Transaction Coordinator in Burlington County, NJ.

What we handle on a Burlington County file

Burlington is the largest county in New Jersey by land area, so a single file can run from a dense river town to a farm parcel in the Pinelands. The County Clerk publishes the clearest recordable deed checklist in the state, clause by clause with the statutory citation for each requirement, which makes it the reference worth working from even on files outside the county. Recording here starts at $45 for the first page because the summary page is counted as the first page. Once your deal is ratified, PLS builds and manages the file in KW Command, tracks every deadline and contingency, routes documents for signature, and coordinates with lender, title, attorneys, and the co-op agent. See the full transaction coordination service for the complete scope, and the New Jersey overview for statewide notes.

Realty transfer tax in Burlington County: Realty Transfer Fee, graduated and paid by the seller

The Realty Transfer Fee falls on the seller and is graduated, from $2.00 per $500 on the first $150,000 to $6.05 per $500 on consideration over $1,000,000, with separate reduced rates for senior, blind, disabled and low and moderate income sellers. On sales over $1,000,000 the Graduated Percent Fee applies, having replaced the flat 1 percent mansion tax on July 10, 2025 under P.L. 2025 c.69. It is 1 percent to 3.5 percent of the entire consideration as a straight percentage, and the statute moved liability from the buyer to the seller. RTF-1 is filed with any deed claiming an exemption, and RTF-1EE must be annexed to every deed over $1,000,000 and every commercial transfer.

Recording a deed in Burlington County

The Burlington County Clerk sits at 50 Rancocas Road, Mount Holly, New Jersey 08060, 609-265-5122. The current recording fee is $45 for the first page of a deed. Each additional recorded page is $10. The summary page counts as the first page, which is why the entry rate is higher here than in counties that publish a bare $30 base. Burlington has accepted electronic recording since April 2006 through the county hosted njcountyrecording.com portal, and the e-recording convenience fee that portal counties once charged was suspended effective April 1, 2019.

The Clerk publishes the recordable deed requirements with citations: English and legible text, grantor and grantee names, the grantee's mailing address, the date, consideration with the Realty Transfer Fee, the GIT/REP seller residency declaration, municipal block and lot, signature, acknowledgment with printed names, the preparer's printed name and a cover sheet. Burlington states specifically that any GIT/REP form signed on or after October 1, 2025 must be the newest version, and older versions are rejected. A cover sheet has been required on all land documents since May 1, 2017.

What actually holds up a closing here

The three business day attorney review clock

Under N.J.A.C. 11:5-6.2(g) the period is three days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, running from delivery of the signed contract to the buyer and the seller, so delivery to both parties starts it. The contract becomes binding at the end of the window unless an attorney for either side disapproves and notifies the brokers and the other party within it. Only a written agreement of buyer and seller extends it. The rule reaches contracts prepared by a licensee for one to four dwelling unit residential property and vacant one family lots, not attorney drafted contracts. Conley v. Guerrero, 228 N.J. 339 (2017), permits disapproval by fax, e mail, personal delivery or overnight mail with proof of delivery, with overnight mail effective on mailing, although the regulation still lists only certified mail, telegram or personal delivery.

The smoke, carbon monoxide and extinguisher certificate

N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.3 and N.J.S.A. 52:27D-198.1 require the owner to obtain a Certificate of Smoke Alarm, Carbon Monoxide Alarm and Portable Fire Extinguisher Compliance before a one or two family or attached single family structure is sold, leased or made subject to a change of occupancy. The fee schedule at N.J.A.C. 5:70-2.9(d) is $45 more than 10 business days out, $90 at four to 10 business days and $161 at fewer than four, and a municipality may adopt a different schedule by ordinance based on actual cost. The extinguisher fails inspections most often: it must sit within 10 feet of the kitchen in the path of egress, be rated at least 2A-10B:C, weigh no more than 10 pounds, hang on the manufacturer's bracket with instructions visible, have its top no more than five feet above the floor and carry a service tag from a certified Division of Fire Safety contractor dated within the last 12 months. The certificate is not transferable and a new application is required if the specified change of occupancy has not happened within six months. Because Burlington is large and the certificate is issued by the local fire enforcing agency, scheduling genuinely varies town to town.

The summary page counts as page one

Burlington counts the summary page as the first page of the document, so the published first page charge for a deed is $45 rather than the $30 base other counties advertise. Each additional recorded page is $10 on top of that. Cover sheets themselves are free and uncounted when the document is e-recorded, but a paper cover sheet is counted as an extra page. Quoting the state base rate to a seller in Burlington will understate the recording line, so quote the county schedule.

Pricing

Transaction coordination in New Jersey is billed per file, not as a monthly retainer. Contract to close is $450 per transaction, and the full rate card including dual agency, transaction licensee, FSBO, and listing management is published on our pricing page. No fixed overhead, no minimum volume.

Where these figures come from

The county-level figures on this page come from the official sources listed below. Municipal fees and deadlines come from each municipality's own published schedules and ordinances, which are revised more often than they are archived. We publish what we could verify and leave out what we could not. Fees and ordinances change; if you are relying on a figure here for a live file, confirm it with the issuing office, and tell us if you find a discrepancy so we can correct the page.

• NJ Division of Taxation, Realty Transfer Fee
• NJ Division of Taxation, Graduated Percent Fee notice to county recording officers
• Burlington County Clerk, Requirements for a Recordable Deed
• Burlington County Clerk
• NJ DCA Division of Fire Safety, FIRE SOLUTIONS Online
• NJ DCA Division of Fire Safety, codes and rule adoptions