Fee Schedule

The Register of Deeds office accepts cash only 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.

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

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$5.00
Request for Certified Copies of Non-Vital Records Additional Pages
$2.00 per each additional page