North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Cleveland County, NC
Cleveland County (population 99,519) records real-property documents through the Cleveland 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.
Cleveland County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Cleveland County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- PO Box 1210, Shelby, NC 28151-1210 (physical: 311 E. Marion Street, Shelby, NC 28150)
- Phone
- 704-484-4834
- Website
- clevelandcounty.com/main/departments/register_of_deeds___passports/land_record_recordings.php
- Checks payable to
- Cleveland County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Cleveland County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 for first 15 pages (general instruments/deeds); $64.00 for first 35 pages (deeds of trust/mortgages)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per page thereafter; plats $21.00 per sheet
- Other fees
- Excise tax $1.00 per $500 (or fraction) of consideration
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Cleveland County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Cleveland County requires
- Cover sheet
- No mandated cover sheet; NC GS 161-14(b) statewide formatting standard applies (3-inch top margin first page, 0.5-inch other margins, 9-pt font min, white 8.5x11/8.5x14 paper)
- Submission & return
- Recorded original returned by mail or via e-recording vendor
- Hours & turnaround
- Same-day to few business days for e-recording; mail-in allow 1-2 weeks
Can you e-record in Cleveland County?
Yes. Cleveland County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Cleveland County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Cleveland 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 electronically through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, or by mail to Cleveland County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Cleveland County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Cleveland County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Cleveland County property are searchable at Cleveland County Tax Assessor / GIS (webgis.net). 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.