Examples of recordation in a Sentence
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At the county’s current recordation tax rate of $5 per $500, a home purchased for $300,000 would be charged a recordation tax of $3,000.
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Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
The recordation tax is imposed by the state as compensation for registering the purchase or sale of property.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
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
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
In the meantime, after registration, the process of recordation is still paper based.
—Ed Christman, Billboard, 26 June 2019
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
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Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
The recordation tax is imposed by the state as compensation for registering the purchase or sale of property.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
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
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
In the meantime, after registration, the process of recordation is still paper based.
—Ed Christman, Billboard, 26 June 2019
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
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Recordation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recordation. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
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Legal Definition
recordation
noun
re·cor·da·tion
ˌre-ˌkȯr-ˈdā-shən, ˌrē- 
: the act or process of recording
recordation of a lien
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