Attorney-conducted closings throughout DeKalb County — Decatur, Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Tucker, Stone Mountain, Chamblee, Doraville, Lithonia and Avondale Estates.
A county of older housing stock and long chains of title, where unreleased security deeds and estate gaps turn up more often than average. Worth ordering the search early.
Deeds and security deeds for DeKalb County are recorded with the Clerk of Superior Court in Decatur. Recording is a flat $25 per instrument statewide under O.C.G.A. § 15-6-77, so a typical purchase with financing records two instruments — the deed and the security deed — for $50.
Georgia's transfer tax and intangible recording tax are set by statute and do not vary by county. What does vary is the millage rate, which affects your property tax proration at closing and your bill afterwards. Your DeKalb County tax commissioner publishes the current rate.
In DeKalb County, as everywhere in Georgia, a licensed attorney must conduct the real estate closing. Examining title, resolving what the search finds and preparing the documents that transfer your property are the practice of law.
We handle all of it in one office: title examination and curative work, the closing itself, escrow and disbursement, and recording with the Clerk in Decatur.
Run your figures before you sign anything — our seller net sheet, transfer tax calculator and intangible tax calculator use the current Georgia statutes, including the HB 586 change that took effect July 1, 2025.
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