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Recording a Deed or Document in Perquimans County, NC
Perquimans County (population 13,005) records real-property documents through the Perquimans 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.
Perquimans County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Perquimans County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- Perquimans County Register of Deeds, P.O. Box 74, Hertford, NC 27944 (physical: 128 N. Church St.)
- Phone
- 252-426-5660
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Perquimans County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 for pages 1–15 (deeds); $64.00 for pages 1–35 (deeds of trust)
- Additional pages
- $4.00 per page
- Other fees
- Non-standard document $25.00; multi-instrument $10.00; $2.00 per party over 20; certified copies $5.00 first page, $2.00 each additional
- Transfer tax on deeds
- NC excise tax $1.00 per $500 of consideration, paid to the Register of Deeds at recording
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Perquimans County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Perquimans County requires
- Page formatting
- 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14; 3-inch blank top margin on page 1, 0.5-inch margins elsewhere; black print on white paper, 9-point or larger; one side only; document type at top of page 1
- Cover sheet
- Not required
Checked against official Perquimans County and North Carolina sources on October 6, 2026: perquimanscountync.gov, ncleg.gov. Part of Jurably’s open recording-fee dataset.
Can you e-record in Perquimans County?
Perquimans 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 Perquimans County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Perquimans 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 Perquimans County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Perquimans County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Perquimans County property are searchable at Perquimans County Property Cards / GIS Tax Maps. 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.