North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Mecklenburg County, NC
Mecklenburg County (population 1,115,482) records real-property documents through the Mecklenburg 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.
Mecklenburg County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- County & Courts Office Building, 720 E. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202
- Phone
- 704-336-2443
- Website
- deeds.mecknc.gov
- Checks payable to
- Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Mecklenburg County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 (instruments/documents in general, first 15 pages); Deeds of Trust/Mortgages $64.00 first 35 pages
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- $10.00 per additional instrument (multiple instruments as one); $25.00 non-standard document surcharge; Plats $21.00/sheet; excise tax $1 per $500 (or fraction) of consideration
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Mecklenburg 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; see Document Recording Standards page
- Submission & return
- Mailed back to submitter or returned electronically via e-recording vendor
- Hours & turnaround
- Same day to a few business days (high-volume urban county)
Can you e-record in Mecklenburg County?
Yes. Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Mecklenburg County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Mecklenburg County property are searchable at Mecklenburg County Assessor's Office - Polaris property/ownership 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.