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Document  Recording Standards

NORTH CAROLINA
DOCUMENT RECORDING STANDARDS
(Effective 7-1-2005)

Documents recorded on or after July 1, 2005 must meet GS 161-14(b) as follows:

  1. Be 8 1/2 x 11 or 8 1/2 x 14 inches.
  2. Have a 3 inch blank margin at the top of the first page and 1/2 inch blank margin on remaining sides of first page and on all sides of subsequent pages.
  3. Black type on white paper.
  4. Font size no smaller than 10 points (Blanks in an instrument may be completed in pen and corrections to an instrument may be made in pen.)
  5. Only one sided typed or printed text.
  6. Type of instrument at top of first page below blank margin.

If instrument does not meet requirement outlined above, Register of Deeds shall register the instrument after collecting a $25.00 fee for non-standard documents as required by GS 161-10(a)(19).  If an instrument fails to meet the requirement of font size (less than 10 points), but is determined by the Registrar that the instrument is legible, the Register of Deeds may record without collecting the non-standard fee charge.
 

NOTICE

Effective January 1, 2005 the fees charged by the Register of Deeds Office will increase as required by the N.C. General Statute 161-10.

    Standard Documents:                        1st Page                          $14.00
    Instrument in General,                       Each Additional Page         $ 3.00
    Deed, Deeds of Trust,
       Other papers & Master forms          Probate                             $ 2.00
                                                                             ________________________
    Satisfaction of Cancellation
         of Deeds of Trust                         No Fee

Click on appropriate category(ies) below for fees effective 1-1-2005:

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