Tennessee Real Estate Transfer Tax Calculator

Built from the statute and cross-checked against what the revenue department currently applies.

Verified September 21, 2026 · statute and revenue department cross-checked

Sale price (USD)

Who pays

Buyer.

What to know about Tennessee

Unusually, Tennessee puts this on the buyer rather than the seller. A separate mortgage tax of $0.115 per $100 applies to the loan amount, with the first $2,000 exempt.

Sources

Statute: Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-4-409

Tennessee Department of Revenue, Recordation Tax Rates
“Realty transfer tax $0.37 per $100 of purchase price for the realty transfer. Mortgage tax $0.115 per $100 of indebtedness.”

Tennessee Department of Revenue, Recordation Tax
“The grantee or transferee to the county Register of Deeds pay the realty transfer tax.”

Last verified: September 21, 2026.

Estimates only. Your closing agent or the county recorder issues the final figure, and exemptions can change what you owe. This page does not collect or store anything you enter.