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Title Services in Fairfax, VA

Pruitt Title LLC has been serving the Virginia real estate market since 2007. Our team handles every aspect of the title and settlement process — from search to closing — so your transaction closes on time, every time.

Title Search & Examination
Owner's Title Insurance
Lender's Title Insurance
Settlement & Escrow Services
Title Curative Work
Deed Preparation & Recording
1031 Exchange Closings
Refinance Closings
Commercial Transactions
New Construction Closings
Investor / Wholesale Closings
Remote Online Notarization (RON)

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The Closing Process in Fairfax

From contract to keys, here's what to expect when you work with DMV Title Guy in Fairfax, VA.

Open Order

Submit your purchase contract or refinance details. We'll confirm receipt within hours.

Title Search

We examine public records going back 50+ years to ensure clear, marketable title.

Title Commitment

You receive a full title commitment with all conditions and coverage details.

Clear to Close

We coordinate lender, buyer, seller, and agent schedules for a smooth settlement.

Settlement

Documents signed, funds disbursed, deed recorded. Keys delivered.

Fairfax County· Recording & transfer taxes

What closing actually costs in Fairfax, VA

Median home price: $650,000
Typical total: 2.5% to 5% for buyers, 1% to 3% for sellers
Regional transportation fees (seller): 0.2%
Recording office: Fairfax County

Fairfax County is the largest recording jurisdiction in Northern Virginia, but that volume shows up in turnaround time rather than in the tax schedule: the rates are Virginia's standard ones. On a $650,000 Fairfax sale, the buyer's state recordation tax runs about $1,625 and the seller's grantor tax about $650, before title insurance, settlement fees and the clerk's per-page recording charges.

Fairfax County adds no transfer tax of its own, and deeds for the towns inside it — Vienna, Herndon, Clifton — record with the Fairfax Circuit Court Clerk rather than with the town.

A sale in Fairfax County carries two separate regional fees, each $0.10 per $100: the regional WMATA capital fee under Va. Code § 58.1-802.3, which applies because this is a Northern Virginia Transportation Authority member, and the regional congestion relief fee under § 58.1-802.4, which applies because this is Planning District 8. Both statutes place the fee on the grantor, though in each case the parties may agree the buyer pays part of it, so the default is $0.20 per $100 of the sale price on the seller. On a $650,000 sale the two together come to $1,300. Purchase closings only: a refinance records a deed of trust rather than a conveyance, so neither fee nor the grantor tax applies to one.

Recordation tax is Virginia's state rate of $0.25 per $100 under Va. Code § 58.1-801, paid by the buyer. Under § 58.1-814 a locality that adopts an ordinance may add one-third of that ($0.0833 per $100), also charged to the buyer — so no Virginia locality levies $0.10 as recordation tax. Whether Fairfax County has adopted that ordinance is not reflected in these figures; confirm with the Circuit Court Clerk before relying on a recordation number.

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