North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Person County, NC
Person County (population 39,097) records real-property documents through the Person 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.
Person County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Person County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- P.O. Box 209, Roxboro, NC 27573 (physical: 21 Abbitt Street, Roxboro, NC 27573)
- Phone
- 336-597-1733
- Checks payable to
- Person County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Person 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
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Person County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Person County requires
- Page formatting
- See Person County Register of Deeds Recording Standards page for margin/font specifics
- Cover sheet
- No state-mandated cover sheet; NC GS 161-14 margin/format standards apply (see Person County Recording Standards page) 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 Person County?
Yes. Person 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 Person County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Person 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 Person County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Person County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Person County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Person County property are searchable at Person County Tax Parcel Viewer / GIS. 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.