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

Document	Copies	Fee
Deeds of Trust	First 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 Tax	n/a	$1 per $500 (or any part thereof) of Consideration
Satisfaction of Deed of Trust	n/a	No Charge

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

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) Filings

(Initial corrections, amendments, and terminations)

Fixture filing only:

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

Marriage License

Document	Fee
License	$60
Certified Copy	$10

Birth & Death Certificates

Document	Fee
Certified Copy	$10
Delayed Birth Application	Call 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

Service	Fee
Oaths	$10
Verification of Commission	$5

Other Requests

Request	Fee
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