County clerk · mail-in or e-recording · 2026
What the Ulster County Clerk needs in the envelope to record a deed, what it charges, and whether you can skip the envelope and e-record. Every fee below comes from the same data DeedScribe uses to write the clerk cover letter.
Where to record
Ulster County Clerk
244 Fair Street2nd FloorKingston, NY 12401The typical estate-planning transfer: an individual deeds a residence to the trustee of their own revocable trust for no consideration. Filled dots are required; hollow dots are good practice. The RP-5217 filing fee is $125.00 for residential or farm property and $250.00 for everything else (Real Property Law § 333(3)(ii), § 333(1-e)(iv)).
1. Sign and notarize
Print the Quitclaim Deed and have the grantor sign before a notary
Original signatures and an original acknowledgment; the Ulster County Clerk records the original (mail-in) or its scanned image (e-recording).
Sign the TP-584 (grantor and grantee)
Both parties sign Schedule D; the RP-5217 is signed by buyer and seller too.
2. Forms to enclose
Form TP-584, Combined Real Estate Transfer Tax Return
Filed with every deed whether or not tax is due.
Form RP-5217-PDF, Real Property Transfer Report — barcoded original
Print the barcoded PDF on legal-size paper; never photocopy or hand-fill it. The clerk scans the barcode. Do not flatten or rasterize this PDF when e-recording.
Cover letter to the Ulster County Clerk with the enclosure list and return address
A one-page letter listing the enclosures, the check amount and where to return the recorded deed. Mail-in only.
Self-addressed stamped envelope for the recorded deed (mail-in)
3. Page format
Deed on 8.5 x 11 paper, one side, black ink, with a blank recording margin at the top of page 1
Fonts must be legible at recording resolution (CPLR § 8019(e)); the e-recording export is 300 DPI black-and-white for the same reason.
Count the pages (fees assume 3); each extra written side is $5
4. Fees and payment
Check for $200.00 payable to "Ulster County Clerk"
Deed recording (3 pages) $60.00; Residential deed notice fee (RPL 291; statewide, not itemized on the sources fetched) $10.00; TP-584 filing fee $5.00; RP-5217 filing fee (residential/farm) $125.00; NYS transfer tax $0.00. Some Ulster County amounts come from a secondary source, not the clerk's own site. Confirm with the clerk before mailing.
5. Submit for recording
E-record through CSC eRecording
Ulster County accepts e-recording through CSC eRecording. Register with a vendor first (Admin → Recording), then register with the Ulster County Clerk through that vendor.
Or mail the original deed, forms and check to the Ulster County Clerk
244 Fair Street, 2nd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401 · (845) 340-3288
| Item | Basis | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Deed recording (3 pages) | $50.00 first page + $5.00 each additional page | $60.00 |
| Residential deed notice fee (RPL 291; statewide, not itemized on the sources fetched) | $10.00 | |
| TP-584 filing fee | CPLR § 8021(a)(1) filing fee; return required by Tax Law § 1409(a) | $5.00 |
| RP-5217 filing fee (residential/farm) | Real Property Law § 333(3)(ii), § 333(1-e)(iv) | $125.00 |
| NYS transfer tax | No consideration — $0 (Tax Law § 1402). | $0.00 |
| Check to the Ulster County Clerk | $200.00 | |
Transfer tax. New York State charges $2 for each $500 of consideration (or fraction), paid by the grantor, plus a 1% mansion tax paid by the grantee on residential conveyances of $1,000,000 or more. A transfer for no consideration — a deed into the grantor's own revocable trust, a gift — owes $0, but the TP-584 is still filed with the exemption claimed on Schedule B. Where tax is due most clerks want a certified or attorney escrow check. (Tax Law §§ 1402(a), 1402-a, 1404(a), 1405(b)(4), 1409(a).)
Change the page count, property type and consideration; the arithmetic is the same function DeedScribe uses for the check amount on the clerk cover letter.
| Deed recording (3 pages) | $60.00 |
| Residential deed notice fee (RPL 291; statewide, not itemized on the sources fetched) | $10.00 |
| TP-584 filing fee | $5.00 |
| RP-5217 filing fee (residential/farm) | $125.00 |
| NYS transfer tax | $0.00 |
| Check to the Ulster County Clerk | $200.00 |
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Reported, not verifiedNamed for Ulster County by a vendor coverage page or search result but not confirmed on the clerk's own site. Confirm before relying on it.
Clerk site blocks automated fetches (403); search snippets say CSC, ePN and Simplifile. CSC's New York coverage page lists Ulster.
DeedScribe
Upload the last deed of record; Schedule A is carried over character-perfect, the forms are filled, and the recording package is keyed to this county's rules.
clerk.ulstercountyny.gov returned HTTP 403 to every fetch and the browser session was not permitted for that domain, so the clerk site was NOT read directly. Address (244 Fair Street, 2nd Floor, Kingston, NY 12401), phone (845) 340-3288, fax (845) 340-3299 and the $45 + $5/page deed fee come from search-result excerpts of the clerk's contact/FAQ pages and match deeds.com (fetched). The $10 residential notice fee is assumed from statewide RPL 291 practice and was not confirmed on an Ulster source. Mail-in acceptance not confirmed; the clerk publishes an e-recording page but nothing fetched said e-recording only. Recommend confirming with the clerk before relying on this entry.