Transfer Fees

Conveyance Fee: $3.00 per thousand (Sale price x .003) Rounded to the nearest ten cents.  As of September 30, 2024, the conveyance fee will increase to $4.00 per thousand.

Transfer Fee: $.50 per parcel

Transfer Process

For real property to be transferred, a document must be prepared and walked through in person, mailed in, or submitted via eRecording software.

• If the property is a metes and bounds description (not a full lot in a subdivision), the document must be submitted to the County Engineer (Third Floor of the Courthouse) for approval. See Conveyance Standards.
• If the property is a full lot in a subdivision, the document can be submitted directly to the Auditor’s Office for transfer.

Once the property description has been approved, the document can be submitted to the Auditor’s Office for transfer.

The document is then submitted to the Recorder’s Office to be put on record.

Market Value vs. Purchase Price

Over the past several years, sales prices in our county have been trending upward. Please view the below documents for comparisons between market value and purchase price for the property transfers in Muskingum County.

2019 Property Transfers

2020 Property Transfers

2021 Property Transfers

2022 Property Transfers