North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Henderson County, NC
Henderson County (population 116,281) records real-property documents through the Henderson 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.
Henderson County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Henderson County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 200 North Grove Street, Suite 129, Hendersonville, NC 28792
- Phone
- (828) 697-4901
- Website
- hendersoncountync.gov/rd
- Checks payable to
- Henderson County
- Electronic recording
- Available via CSC
Henderson 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
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Henderson County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Henderson County requires
- Cover sheet
- Not mandatory; statewide 3-inch top margin / 0.25-inch other margins rule applies (G.S. 161-14)
- Submission & return
- Mail return of recorded original or pickup
- Hours & turnaround
- Same day for e-recording; several business days for mail
Can you e-record in Henderson County?
Yes. Henderson County accepts electronic recording through CSC, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Henderson County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Henderson 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 CSC, or by mail to Henderson County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Henderson County.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Henderson County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Henderson County property are searchable at Henderson County GISWeb / Tax Land Records 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.