Transaction Coordinator in Westmoreland County, PA.

What we handle on a Westmoreland County file

Westmoreland County describes itself as a third class county with 65 municipalities: six cities, 35 boroughs, three first-class townships, 18 second-class townships, and three home rule municipalities. Every deed records in Greensburg and needs a UPI under County Ordinance 6 of 2007, but the work that delays a closing here is municipal and sewer-authority paperwork. Murrysville will not let a sale or a refinance close without a sewer lateral inspection certificate, New Kensington and Lower Burrell withhold the municipal lien letter until a certificate of compliance issues, and North Huntingdon and Penn Township tie their lien letters to a dye test or lateral inspection. Greensburg, Murrysville, and Latrobe also carry a higher local transfer tax than the rest of the county. 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 Westmoreland County: 2.0% in most municipalities, 2.5% in Greensburg, Murrysville, and Latrobe

The usual Westmoreland split is 1% to the Commonwealth, 0.5% to the municipality, and 0.5% to the school district, for 2.0% in total. The Recorder of Deeds publishes a Realty Transfer Tax Rates chart for the county, and it lists three municipalities at 1% municipal plus 0.5% school district, for 2.5% in total: the City of Greensburg, the Municipality of Murrysville, and the City of Latrobe. Greensburg's section 240-47A (Ordinance 1326, adopted February 9, 1987 and amended December 14, 2020 by Ordinance 2119) imposes 1% and the article has no halving clause, and Murrysville's section 206-52A (amended November 3, 2021 by Ordinance 1048-21) imposes 1% effective January 1, 2022, also with no halving clause. Latrobe is listed at 1% on the Recorder's chart, but the DCED Municipal Statistics tax register for 2026 and the City's online code section 51-2 still show 0.5%, so confirm a Latrobe file with the Recorder at 724-830-3518 before drafting the settlement statement. Hempfield Township's section 79-30 is the ordinary pattern: 1% under subsection A, cut to one half under subsection C when another political subdivision taxes the same transfer. New Kensington is listed at 0% city and 1% school district, which still totals 2.0%. The DCED register shows doubled or tripled figures for Delmont, Manor, South Greensburg, Jeannette, and Greensburg because each is split across more than one school district row; the Recorder's chart lists Delmont, Manor, South Greensburg, and Jeannette at the ordinary 2.0%. The Recorder's chart states that the office does not require separate checks for transfer taxes. Every deed must state the true consideration or be accompanied by two copies of the Statement of Value (REV-183).

1%Commonwealth

0.5%Municipality

0.5%School district

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

• Most municipalities2%
• Greensburg, Murrysville, and Latrobe2.5%

Figures from this section. Confirm the municipality before quoting a rate.

Recording a deed in Westmoreland County

The Westmoreland County Recorder of Deeds sits at 40 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 420, Greensburg, PA 15601, 724-830-3518. The current recording fee is $110.25 for a deed, per the county's current posted fee schedule. The base fee covers four names, four pages, one tax map number, and one UPI. Extra names are $0.50 each, extra pages $2.00 each, extra tax map numbers $0.50 each, marginal notations $2.00 each, and each extra UPI is $20.00. The county office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A mortgage is also $110.25, and an easement, agreement, or oil and gas lease is $82.25. Exact payment must be included with any document sent for recording, and a stamped, addressed reply envelope is required for the return of documents and receipts. The office takes cash, money orders, cashier's or certified checks, and personal checks, but no debit or credit cards. A mailed personal check must show full address, phone number, and driver's license number. One check can cover no more than five documents, so a larger package needs a separate check for the documents over five. The office accepts e-recording through Simplifile and CSC for all document types except a document that carries an attachment to the Statement of Value, which must be mailed or brought in. E-recorded documents are routed to the UPI and tax mapping department first and are recorded once certified.

County Ordinance 6 of 2007 requires real estate documents presented for recording, including leases and subsurface leases, to have the UPI code or codes affixed along with the Westmoreland County tax map number, and the Recorder requires the 10 digit parcel identifier number on all documents. The UPI office is at 40 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 430, Greensburg, coordinator line 724-830-3688. One UPI is built into the base fee and each additional parcel adds $20.00, so count parcels before cutting the check, because the office requires exact payment. A deed that does not state the true consideration needs two copies of the Statement of Value.

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.