Transaction Coordinator in Union County, PA.

What we handle on an Union County file

This is Union County, Pennsylvania, not the New Jersey county of the same name, and it has 14 municipalities: four boroughs and ten townships, all recording through one Recorder of Deeds in the Lewisburg courthouse. Since January 1, 2025 the single biggest new item is sewer: the Lewisburg Area Joint Sewer Authority requires a camera inspection of the building sewer lateral before any property it serves changes hands, and in an ordinary sale any repair has to be finished before closing. Lewisburg adds a historic district and a short-term rental license that does not transfer, and Mifflinburg gives the buyer of a rental 72 hours to tell the Borough. 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 Union County: 2.0%

Union County is uniform at 2 percent: 1% to the Commonwealth, 0.5% to the municipality, and 0.5% to the school district. The Recorder of Deeds fee bill effective December 1, 2025 states realty transfer taxes of 1% local and 1% state, and the PA DCED 2026 tax register lists 0.5 percent municipal and 0.5 percent school district in 13 of the 14 municipalities. The exception on paper is Union Township, which DCED lists under both the Lewisburg Area and Mifflinburg Area school districts at 1 percent municipal and 1 percent school. The Township's own Ordinance 87-1, section 4, imposes 1 percent but provides that the rate drops to one half automatically, without any action by the Township, whenever another political subdivision taxes the same transfer, and DCED shows the school districts taxing the same transfers, so the ordinance and the county fee bill both point to 2 percent total. Confirm with the Recorder at 570-524-8762 before drafting a Union Township settlement statement. The Recorder requires separate checks for each transfer tax, and a Statement of Value must be filed in duplicate where required.

1%Commonwealth

0.5%Municipality

0.5%School district

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

Recording a deed in Union County

The Union County Recorder of Deeds sits at Union County Courthouse, 103 South Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837, 570-524-8762. The current recording fee is $71.25 for a deed, effective December 1, 2025. The fee bill, effective December 1, 2025 under Act 45 of 2025, prices a deed at $71.25 for up to four names, four pages, and one parcel, with each additional name $1.00, each additional page $4.00, and each additional parcel $1.00. A mortgage is also $71.25, a mortgage satisfaction is a flat $64.75, an Affidavit of Value is $3.00 and is filed in duplicate with attachments counted as pages, and a Clean and Green filing is $18.50. Checks are payable to Union County Recorder of Deeds, a separate check is required for each recorded document and for each realty transfer tax, and checks must be the correct amount because no refunds are given. The office is open 8:30 to 4:30 weekdays and recording ends at 4:15. Land records from 1962 forward are searchable online through US Land Records.

• OfficeUnion County Recorder of Deeds
• AddressUnion County Courthouse, 103 South Second Street, Lewisburg, PA 17837
• Phone570-524-8762
• Deed recording fee$71.25 for a deed, effective December 1, 2025

Union County publishes its recording requirements, and the ones that reject a deed are specific. Every deed, mortgage, and mortgage assignment must carry a signed certificate of address for the grantee, mortgagee, or assignee. Statements of Value must be filed in duplicate and fully completed, signed, and dated. The acknowledgment must show county, state, date, the persons or officers appearing, and the notary signature, seal, and expiration, with the stamp, seal, and signature each independent of the others. Re-recorded documents need new acknowledgments and an explanation, blanket documents are not accepted, only legible documents that scan cleanly are accepted, and a stamped self-addressed envelope is required. A mailed document that cannot be recorded is returned with a letter and a $3.00 charge. No UPI or assessment certification step appears on the Recorder page, the recording requirements, the fee bill, or the Assessment Office page and fee resolution. Tax lien certifications come from the Tax Claim Bureau at 155 North 15th Street, by mail with a $5.00 check and a stamped envelope, at 570-524-3847.

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.