Notary and registry fees in Brazil, state by state

Who sets them and on what base

The deed fee and the registration fee are not taxes of the federal government or of the city; they are state fees, fixed by state law and updated for 2026 by a state law or by an act of the state court’s Corregedoria (in the tables read, with an index adjustment). Each table gives an amount per band of property value. The value used is often not the price alone: in the tables read, it is the higher of the declared price and a tax value in Brasília (the fiscal valuation), Bahia (the ITBI value), Goiás (the IPTU value and the ITBI base as well), Mato Grosso do Sul, Maranhão and Roraima, the fiscal valuation in Rio Grande do Sul, and in São Paulo “the highest of the declared price, the IPTU value or the ITBI base” for the registry. See the ITBI base for how the city value can differ from your price.

Amounts read for a R$ 500,000 purchase

The figures below are the amounts printed in each state’s 2026 table for the band that contains R$ 500,000, for a deed and a registration “com valor declarado” (with declared value). “Total” means the column of the table that adds the notary’s or registrar’s fee to the state charges the table includes; “fee only” means the table gives the fee alone and the state funds, seal and other charges come on top. Amounts in reais.

Do not read the list as a ranking of states. A “fee only” figure in Goiás and a “total” figure in Acre measure different things. One caution on Pernambuco: the table notes mention a cap of 1% of the declared value on fees and judicial charge together (state law 11.404, art. 22), which would be R$ 5,000 at this price and is lower than the deed figure printed; confirm with the office.

Tocantins (calculation). The table prints amounts up to R$ 100,000 and then adds R$ 149.49 for each further R$ 50,000. For R$ 500,000 that gives, as our calculation, R$ 3,879.44 + 8 × R$ 149.49 = R$ 5,075.36 for the deed and R$ 3,077.18 + 8 × R$ 149.49 = R$ 4,273.10 for registration; the table also prints a maximum whose reading is unclear, so check with the office.

Partly read. Paraná’s law prints bands only up to R$ 62,602 for the deed and R$ 54,292 for registration and adds a 0.2% fund on the act value; Ceará, Mato Grosso and Sergipe give a base band and a formula above it, with printed caps whose wording is ambiguous. Mato Grosso’s printed rule for the deed is R$ 300.65 up to R$ 5,353.45, plus R$ 29.50 per further R$ 1,338.53, with a maximum fee of R$ 6,948.45. Santa Catarina, Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí and Amapá were not read. This matters for Florianópolis, Natal and other cities in those states: ask the notary and registry for the fee on your price.

First-home reductions

Art. 290 of the registry law cuts the fees for “a primeira aquisição imobiliária para fins residenciais, financiada pelo Sistema Financeiro da Habitação” by 50%. The state tables read apply it in their own way: on the registry fee in Rio Grande do Sul and Maranhão, on the financed portion in Rondônia, Espírito Santo and Pernambuco (registry), and in Rio de Janeiro without the fund surcharges. Some tables also cut the deed for financed homes (Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sergipe, and Goiás for SFI deeds). No first-home reduction was seen in the Federal District text. The details are in the first-home registry fee discount and, for financing, SFH versus SFI.

What is not in these figures

Not included in any row: the ITBI (the city, see the ITBI guide); certificate fees; the separate charge some tables print for lodging the title (prenotação) and for opening a matrícula (for example Minas Gerais, prenotação R$ 63.83; Goiás, R$ 11.14 and R$ 57.53; Maranhão, R$ 43.37 and R$ 102.15; Alagoas, R$ 69.31 and R$ 32.57; Mato Grosso do Sul, R$ 41.03 and R$ 32.54; Rondônia, prenotação R$ 81.66); fees of a sworn translator or of a lawyer; and a municipal service tax (ISS) unless the row says so.

How to use this table

Pick your state, find the row, and read the “includes” column before adding other amounts. Then confirm with the notary: the tables change every year, and the state court’s page is the reference. For a first estimate, the purchase costs calculator combines these fees with the ITBI, and closing costs in Brazil shows four worked examples.

Which professional to consult

The notary (tabelião) and the registrar (oficial de registro) quote the fee for your price and state it in writing. A lawyer registered with the OAB can compare quotes and explain the reductions: see the property-lawyer page.