Recording Fee Schedule
Auditor's Office | Recording Department
Effective July 27, 2025
Recording of Instruments
First Page $303.50
First Page - State, County, City Liens & Releases $18.00
Each Additional Page $1.00
Non-Standard Charge $50.00
Exceptions
Deed of Trust $304.50
Employment Security Lien or Release $15.00
Birth, Death, Marriage or Divorce records $18.00
Appointment of Trustee; Substitution of Trustee; Resignation & Appointment of Trustee; Assignment of Deed of Trust $301.00
Federal Tax Lien (includes Release) $16.00
Each additional page $1.00
Name Change $203.50
Plats, Short Plats, and Surveys
First Page $423.50
Each additional page $5.00
Each additional owner over one $1.00
U.C.C. Documents
First Page $303.50
Each additional page $1.00
Terminations $303.50
Search $8.00
Search, including 2 copies $10.00
Marriage License
Issuance and filing (in Skagit County) - No personal checks $164.00
Certified Copy $3.00
Miscellaneous Fees
Process Server Registration (per year) RCW 36.22.210 $10.00
Searching Records (per hour) $8.00
Certified Copy (first page) $3.00
Each additional page $1.00
Copies (per page) $1.00
Map Copy Certified (first page) $7.00
Map Copy (first page) $5.00
Map Copy (each additional page) $5.00
Notary Public Service
Only Documents to be recorded No charge
Multiple Transaction Documents
Legal size or less - a document which performs the same transaction type multiple times will be charged individually per action
First Transaction (exceptions listed above) $303.50
Each additional transaction $303.50
Each additional page $1.00
Documents that do not conform to standardized recording requirements may be recorded for an additional fee of $50.00.
A statement must also be completed and recorded with the document.
