County Tax Rates

Counties and Baltimore County* Real Property Tax Rate in Dollars per $100 of Assessment† Transfer tax is the consideration payable multipled by this rate.Recordation Tax Quoted in Dollars per $500 of Transaction Amount
Allegany0.98290.50%0.0053.25
Anne Arundel0.8801.00%0.0103.50
Baltimore City2.2681.50%0.0155.00
Baltimore County2.2681.50%0.0152.50
Calvert0.8920.00%0.0005.00
Caroline0.8700.50%0.0055.00
Carroll1.0480.00%0.0005.00
Cecil0.9150.00%0.0004.10
Charles1.0260.00%0.0005.00
Dorchester
(First $30k)
0.8960.75%0.00755.00
Frederick0.9360.00%0.0006.00
Garrett (First $50k exempt for owner-occupied)0.9901.00%0.0103.50
Harford1.0421.00%0.0103.30
Howard1.0141.00%0.0102.50
Kent1.0220.50%0.0053.30
Montgomery0.6991.00%0.0103.45
Prince George’s0.9601.40%0.0142.50
Queen Anne’s 0.76710.50%0.0504.95
St. Mary’s0.8571.00%0.0104.00
Somerset0.88370.00%0.0003.30
Talbot (First $50k exempt for owner-occupied)0.4321.00%0.0103.30
Washington0.9480.50%0.0053.50
Wilcomico 0.7590.00%0.0003.50
Worcester0.7000.50%0.0503.30

* To this assessment, add any municipal tax and state tax of 0.112.
† This is in addition to the state transfer tax rate of 0.500%.
Source: www.dat.state.md.us/sdatweb/taxrate.html