Real Property Fees & Information

All recordings must be sent to the Denton location. You must include the appropriate request/payment form if submitting your document or copy request via mail or fax. 

Filings and Plats received for roundtrip processing will not be accepted after 4 pm Package may be left to be filed of record no later than the next business day.

Electronic Submission: Real Property documents for Recording

View contact information for the Denton County Clerk electronic recording partners. You must choose an electronic recording partner in order to submit a document for any electronic recordings. Partners will be able to provide additional details specific to their operation.

Real Property Recording Fee Schedule

Accepted forms of payment include: 

  • Business check
  • Cash
  • Cashier check
  • Credit card
  • Money order
  • Personal check
General Recording FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
First page$261,2,4Texas Local Government Code (LGC) Section 118.011(a)
Plus recording information page (Required)$4Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(2)
Plus each additional page
(any print on the back is considered a page)		$4Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(2)


Blanket AssignmentTotal CostLegal Reference
Plus each additional name, after the first five names$0.25Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(2)


UCC FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
UCC filed in person/writing 1 to 2 pages$401,2,4Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 9.525(a)(1)
UCC filed in person/writing 3 pages or more$551,2,4Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 9.525(a)(2)
UCC filed by other authorized means; any number of pages$301,2,4Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 9.525(a)(3)


Plat FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
24 by 36 inches see requirements for filing plats$50 per pageTexas LGC Section 118.011(c)
Each additional file-marked page$0.25 eachTexas LGC Section 118.011(c)
Copy of plat on file (24 by 36 inches)$5Texas LGC Section 118.011(c)


Miscellaneous FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
DBA/Assumed Name Certificate (notarized)$241,2,4Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 71.155(a)
Plus for each additional name listed$0.50Texas Business and Commercial Section 71.155(a)
DBA/Assumed Name Certificate (clerk acknowledged)$251,2,3,4Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 71.155(a)
Plus for each additional name listed$0.50Texas Business and Commercial Code Section 71.155(a)
Abandonment of DBA/Assumed Name CertificateSee Assumed Name feesTexas Business and Commercial Code Section 71.153(c)
Federal Tax Lien$311,2,4Texas Property Code Section 14.005
State Tax Lien$161,2Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)
Release of Federal Tax Lien$311,2,4Texas Property Code Section 14.005
Military Honorable Discharge/DD-214No Charge $0Texas Government Code Section 603.003; LGC Section 192.002
Posting Notice of Sale Flat fee$32Texas Property Code Section 51.002(f)
Mark and Brand Registration$261,2,4Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(9)

Bond to Indemnify Fee


Copies (certified or non-certified):Total CostLegal Reference
Clerk’s Certificate (if applicable)$5Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3)
Plus per page or part of a page$1Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)
Records search (if applicable)$10 per entryTexas LGC Section 118.011(c)
  1. Fee includes a $10 Records Management and Preservation Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(b)(2)).
  2. Fee includes a $1 Courthouse Security Fee (Texas LGC Section 291.008(d)).
  3. Fee includes a $1 Oath Administration Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(10)).
  4. Fee includes a $10 Records Archive Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(f)).

Vital Records Fee Schedule

Accepted forms of payment include: cash, money order, cashier check, credit card, business check or personal check.

Marriage License FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
License (without authorized premarital education certificate)$821,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(7)
License (with authorized premarital education certificate)$221,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.018(b-1)
Declaration of Informal Marriage$471,2,3,5Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(8)
Duplicate marriage license$34Texas LGC Section 118.011(c)


Marriage License CopiesTotal CostLegal Reference
Certified copy of marriage license$163,4Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3)
Plus per page or part of a page$1Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3)
Non certified copy of marriage license$13Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(4)
Plus per page or part of a page$1Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(4)
Record verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$16Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(h)


Birth Certificate FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
Search and Copy of birth certificate$233,4,6Texas Administrative Code (TAC) Section 181.22(a) and (c)
Additional copies of birth certificate$23 each3,4,6TAC Section 181.22(a) and (c)
Birth verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$17Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(g)


Death Certificate FeesTotal CostLegal Reference
Search and first copy of death certificate per request$213,4TAC Section 181.22(b)
Additional copies requested at time of initial request$4 each3TAC Section 181.22(b)
Death verification/search conducted by clerk (includes certification)$17Texas LGC Section 118.011(a)(3) and TAC Section 181.22(g)


  1. Fee includes a $10 Records Management and Preservation Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(b)(2)).
  2. Fee includes a $1 Courthouse Security Fee (Texas LGC Section 291.008(d)).
  3. Fee includes a $1 Vital Statistics Records Preservation Fee (Texas Health and Safety Code Section 191.0045(h))
  4. Fee includes a $10 Texas Online Fee (TAC Section 181.22(s)).
  5. Fee includes a $10 Records Archive Fee (Texas LGC Section 118.011(f)).
  6. Fee includes a $2 Surcharge Fee (Texas Health and Safety Code Section 191.0045(e)).