North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Graham County, NC
Graham County (population 8,030) records real-property documents through the Graham 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.
Graham County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Graham County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 12 North Main Street, Robbinsville, NC 28771
- Phone
- (828) 479-7971
- Checks payable to
- Graham County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile
Graham County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 for first 15 pages (non-DOT/mortgage instruments)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page beyond 15 (35 for deeds of trust/mortgages, which are $64 for first 35 pages)
- Other fees
- $25.00 non-standard document fee if margin/format non-compliant; $21 first page/$5 each addl page for right-of-way plans; excise tax due with deeds
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Graham County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Graham County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide NC standard: 3-inch top margin page 1, 1/4-inch margins all other sides/pages, legible black print, standard 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper
- Cover sheet
- Not mandatory; NC statute (G.S. 161-14) requires 3-inch blank top margin on page 1 and 0.25-inch margins elsewhere; a cover sheet is a common workaround. Non-compliant docs incur $25 fee.
- Submission & return
- Original recorded document returned by mail (SASE recommended) or pickup
- Hours & turnaround
- Same day/minutes for e-recording; a few business days for mail-in submissions
Can you e-record in Graham County?
Yes. Graham 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 Graham County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Graham 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 Graham County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Graham County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Graham County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Graham County property are searchable at Graham County Tax Assessor / Land Records (Parcel Viewer). 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.