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Recording a Deed or Document in Pender County, NC
Pender County (population 60,203) records real-property documents through the Pender 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.
Pender County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Pender County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 43, Burgaw, NC 28425 (physical: 300 E. Fremont Street, Burgaw, NC 28425)
- Phone
- 910-259-1225
- Checks payable to
- Pender County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Pender County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26 for first 15 pages (deeds/general documents); Deeds of Trust $64 for first 35 pages
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per page thereafter
- Other fees
- $25 non-standard document fee; $2/party over 20 parties (effective 10/1/15); excise tax $1 per $500 of consideration on deeds
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Pender County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Pender County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard NC recording margin/font requirements apply statewide (GS 161-14)
- Cover sheet
- No state-mandated cover sheet; NC GS 161-14 margin/format standards apply (3-inch top margin first page, 2-inch other margins, legible print, standard paper size) or $25 non-standard fee applies
- Submission & return
- Recorded original returned by mail to submitter (or electronically if eRecorded)
- Hours & turnaround
- Same day to a few business days for mailed documents; immediate for eRecording
Can you e-record in Pender County?
Yes. Pender County accepts electronic recording through Simplifile, CSC, ePN, so a properly formatted document can be recorded the same or next business day without mailing paper.
How to record a document in Pender County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Pender 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, or by mail to Pender County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Pender County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Pender County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Pender County property are searchable at Pender County Tax Administration 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.