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- $50 to record a 1-page document plus $5 for each additional page
- TP-584 & RP 5217 required
- A cover page is generated in this office and the fee is included in the $50
Required
- A return to address must appear on the document.
- All signatures must be notarized
- Date at top
- Description of the property including the town or city name
- Names and addresses of grantor(s) and grantee(s)
Transfer Gains Tax Affidavit (TP-584)
- $5 fee to file
- NYS Taxation & Finance Forms & Instruction
- Assignment of rents (or 255 affidavit)
- Boundary Line Agreement (only if property is conveyed)
- Cemetery deeds
- Fence agreement (only if property is conveyed)
- Land contracts
- Lease assigned by landlord (including oil and has assignment)
- Lease sold by tenant
- Leases (including oil and gas)
- Memorandum of lease
- Notice of appropriations (taken by eminent domain)
- Options
- Release of easements
- Release of lease (unexpired)
- Release of options
- Right of first refusal
- Right of way easements
- Surrender of lease
- Timber deeds
- Water right easements
Must have all information completed including:
- All grantor and grantee names and addresses
- All social security numbers, address, and tax map number filled in
- Any boxes that apply must be checked
- In schedule C, there must be an amount of consideration filled in (even if it is zero) and the transfer tax computed at $4 per $1,000 conveyed
- Must have at least one signature on the back
Note
If TP-584 is signed by POA, including an attorney as power of attorney, we need a copy of the POA attached. Public Utility easements no longer need a TP-584 if the consideration is $2 or less and clearly stated on easement.Real Property Transfer Report (RP 5217)
- If 7A, 7B, or 7E is checked on form, $125 fee to file
- If any other box is checked in Section 7, $250 fee to file
- NYS Real Property Services Forms & Instruction
You must have all information completed.