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Recording a Deed or Document in Duplin County, NC
Duplin County (population 48,715) records real-property documents through the Duplin 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.
Duplin County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Duplin County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Duplin County Register of Deeds, PO Box 970, Kenansville, NC 28349 (physical: 118 Duplin St., Courthouse Annex Rm 106, Kenansville, NC 28349)
- Phone
- (910) 296-2108
- Checks payable to
- Duplin County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Duplin County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26 first 15 pages (deeds/general instruments); $64 first 35 pages (deeds of trust/mortgages) — NC statewide statutory schedule
- Additional pages
- $4 per additional page
- Other fees
- Multi-instrument $10; non-standard document $25; excise tax $1 per $500 of consideration (fees not independently confirmed on county site; based on statewide NCGS 161-10 schedule which all NC ROD offices use)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Duplin County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Duplin County requires
- Page formatting
- Official ROD site (duplinrod.net) is a frameset pointing to courthousecomputersystems.com
Can you e-record in Duplin County?
Yes. Duplin County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Duplin County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Duplin 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, or by mail to Duplin County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Duplin County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Duplin County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Duplin County property are searchable at Duplin County GIS/Tax 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.