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Recording a Deed or Document in Madison County, NC
Madison County (population 21,193) records real-property documents through the Madison 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.
Madison County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Madison County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 5707 US Hwy 25/70, Unit E, Marshall, NC 28753
- Phone
- 828-649-3131
- Website
- madisonrod.net
- Checks payable to
- Madison County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Madison County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 (deeds/other instruments, first 15 pages); Deeds of Trust $64.00 first 35 pages
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $10.00 per additional instrument (multi-instrument); $25.00 non-standard document surcharge; excise tax due with deed filing
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Madison County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Madison County requires
- Page formatting
- Statewide NC standard: 3-inch blank top margin first page for recording stamp, 2-inch margins elsewhere, black ink, min. 9-point font, 8.5x11 or 8.5x14 paper
- Submission & return
- Mailed back to submitter or returned electronically via e-recording vendor
- Hours & turnaround
- Same day to a few business days
Can you e-record in Madison County?
Madison 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 Madison County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Madison 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 Madison County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Madison County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Madison County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Madison County property are searchable at Madison County Tax Assessor / Property Card Search (NCPTS Cloud). 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.