North Carolina · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Yancey County, NC
Yancey County (population 18,470) records real-property documents through the Yancey 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.
Yancey County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Yancey County Register of Deeds
- Mailing address
- 110 Town Square, Room 4, Burnsville, NC 28714
- Phone
- 828-682-2174
- Website
- yanceydeeds.com
- Checks payable to
- Yancey County Register of Deeds
- Electronic recording
- Available via Simplifile, CSC, ePN
Yancey 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 Yancey County Register of Deeds before you mail a check.
What Yancey County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard NC margin/font recording requirements
- Submission & return
- Mail or e-recording
Can you e-record in Yancey County?
Yes. Yancey 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 Yancey County, North Carolina
- Prepare the document so it meets Yancey 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 Yancey County Register of Deeds.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Yancey County Register of Deeds.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Yancey County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Yancey County property are searchable at Yancey County GIS / Tax Department. 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.