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title: Recording a Mortgage Modification in Miami-Dade County, FL
description: Miami-Dade, Mortgage Modification, Modification, New Loan Amount, New Balance
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# Recording a Mortgage Modification in Miami-Dade County, FL
## Miami-Dade does not have a modification doc type, so how you submit is very important to getting the fees right.
**Support Knowledge Summary: Recording a Mortgage Modification in Miami-Dade County, FL**
### Scenario
A submitter was attempting to record a **Mortgage Modification** in **Miami-Dade County, Florida**. The estimated recording fees included **Documentary Stamp Tax (Doc Stamps)**, even though no Doc Stamps should have been due.
### Cause
In Miami-Dade County, **Documentary Stamp Tax is assessed only on the amount of any new money being added as part of the mortgage modification**, not on the original loan amount.
In this case, the county document type was correctly mapped as **Mortgage**, but the system calculated the estimated fees using the **original loan amount** instead of the **new money amount**. Because the original loan amount was populated, the estimate incorrectly included Doc Stamps.
### Resolution
The submitter was instructed to enter the **Loan Amount as $0**, since there was **no new money** associated with the mortgage modification.
Once the loan amount was changed to **$0**, the estimated fees recalculated correctly and **no Documentary Stamp Tax was assessed**.
### Key Takeaway
For **Mortgage Modifications in Miami-Dade County**, the **Loan Amount field should reflect only the amount of new money being added**, not the original mortgage balance. If there is **no new money**, the Loan Amount should be entered as **$0** to ensure the estimated fees are calculated correctly.
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