Purchasing a home in Georgia
Georgia refinance

Georgia closing attorney

Intangible Tax= $3.00 per thousand of the sales price
Georgia Transfer Tax= $1.00 per thousand of sales price

Title Insurance= $2.00 per thousand of loan amount

The closing of a real estate transaction in Georgia must be performed by a licensed Georgia attorney.  Georgia law generally requires the funds on a purchase transaction to come through an IOLTA program.  There are Title companies who do not handle purchase transactions because of this requirement.

IOLTA program is an Interest on Lawyer's Trust Account where funds that generally are held for a short period of time and cannot otherwise generate net earnings for the client, are deposited.  The closing attorney must deposit a client's proceeds in either an IOLTA or non-IOLTA interest bearing trust account. 

All counties use the same tax calculation for a purchase or refinance transaction.  Taxes are collected on a semi-annual basis.

Typical settlement company will charge the following:
BUYER
Settlement                               
$200
Title Exam                                
$300
Title Binder                              
$125
Recording- Deed                      
$34
Recording- Mortgage               
$214
Survey (if needed)                   
$500- $800
Archive and FedEx                   
$28

Georgia counties
Appling
 Early McIntosh
Walker
Atkinson
 Echols Meriwether
Walton
Bacon
 Effingham Miller
Ware
Baker
 Elbert Mitchell
Warren
Baldwin
 Emanuel Monroe
Washington
Banks
 Evans Montgomery
Wayne
Barrow
 Fannin Morgan
Webster
Bartow
 Fayette Murray
Wheeler
Ben Hill
Floyd Muscogee
White
Berrien
 Franklin Newton
Whitfield
Bibb
 Fulton Oconee
Wilcox
Bleckley
 Gilmer Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Brantley
 Glascock Paulding
Wilkinson
Brooks
 Glynn Peach
Worth
Bryan
 Gordon Pickens
Bulloch
 Grady Pierce
Burke
Greene Pike  
Butts
 Gwinnett Polk  
Calhoun
 Habersham Pulaski  
Camden
 Hall Putnam  
Candler
 Hancock Quitman  
Carroll
 Haralson Rabun  
Catoosa
 Harris Randolph  
Charlton
 Hart Richmond  
Chatham
 Heard Rockdale  
Chattahoochee 
 Henry Schley  
Chattooga
 Houston Screven  
Cherokee 
 Irwin   Seminole  
Clarke
 Jackson Spalding  
Clay
 Jasper Stephens  
Clayton
 Jeff Davis Stewart  
Clinch
 Jefferson Sumter  
Cobb
 Jenkins Talbot  
Coffee
Johnson
Taliaferro
  
Colquitt
Jones
Tattnall
  
Columbia
Lamar
Taylor
  
Cook
Lanier
Telfair
  
Coweta
Laurens
Terrell
  
Crawford
Lee
Thomas
  
Crisp
Liberty
Tift
  
Dade
Lincoln
Toombs
  
Dawson
Long
Towns
  
DeKalb
Lowndes
Treutlen
  
Decatur
Lumpkin
Troup
  
Dodge
Macon
Turner
  
Dooly
Madison
Twiggs
  
Dougherty
Marion
Union
  
Douglas
McDuffie
Upson
  

 

SELLER
Settlement
$200
Document Preparation
$200
Archive and FedEx
$15


REFINANCE
Settlement
$300
Title Update
$175
Title Binder
$125
Document Preparation
$25 per release
Recording- mortgage
$214
Survey (if needed)
$500-$800
Archive and FedEx
$47

 

HOME EQUITY LOAN, SECOND TRUST
Settlement
$150
Title Update
$175
Title Binder
$125
Doc Prep
$25 per release
Recording
$34
Archive and FedEx
$32

 

 

Georgia real estate and title settlement attorney
Prestige Title Inc.
Atlanta, GA
www.prestigetitleinc.com
770-346-0911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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