Document Fees

Corporation

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Articles of Corporation: $46
  • Articles of Amend: $46
  • Certificate of Authority: $46
  • Discontinuing a Business Name: $46
  • Partnerships: $46
  • Registration of DBA (Sole Property): $46
  • Registration of DBA (Sec. of St.): $46
  • Statement of Change: $46
  • Registration of DBA: $46
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

Deed Book

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Amend to an Assign of Rents & Leases: $46
  • Agreement Amending a Mortgage: $46
  • Amended Contract for Deed: $46
  • Amended or Revised Plat: $40
  • Affidavit: $46
  • Affidavit of Consideration: $50
  • Affidavit of Descent: $50
  • Agreement: $46
  • Assignment of Rents & Leases: $50
  • Assignment: $46
  • Condominium Master Deed: $50
  • Consolidation Deed: $50
  • Deed of Correction with Release: $46
  • Deed: $50
  • Deed of Contract / Bond for Deed: $50
  • Deed with a State Fee Exempt: $46
  • Deed of Correction: $46
  • Deed of Restrictions: $46
  • Declaration of Trust: $50
  • Deed of Restriction No State Fee: $46
  • Deed of Conservation Easement: $50
  • Deed with a Release: $96
  • Deed with a Vendor’s Lien: $50
  • Easement No State Fee: $46
  • Easement: $50
  • Grant of Easement with a Release: $46
  • JCCO Release of Deed / Mortgage Form: $46
  • JCCO Release from Revoking Power of Attorney: $46
  • Land Use Restrictions: $50
  • Subordination Agreement: $46
  • Mortgage Extension Agreement: $46
  • Modification of Vendor’s Lien: $46
  • Modification of Mortgage Agreement/Assignment: $46
  • Plat: $50
  • Power of Attorney: $50
  • Power of Attorney with a Revocation: $96
  • Partial Release: $46
  • Release of Easement: $46
  • Release: $46
  • Revoking Power of Attorney: $46
  • Street Closing Notifications: $4
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

Fixture Filing / UCC Book

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Amended Fixture Filing: $46
  • Assignment of Fixture Filing: $46
  • Continuation of Fixture Filing: $46
  • Fixture Filing / UCC Book Document Fee Filing: $96
  • Fixture Filing with Assignment: $142
  • Partial Release Fixture Filing: $46
  • Release Fixture Filing Prior 7/14/94: $46
  • Release Fixture Filing After 7/14/94: $0
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

Lien

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Attorney Liens: $46
  • Assignment of Judgment: $46
  • Assignment of a Lis Pendens: $46
  • Bail Bond: $63
  • Building & Housing: $46
  • Boarding Lien: $46
  • City Lien: $46
  • Certificate of Delinquency: $46
  • Child Support Lien – in state: $5
  • Child Support Lien – out of state: $46
  • Child Support Lien Release – in state: $5
  • Child Support Lien Release – out of state: $46
  • False Alarm Lien: $46
  • False Alarm Lien Release: $46
  • Federal Lien Subordination: $46
  • Federal Lien: $46
  • Floor Release of Attorney Lien: $46
  • Inheritance Tax Lien: $5
  • Inheritance Tax Lien Release: $5
  • JCCO Form Release Maintenance Lien: $46
  • JCCO Form Release Building and Housing Lien: $46
  • JCCO Form Release City Lien: $46
  • JCCO Form Release Judgment Lien: $46
  • JCCO Form Release A Lis Pendens: $46
  • JCCO Form Release Mechanics Lien: $46
  • Judgment Lien: $46
  • Lottery Lien: $46
  • Lis Pendens: $46 additional for each extra tract
  • Maintenance Lien: $46 additional for each additional property owner
  • Mental Inquest: $5
  • Mechanics Lien: $46
  • Partial Release – Federal Lien: $46
  • Partial Release Lis Pendens: $46
  • Partial Release Mental Inquest: $5
  • Partial Release State Lien: $5
  • Release Attorney’s Lien: $46
  • Release Bail Bond: $0
  • Release Building & Housing: $46
  • Release Boarding Lien: $46
  • Release Certificate of Delinquency: $46
  • Release City Lien: $46
  • Release Federal Lien: $46
  • Release Judgment Lien: $46
  • Release Lottery Lien: $46
  • Release Lis Pendens: $46
  • Release Maintenance Lien: $46
  • Restoration / Release Mental Inquest: $5
  • Release Mechanics’ Lien: $46
  • Release State Lien: $5
  • Release United States: $46
  • State Lien: $5
  • State Lien Subordination: $0
  • US Attorney’s Lien: $46
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

     

Mortgage

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Mortgage: $80
  • Mortgage with Assignment: $126
  • Master Mortgage: $80
  • Mortgage Modification Agreement: $46
  • Mortgage Modification Agreement & Assignment: $46
  • Mortgage with no State Fee: $76
  • Mortgage of Correction: $76
  • Mortgage with a Subordination: $126
  • Mortgage of Correction with Electronic Registration System: $122
  • Mortgage from M.E.R. (Mortgage with Electronic Registration): $126
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

     

Name Change / Will

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Name Change: $46
  • Wills: $50
  • Renunciation of Will: $50
  • Disclaimer of Will: $50
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

     

Professional License

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Marriage License: $50 ($60 starting June 27, 2025)
  • Notary Fee: $19 (does not include a $10 state application fee)
  • Transient Merchant: $25
  • Going Out of Business: $50
  • Certified Copies: $5
  • Regular Copy: $2 (3 pages .25 per page over 3)
  • Registration of Professional Licenses: $10
  • Solicitors License: $15
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

     

Special / Unique

Kentucky Revised Statute Section 64.012 as amended by Senate Bill 114, mandates the following fee changes:

  • Condominium Plat: $40
  • Conversion to Real Estate: $50
  • Military Discharge: $0
  • Miscellaneous Record: $50
  • Subdivision Plat: $40
  • Release of a Mechanics Lien by Bond: $60
  • Release of a Miscellaneous Record: $46
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.

     

Additional Information

  • Customer service copies are .50 per page. Certified copies are $5 for first 3 pages and .50 for each additional page per document.
  • An additional charge of $4 for each additional book or reference added to the document.
  • Notary fee charged within the JCCO is $2 per signature.
  • The JCCO provides some release forms for use only within the Deed Room. Inquire in the Deed Room to obtain these forms.
  • Acknowledgement or proof of any deed, mortgage, or agreement, Power of Attorney or other written instrument required by law to be done and certifying same. $5.
  • Starting September 1, 2026, an additional charge of $1 (to cover postage) will be added to all mailed instruments.