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Recording a Deed or Document in Wilkes County, NC
Wilkes County (population 65,969) records real-property documents through the Wilkes County Register of Deeds (Misty M. Smithey). 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.
Wilkes County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Wilkes County Register of Deeds (Misty M. Smithey)
- Mailing address
- 500 Court House Drive, Suite 1000, Wilkesboro, NC 28697
- Phone
- 336-651-7351
- Checks payable to
- Wilkes County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Wilkes County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $26.00 first 15 pages (general instruments); Deeds of Trust $64.00 first 35 pages
- Additional pages
- $4.00 each additional page
- Other fees
- $10.00 multi-instrument fee; $25.00 non-standard document fee; $2.00/party over 20 (eff. 10/1/2015); excise tax $1 per $500 of consideration
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Wilkes County Register of Deeds (Misty M. Smithey) before you mail a check.
What Wilkes County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard NC margin/font recording requirements
- Submission & return
- Mail or e-recording via www.wilkesncrod.org remote access site
Can you e-record in Wilkes County?
Wilkes 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 Wilkes County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Wilkes 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 Wilkes County Register of Deeds (Misty M. Smithey).
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Wilkes County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Wilkes County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Wilkes County property are searchable at Wilkes County Tax Administration - Parcel Info / Real Estate 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.