Transaction Coordinator in Perry County, PA.

What we handle on a Perry County file

Perry County has 30 municipalities, 9 boroughs and 21 townships, run from the courthouse in New Bloomfield. Every deed has to clear the county's Uniform Parcel Identifier certification before it records, and the Tax Assessment Office will hold a whole batch of related documents if one of them is wrong. On the municipal side the recurring work is borough sewer and utility paperwork, landlord occupancy reports on investor purchases, and township septic pumping cycles that a buyer inherits with the deed. 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 Perry County: 2.0%

Perry County is effectively uniform: 1% to the Commonwealth, 0.5% to the municipality, and 0.5% to the school district. The PA DCED Municipal Statistics tax register for 2026 lists a 0.5% municipal and 0.5% school district realty transfer rate for 29 of the county's 30 municipalities, across the Greenwood, Newport, Susquenita, and West Perry school districts. The one entry that reads differently is Toboyne Township, where the register lists 1% municipal and 1% school district for both its West Perry and Fannett-Metal school district portions. That entry reads like a doubled listing, not a higher tax: the same Toboyne rows show the West Perry real estate millage at 16.1248 against 8.0624 for that district in every other municipality, and the register lists both school districts at 0.5% everywhere else, including Fannett-Metal's two Franklin County townships. The register is still the published record, so confirm the Toboyne rate with the Register and Recorder at 717-582-2131 before the net sheet goes out, and do not quote Toboyne above 2% without that confirmation. When a Statement of Value (REV-183) is required, the Recorder's schedule calls for two copies and a $1.00 filing fee.

1%Commonwealth

0.5%Municipality

0.5%School district

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

Recording a deed in Perry County

The Perry County Register and Recorder sits at Perry County Courthouse, 2 East Main Street, New Bloomfield, PA 17068, 717-582-2131. The current recording fee is $69.75 for a deed, on the schedule whose state fee was amended November 17, 2025. The $69.75 base covers four pages and four names; each additional page is $2.00 and each additional name is $0.50. A mortgage is also $69.75, a mortgage satisfaction, release, or assignment is $61.75, and UPI certification is $20.00 per parcel number. The county web page still labels the schedule as effective April 16, 2018, which is the date the UPI fee was adopted, but the posted PDF is headed State Fee Amended 11/17/2025 and is the one to use, so check the PDF before cutting a check. The office is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, accepts e-recording through Simplifile, CSC, and ePN, and its index is searchable on Landex.

• OfficePerry County Register and Recorder
• AddressPerry County Courthouse, 2 East Main Street, New Bloomfield, PA 17068
• Phone717-582-2131
• Deed recording fee$69.75 for a deed, on the schedule whose state fee was amended November 17, 2025

Under Perry County Ordinance No. 2018-1, effective April 16, 2018, every deed, mortgage, easement, right of way, and most other instruments affecting real estate must carry a certified Uniform Parcel Identifier before the Recorder will record it, at $20.00 per UPI with no cap. The UPI goes at the top left of the first page in at least 14 point type, with the property address and the township or borough on page one. The Tax Assessment Office checks five things: the existing or parent UPI, the owner's name, the situs address, the legal description, and the acreage. A newly created parcel needs at least two UPIs, the new one and the parent. The county commits to a one business day turnaround but does not guarantee same-day verification after about 3:00 p.m., and if one document in a related batch is wrong, nothing in the batch is certified or recorded until all of it is corrected.

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.