North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Wake County, NC
Wake County (population 1,129,410) records real-property documents through the Wake 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.
Wake County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Wake County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- PO Box 1897, Raleigh, NC 27602 (physical: 300 S. Salisbury St., Suite 1700, Raleigh, NC 27601)
- Phone
- 919-856-5460
- Checks payable to
- Wake County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN, Indecomm
Wake County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26 (first 15 pages, general instruments)
- Additional pages
- $4 per additional page
- Other fees
- Deeds of Trust/Mortgages: $64 for first 35 pages, $4/add'l page; Plats: $21/sheet; Satisfactions: no fee; Excise stamps: $1 per $500 of consideration
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Wake County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Wake County requires
- Cover sheet
- No separate mandated cover sheet; NC statewide 3-inch top margin on page 1 for recording stamp, standard paper size, black ink
- Submission & return
- Mailed back to submitter after recording (or electronic return for e-recorded documents)
- Hours & turnaround
- Same-day to a few business days; e-recorded documents often processed same day
Can you e-record in Wake County?
Yes. Wake 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 Wake County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Wake 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 Wake County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Wake County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Wake County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Wake County property are searchable at Wake County Real Estate Search / iMAPS. 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.