Standard Fees
The standard fees which a register may charge are summarized as follows:
(1) |
Military discharges (T.C.A. § 8-21-1001) |
No charge |
(2) |
For each plat, map or survey (T.C.A. § 8-21-1001) |
15.00 |
(3) |
For each document (other than UCC military discharge, plat, map, survey, corporatecharter), page size not to exceed 8 1/2 x 14” (T.C.A. § 8-21-1001) |
10.00 |
(4) |
For each instrument in a document in excess of one instrument |
5.00 |
(5) |
For each page in a document in excess of two pages (T.C.A. § 8-21-1001) |
5.00 |
(6) |
For a certified copy of a plat, map or survey |
5.00 |
(7) |
For a certified copy of a document other than a plat, map or survey, page size not to exceed 8 1/2 x 14,” per page |
1.00 |
(8) |
For filing or recording a UCC record |
15.00 .50 |
(9) |
For each additional name in a UCC record required to be indexed (T.C.A. § 47-9-525) |
15.00 |
(10) |
For a copy of any UCC record, per page (T.C.A. § 47-9-525) |
1.00 |
(11) |
For issuing each receipt for state taxes |
1.00 |
(12) |
For recording any corporate charters or related documents plus fifty cents (50¢) per page in excess of five (T.C.A. § 48-11-303) |
5.00 .50 |
(13) |
For recording certificates of limited partnership plus $.50 per page in excess of five (T.C.A. § 61-2-206) |
5.00 |
(14) |
For recording limited liability company (LLC) documents plus per page in excess of five (T.C.A. § 48-204-101) |
5.00 |
(15) |
For making a transcript, collation, and index regarding worn or mutilated records per 100 words (T.C.A. § 10-7-114) |
1.00 |
A document is defined as the entire writing offered for registration, which may contain one or more instruments. An instrument is defined as a legal writing that gives formal expression to or evidence of a complete legal act or agreement requiring a separate index entry. For example, a document that contains a deed and a release of a deed of trust contains two instruments, and a document that contains three assignments of a deed of trust contains three instruments.
Military discharges are recorded without any fee being charged (standard fee or computer fee). T.C.A. § 8-21-1001(a)(1). Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 98-192 (October 8, 1998).