Fee Schedule

The Register of Deeds office accepts cash or credit/debit card for vital records, marriage licenses, and copies. Vital Records may be purchased with credit/debit card online through Get Certificate Now which is a 3rd party vendor. The vendor will charge a convenience fee of $3.50 for a total of $13.50 per certified copy. No personal checks accepted.

Assignment instruments containing more than one deed of trust reference will be charged an additional $10 per additional reference.

Fee Schedule as of October 1, 2016.  Please contact the Register of Deeds Office for other forms of accepted payment types.

Real Estate Documents

DocumentCopiesFee
Deeds of TrustFirst 35 Pages$64
Deeds of Trust
Each Additional Page After First 35
$4
All Other Instruments (Excluding UCCs, Plats, and Satisfactions)First 15 Pages$26
All Other Instruments (Excluding UCCs, Plats, and Satisfactions)
Each Additional Page After First 15
$4
Multi-Instrument Fee(Two or more recordings combined into one document to be indexed separately)n/a$10
Excise Taxn/a$1 per $500 (or any part thereof) of Consideration
Satisfaction of Deed of Trustn/aNo Charge


Other Register Documents

DocumentFee
Non-Standard Document Fee$25
Plats$21 per page

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filings

(Initial corrections, amendments, and terminations)

Fixture filing only:

PagesFee
1-2 pages$38
3-10 pages$45
Over 10 pages$45 plus $2 each page over 10

Marriage License

DocumentFee
License$60
Certified Copy$10

Birth & Death Certificates

DocumentFee
Certified Copy$10
Delayed Birth ApplicationCall Office
Amendments (1971 - Present) (Payable to the Register of Deeds)$15
Amendments (1914 - 1970) (Payable to NC Vital Records)$15
Legitimations (1971 - Present) (Payable to the Register of Deeds)$15
Legitimations (1914 - 1970) (Payable to NC Vital Records)$15

Notary

ServiceFee
Oaths$10
Verification of Commission$5

Other Requests

RequestFee
Request for Uncertified Copies$0.25
Request for Certified Copies of Non-Vital Records 1st page$5.00
Request for Certified Copies of Non-Vital Records Additional Pages
$2.00 per each additional page