Chester County Recorder Mechanics Lien Filing

You can file your mechanic liens in person at the Chester County Prothonotary’s Office located at:

201 W. Market Street, Suite 1425
West Chester, PA 19380-0989

Phone: 610-344-6300

Prothonotary Office 8:30am-4:30pm

The Chester County Prothonotary’s Office does not publicly disclose information on recording backlog.

If your construction project is located in Chester County, then yes, you should file your lien here.

The Chester County Prothonotary’s Office accepts check, cash, money order, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover. Make checks payable to the “Prothonotary of Chester County.”

The Chester County Prothonotary’s recording fees are as follows:

Lien Fees

Mechanic’s Lien: $37.50
Liens-Municipal & Commonwealth: $25.00
Release: $10.50

Copy Fees

Copies: $0.25 for the first page and $0.25 for each additional page
Certified Copies (includes first 4 pages): $7.00
Amount per page after 4: $0.65

You can obtain a recorded copy of your lien in person at the Chester County Prothonotary’s Office located at:

201 W. Market Street, Suite 1425
West Chester, PA 19380-0989

Phone: 610-344-6300

Prothonotary Office 8:30am-4:30pm

Copy fees are as follows:

Copies: $0.25 for the first page and $0.25 for each additional page
Certified Copies (includes first 4 pages): $7.00
Amount per page after 4: $0.65

You can also search for Chester County Prothonotary’s records online at: https://epin.chesco.org/EPIN/

ChescoPIN is available on a fee basis for users across the county, state and country.

To sign up for ChescoPin, click the Sign-Up button.

ChescoPIN gives you quick and easy access to valuable information. ChescoPIN allows you to get the information you need, when you need it. As a ChescoPIN user, you can obtain thousands of items of information about civil cases, real estate records and statistics, tax lien records, etc., by accessing the county’s live databases. For more information, call 610-344-6884 or send an e-mail to epinadmin@chesco.org.

You can get the property’s legal description from the the Chester County Prothonotary of Deeds Office in person located at:

313 W. Market St, Suite 3302
West Chester, PA 19380
Ph: 610-344-6330
Fx: 610-344-6408

Prothonotary of Deeds Hours
Office Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm
Research Library Hours: 8:30am-4:15pm

You can search for Chester County Prothonotary’s records online at: https://epin.chesco.org/EPIN/

You can search for Chester County Recorded of Deeds records online at:
https://chesterpa.countygovernmentrecords.com/ChesterProthonotary/web/splash.jsp

You can also search for property legal descriptions online with
Chester County at: https://chesco.org/2198/ChescoViews