Transaction Coordinator in Mifflin County, PA.

What we handle on a Mifflin County file

Mifflin County has 16 municipalities on the county's own directory, six boroughs and ten townships, and every one of them records through a single courthouse office on North Wayne Street in Lewistown. The recording rules are simple but strict: the Recorder rejects a deed without a signed Certificate of Residence, wants separate checks for state tax, local tax, and fees, and stops taking documents at 3:30 pm. The real work sits in the municipalities. Lewistown bills refuse and sewer directly to owners and asks for up to 14 days on a tax certification, while the townships around it, Derry, Brown, and Granville among them, run their own on-lot septic pumping and inspection cycles that a seller may or may not be current on. 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 Pennsylvania overview for statewide notes.

• KW Command fileBuilds and manages the file in KW Command.
• Every deadlineTracks every deadline and contingency.
• SignaturesRoutes documents for signature.
• Every partyCoordinates with lender, title, attorneys, and the co-op agent.

Realty transfer tax in Mifflin County: 2.0%

Mifflin County is uniform. The PA DCED Municipal Statistics tax register for 2026 lists a 1% local realty transfer tax in all 16 municipalities, split evenly, so every deed in the county pays 2% in total: 1% to the Commonwealth, 0.5% to the municipality, and 0.5% to the school district. Thirteen municipalities sit in the Mifflin County School District; Kistler, Newton Hamilton, and Wayne Township sit in the Mount Union Area School District, and DCED shows the same 0.5% and 0.5% split there. Customary allocation between buyer and seller is set by the agreement of sale, not by the county. The Recorder requires separate checks for the state tax, the local tax, and the recording fees, so cut three checks rather than one.

1%Commonwealth

0.5%Municipality

0.5%School district

• Commonwealth1%
• Municipality0.5%
• School district0.5%

Recording a deed in Mifflin County

The Mifflin County Recorder of Deeds sits at Mifflin County Courthouse, 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, PA 17044, 717-242-1449. The current recording fee is $86.25 for a deed, effective December 4, 2025. The $86.25 deed fee includes the Judicial Computer System fee and covers up to four pages and four names; each page over four is $2.00 and each name over four is $0.50. A mortgage is also $86.25, and a release of mortgage or an agreement of sale is $59.75. The Recorder's notice dated November 17, 2025 raised the AOPC and JCS fee from $40.25 to $41.25 effective December 1, 2025, and the current schedule is dated December 4, 2025, so any older figure on a fee sheet is stale. County Resolution 27 of 2017 also added a $15.00 Demolition Fund fee to every deed and mortgage from January 1, 2018 under Act 152 of 2016; the posted schedule shows one figure per document and does not break that fee out, so pay the schedule amount and ask the Recorder before adding anything to it. A realty transfer tax form or affidavit of value filed in duplicate is $1.00. The office is open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday, but all documents to be recorded must be presented by 3:30 pm. E-recording is available through Simplifile and CSC. The office does not refund overpayments, requires a self-addressed stamped envelope for returns, and does not perform title searches.

• OfficeMifflin County Recorder of Deeds
• AddressMifflin County Courthouse, 20 North Wayne Street, Lewistown, PA 17044
• Phone717-242-1449
• Deed recording fee$86.25 for a deed, effective December 4, 2025

Every deed, mortgage, and assignment of mortgage must carry a completed and signed Certificate of Residence, and the fee schedule states that failure to comply is reason for rejection. Payment must be split into separate checks for state transfer tax, local transfer tax, and recording fees. We checked the Recorder's December 2025 fee schedule, the Recorder of Deeds page, and the Assessment Office pages and found no Uniform Parcel Identifier certification step or certification fee published, unlike Huntingdon or Juniata; confirm with the Recorder at 717-242-1449 if a title company's checklist says otherwise.

Recording fees and transfer tax rates for every county we coordinate in are collected side by side on our recording fee and transfer tax reference.

What actually holds up a closing here

Pricing

Transaction coordination in Pennsylvania is billed per file, not as a monthly retainer. Contract to close is $400 per transaction, and the full rate card including dual agency, transaction licensee, unrepresented party (FSBO or URB), 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.