North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Cumberland County, NC
Cumberland County (population 334,728) records real-property documents through the Cumberland 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.
Cumberland County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Cumberland County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- PO Box 2039, Fayetteville, NC 28302 (physical: Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse, 117 Dick St., Room 114, Fayetteville, NC 28301)
- Phone
- 910-678-7775
- Website
- ccrod.org
- Checks payable to
- Cumberland County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Cumberland 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 additional page
- Other fees
- Excise (land transfer) tax $2.00 per $1,000 of purchase price (note: higher rate than most NC counties)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Cumberland County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Cumberland County requires
- Submission & return
- Recorded original returned by mail or via e-recording vendor
- Hours & turnaround
- Same-day to few business days for e-recorded (trusted submitter) documents; mail-in allow 1-2 weeks
Can you e-record in Cumberland County?
Yes. Cumberland 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 Cumberland County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Cumberland 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 Cumberland County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Cumberland County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Cumberland County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Cumberland County property are searchable at Cumberland County Tax Administration Real Estate/GIS Property Search (Property Mapper). 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.