How to Use recordation in a Sentence

recordation

noun
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  • In some states, the buyer pays the recordation and transfer tax; in others, the seller pays and in some states, these costs are shared equally.
    — Benny L. Kass, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • In the meantime, after registration, the process of recordation is still paper based.
    — Ed Christman, Billboard, 26 June 2019
  • Now that Cano’s property is up to code, the city has submitted paperwork to rescind a recordation that was issued against Cano in 2015.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • The recordation tax is one of three taxes that are components of real estate closing costs in Maryland.
    — Allan Vought, The Aegis, 17 June 2017
  • The money would come from increasing the city’s transfer and recordation taxes on properties sold to people who intend to rent them, not live in them.
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The only enforcement action came in 2015, when the city issued a recordation, which is similar to a lien on Cano’s property.
    — Gustavo Solis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Instead of fines, the city issued a recordation on Cano’s home — an unusual enforcement action that is similar to a lien.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • The city brought in $11 million more than anticipated from transfer taxes and $10 million more from recordation taxes.
    — Luke Broadwater, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2018
  • The Copyright Office hopes to have a pilot of a digital recordation process available to a small sample of registrants in the early spring 2020, which will provide feedback to make the system more effective for its wide rollout.
    — Ed Christman, Billboard, 26 June 2019
  • The recordation, a legal document that limits a property owner’s ability to sell or refinance, was the only form of enforcement the city took against Cano in response to the violations.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • During last year’s budget process, Ball introduced legislation to raise the county’s recordation tax rate — a one-time fee paid when real estate is sold to a new owner — but the bill couldn’t get majority support among the County Council.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, baltimoresun.com, 1 June 2021
  • These include recordation fees and prepaid property taxes.
    — John Nugent, Houston Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Harford County government will soon begin collecting its own property recordation taxes, bypassing the clerk of the court and bringing in some additional revenue in the process, officials say.
    — Allan Vought, The Aegis, 17 June 2017
  • The county’s operating budget is funded 60% from property taxes, 30% from income taxes and the remainder from recordation taxes, an excise tax imposed by states as compensation for registering the sale of property.
    — Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Finance officials have proposed covering both expenses with recordation tax money.
    — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 14 Sep. 2021

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