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Recording a Deed or Document in Alleghany County, NC
Alleghany County (population 10,888) records real-property documents through the Alleghany County Register of Deeds. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Alleghany County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Alleghany County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Alleghany County Register of Deeds, PO Box 186, Sparta, NC 28675 (physical: County Administration Building, 348 South Main St., Sparta, NC 28675)
- Phone
- 336-372-4342
- Checks payable to
- Alleghany County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Alleghany County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- Deeds/instruments in general: $26.00 (first 15 pages); Deeds of Trust/Mortgages: $64.00 (first 35 pages)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page beyond base tier
- Other fees
- Non-standard document fee $25.00; multiple instruments $10.00 each additional instrument
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Alleghany County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Alleghany County requires
- Page formatting
- NC statewide standard formatting (GS 161-14): 8.5x11/8.5x14 white paper, 3-inch top margin first page, 1/2-inch other margins, black ink, 9-point minimum font
Can you e-record in Alleghany County?
Alleghany County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Alleghany County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Alleghany County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Alleghany County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Alleghany County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Alleghany County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Alleghany County property are searchable at Alleghany County GIS/WebGIS Property Search. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
Filing with Jurably in North Carolina
North Carolina requires notarized signatures from both the record owner and the purchaser, plus an expiration date (N.C. Gen. Stat. §47-119.1). See the states we file in.