FEES

FEES

Sumner County, Kansas
REGISTER OF DEEDS
501 N. Washington Ave., Room 103
P.O. Box 469
Wellington, KS 67152
620-326-2041 (phone)
620-399-1087 (fax)

FEE SCHEDULE JANUARY 1, 2021 
All fees are due and payable prior to filing.

Mortgage Registration Tax is calculated at $0.00 on or after January 1, 2019.  K.S.A. 79-3102. 
NOTE: All Mortgage Affidavits attached to mortgages are counted as additional pages to the document at $17.00 per page, excluding Mortgage Fee Cap.

AMOUNT

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE

$21.00

Recording deeds, mortgages, or other instruments of writing, for first page *
(not to exceed legal size page 8 ½” X 14”)

$17.00

Second page and each additional page or fraction thereof *

$32.00

Recording town plats (per page)

$20.00

Recording real estate mortgage assignment or release, for first page *
(NOTE:  Each ADDITIONAL book & page of mortgage being released or assigned is $16.00 each)

$4.00

Second page and each additional page or fraction thereof of mortgage assignment or release *

$13.00

Certificate, certifying any instrument of record

$12.50

Acknowledgment of signature

$17.00

Filing liens for materials and services under  K.S.A. 58-201, and amendments thereto *
(First page only)

$5.00

Lis Pendens  K.S.A. 60-2201

$32.00

Federal Tax Lien Notice  K.S.A. 79-2617 (First page only)

$32.00

Federal Tax Lien Release  K.S.A. 79-2617 (First page only)

$71.00

State Tax Lien Release  K.S.A. 44-717(e)(1)

$0.00

Medical Assistance Lien due at time of filing  K.S.A. 39-709(g) (First page only)

$0.00

Medical Assistance Lien assignment  or release  K.S.A. 39-709(g) (First page only)

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

$15.00

Certificate of Federal Tax Lien search K.S.A. 79-2616(d)

$1.00

Copy of Federal Tax Lien (per page) K.S.A. 79-2616(d)

$15.00

Original U.C.C. Financing Statement (up to 10 pages) K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

Amended U.C.C. Financing Statement (up to 10 pages) K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

Continuation U.C.C. Financing Statement (up to 10 pages) K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

Separate U.C.C. Statement of Assignment (up to 10 pages) K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

U.C.C. Statement of Release of all or part of any collateral described in a filed financing statement
(up to 10 pages) K.S.A. 84-9-525

$1.00

All U.C.C. forms – Each additional page after 10 pages K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

Real Estate Mortgage filed as a U.C.C. Fixture Filing subject to K.S.A. 84-9-502 (up to 10 pages). K.S.A. 84-9-525

$15.00

Written U.C.C. Information Request: Per Debtor Name K.S.A. 84-9-525

$1.00

U.C.C. Copy request: A copy of any filed financing statement or statement of assignment
(per page) K.S.A. 84-9-525


All fees are set by K.S.A. 28-115 unless otherwise noted. 
*Includes Heritage Trust Fund and Technology Fee.

No fee shall be charged or collected for any filing made by like department of revenue as required under the provisions of the Kansas inheritance tax act, and amendments thereto. All fees enumerated in this section, except those charged for the filing of liens and releases of tax liens under the internal revenue laws of the United States, shall be due and payable before the register of deeds shall be required to do the work. If the register of deeds fails to collect any of the fees provided in this section, the amount of the fees at the end of each quarter shall be deducted from the register's salary. The register of deeds shall bill the United State Internal Revenue Service on the last day of each month for the amount of fees accrued in the filing and releasing of federal tax liens. If the name or names of the signer or signers or any notary public to any instrument to be recorded are not plainly typed or printed under the signatures affixed to the instrument. The register of deeds shall charge and collect a fee of ($1.00) in addition to all other fees provided in this section. If sufficient space is not provided for the necessary recording information and certification on a document, such recording information shall be placed on an added sheet and such sheet shall be counted as a page. The document shall be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof. If a document is judged not to be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction, such document shall be accompanied by an exact copy thereof which shall be of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof and which shall be recorded contemporaneously with the document and shall be counted as additional pages. The register of deeds may reject any document which is not of sufficient legibility so as to produce a clear and legible reproduction thereof. Any document which was filed on or after January 1, 1989, which was a size print or smaller than 8-point type but which otherwise was properly filed shall be deemed to be validly filed. Except as otherwise provided, all fees provided for in this section shall be paid by the register of deeds to the county treasurer and deposited into the general fund of the county.