North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Richmond County, NC
Richmond County (population 42,946) records real-property documents through the Richmond 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.
Richmond County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Richmond County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 114 E. Franklin St., Room 101, Rockingham, NC 28379
- Phone
- 910-997-8250
- Checks payable to
- Richmond County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Richmond 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; excise tax $1 per $500 of consideration on deeds
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Richmond County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Richmond 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 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 Richmond County?
Yes. Richmond 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 Richmond County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Richmond 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 Richmond County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Richmond County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Richmond County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Richmond County property are searchable at Richmond County Tax Bill Search / 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.