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Recording a Deed or Document in Gaston County, NC
Gaston County (population 227,943) records real-property documents through the Gaston 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.
Gaston County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Gaston County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Gaston County Register of Deeds, P.O. Box 1578, Gastonia, NC 28053-1578 (office: 325 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Gastonia, NC 28052)
- Phone
- (704) 862-7681
- Recording hours
- Mon–Fri 8:30 AM–5:00 PM; real estate recordings accepted until 4:45 PM
- Checks payable to
- Gaston County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Gaston County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 for the first 15 pages (deeds of trust: $64.00 for the first 35 pages)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- Nonstandard document $25.00; multiple instruments $10.00 each; over 20 names $2.00 per name; certified copies $5.00 first page, $2.00 each additional
- Transfer tax on deeds
- Excise tax of $1.00 per $500 of value (rounded up), paid by the seller to the Register of Deeds at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Gaston County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Gaston County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 inch paper; 3-inch blank top margin on page 1; 0.5-inch margins on all other sides and pages; black print on white paper; font 9 point or larger; one side only; instrument type stated at top of page 1
- Cover sheet
- Not required
Checked against official Gaston County and North Carolina sources on October 6, 2026: gastongov.com, ncleg.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Gaston County?
Gaston 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 Gaston County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Gaston 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 Gaston County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Gaston County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Gaston County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Gaston County property are searchable at Gaston County Property Tax Inquiry (Assessor/Tax Office). 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.