Recording a Deed or Document in Mobile, AL

Can you e-record in Mobile?

Yes. Mobile accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.

How to record a document in Mobile, Alabama

1. Prepare the document so it meets Mobile formatting rules (legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank margin the recorder reserves for its stamp).
2. Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment — most deeds and affidavits do.
3. Submit electronically through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, or by mail to Mobile County Probate Court, Recording/Document Recording Division at Mobile County Government Center Annex, 151 Government Street (1st floor), Mobile, AL 36644.
4. Pay the recording fee ($2.50 per page first / $2.50 per page (plus additional $2.50 blank page if insufficient space for 2.5"x2.5" recording stamp) add'l (+Recordation stamp $1.00 per instrument; Special Recording Fee $2.00 per instrument; Mobile County Special Tax $10.00 on all taxable documents; deed tax $0.50 per $500 (rounded up) of value)).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Mobile

Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk — it’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Mobile property, we file a memorandum of contract to secure your equitable interest so the seller can’t sell out from under you. Need it notarized first? We handle online notarization or send a mobile notary to your signer. Then we record it — electronically through the county’s approved network — and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.