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Delaware transfer tax

See the transfer tax you'll pay in Delaware, and what you walk away with after every cost.

Realty transfer tax: 4% of the price, split between buyer and seller. The state's page · Every line

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    Delaware transfer tax, line by line

    • Realty transfer tax: 4% of the price; applies to state 2.5% plus local 1.5%; split between buyer and seller. The state's page
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      a realty transfer tax at the rate of 3 percent of the value of the property represented by such document, unless the municipality or county ... has enacted the full 1½ percent realty transfer tax ... in which case 2½ percent
    • Realty transfer tax: 3% of the price; applies to state 3%; split between buyer and seller. The state's page
      Read the source's words
      a realty transfer tax at the rate of 3 percent of the value of the property represented by such document, unless the municipality or county ... has enacted the full 1½ percent realty transfer tax ... in which case 2½ percent

    Rates as the state's page gave them on October 23, 2026. Who pays is up to your contract; where the source names a payer, the calculator starts there and you can change it.

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