CONNECTICUT STATE CONVEYANCE TAX
State Conveyance Tax, payable to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, is due on transfers in which the consideration is $2,000 or more. The tax rates vary depending upon the type of property being transferred, and there are various exemptions from the tax. Form OP-236 must be filed with every transfer of property in the state, whether or not Conveyance Tax is due. Form OP-236 lists the various rates and exemptions.
Form OP-236 is not downloadable over the internet, but may be ordered from the Department of Revenue Services by phone at (860) 297-5962 or via the Internet at www.ct.gov/DRS
CONNECTICUT MUNICIPAL CONVEYANCE TAX
Municipal conveyance tax is due in addition to state conveyance tax, and is payable to the town clerk of the municipality. A separate conveyance tax form must be provided for the Municipal Conveyance Tax unless the deed itself recites the dollar amount of the consideration for the transfer.
The Municipal Conveyance Tax is $2.50 per thousand dollars of consideration for transfers of property in all Connecticut towns EXCEPT the following eighteen towns, in which the Tax is $5.00 per thousand dollars:
Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Bristol, East Hartford, Groton, Hamden, Hartford, Meriden, Middletown, New Britain, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Southington, Stamford*, Waterbury, Windham
*The Municipal Conveyance Tax for the Town of Stamford is $3.50 per thousand dollars of consideration for transfers of property.