§ 38

Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when an instrument is recorded shall be as follows:\nFor entering and recording any paper, certifying the same on the original, and indexing it and all other duties pertaining thereto, $50; provided, however, that if the paper includes multiple references to a document or instrument intending or attempting to assign, discharge, release, partially release, subordinate or notice any other document or instrument, each reference shall be separately indexed and separately assessed an additional $50 fee;\nFor recording a declaration of trust, $200;\nFor recording a deed or conveyance, $100;\nFor recording a mortgage, $150;\nFor recording a declaration of homestead, $30;\nFor recording and filing a plan, $50 per sheet; and\nFor all copies of documents, whether copied out of books or generated electronically, $1 per page, and all coin-operated copy machines shall be $.50 per page.\nExcept as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when the instrument is recorded shall be subject to a surcharge under section 8 of chapter 44B.