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Recording a Deed or Document in Guilford County, NC
Guilford County (population 541,299) records real-property documents through the Guilford 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.
Guilford County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Guilford County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 201 W. Market St., Greensboro, NC 27401 (also 325 E. Russell Ave., Room 155, High Point, NC 27260)
- Phone
- 336-641-7556
- Checks payable to
- Guilford County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Guilford County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26 for first 15 pages (instruments in general)
- Additional pages
- $4 per page thereafter ($64 first 35 pages for deeds of trust/mortgages)
- Other fees
- $21 per sheet for plats; $25 non-standard document fee; certified copies $5 first page/$2 addl; regular copies $0.05/page in-house or $1/page by mail
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Guilford County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Guilford County requires
- Cover sheet
- Not mandatory; statewide 3-inch top margin / 0.25-inch other margins rule applies (G.S. 161-14); $25 fee if non-compliant
- Submission & return
- Mail return of recorded original or pickup
- Hours & turnaround
- Minutes for e-recording ("recording information and stamped image returned within minutes"); several business days for mail
Can you e-record in Guilford County?
Yes. Guilford County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Guilford County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Guilford 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, Indecomm, or by mail to Guilford County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Guilford County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Guilford County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Guilford County property are searchable at Guilford County Tax Department - Real Property Search / Parcel 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.