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This chart needs to be updated - be aware there are tax exemptions for first time homebuyers and primary residences that are not reflected in the figures below!
| COUNTY | Recordation Tax $1/1000 of Sales Price |
Transfer Tax % of sales price |
| Allegany | 6 |
0.50 |
| Anne Arundel | 7 |
1.00 |
| Baltimore City | 10 |
1.50 |
| Baltimore | 5 |
1.50 |
| Calvert | 10 |
0.00 |
| Caroline | 10 |
0.50 |
| Carroll | 10 |
0.00 |
| Cecil | 8.20 |
0.00 |
| Charles | 10 |
0.00 |
| Dorchester | 10 |
0.75 * |
| Frederick | 10 |
0.00 |
| Garrett | 7 |
1.00 ** |
| Harford | 6.6 |
1.00 |
| Howard | 5 |
1.00 |
| Kent | 6.6 |
0.50 |
| Montgomery | For the first $500,000, the rate is 6.9 per $1000, and then 10 for each additional $1000 |
1.00 |
| Prince George's | 5.5 |
1.40 |
| Queen Anne's | 6.6 |
0.50 |
| St. Mary's | 8 |
1.00 |
| Somerset | 6.6 |
0.00 |
| Talbot | 6.6 |
1.00 ** |
| Washington | 7.6 |
0.50 |
| Wicomico | 7 |
0.00 |
| Worcester | 6.6 |
0.50 |
| (Dorchester) | *First $30k exempt for residential |
|
| (Garrett & Talbot) | **First $50k exempt for owner occupied residences |