To obtain a copy of a plat or deed, contact the local Registers of Deeds office or Clerk of Court. Below is a list of counties with corresponding links to their Registers of Deeds office or Clerk of Court.
Deeds of trust are the most common instrument used in the financing of real estate purchases in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, ...
Deeds of trust are the most common instrument used in the financing of real estate purchases in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Idaho, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia, ...
Can I prepare my own deed and have it recorded? North Carolina law allows you to prepare a Deed of Conveyance for any real property to which you have legal title. However, the conveyance of real property is a legal matter that should be given under and with the advise of legal counsel.
Before a deed or deed of trust prepared in North Carolina may be recorded, it must reflect the name of the draftsman on the first page. The first page should contain a "Return to" name and address along with a self addressed stamped envelope. Deeds must contain the grantees mailing address for the Tax department.
There are many types of deeds, each of which grant to the Grantee (or person receiving the property) title to real property. North Carolina is a “race to record state.” This means that the first person or entity to record the deed is the true and lawful owner of the property.
Erecording, or electronic document recording, is the process of transmitting real property documents electronically to the local government entity charged with recording and maintaining public records.
In North Carolina, a deed of trust or mortgage acts as a conveyance of the real estate. Upon repayment of the debt or performance of the obligation, the conveyance becomes void.
"A deed seeking to convey an interest in land "is void unless it contains a description of the land sufficient to identify it or refers to something extrinsic by which land may be identified with certainty." Overton v. Boyce, 289 N.C. 291, 293, 221 S.E.2d 347, 348 (1976).
(3) For the foreclosure of a mortgage, or deed in trust for creditors with a power of sale, of real property, where the mortgagor or grantor has been in possession of the property, within ten years after the forfeiture of the mortgage, or after the power of sale became absolute, or within ten years after the last ...