departments & agencies
real estate / recording info
60 Court Plaza Room 110
Asheville, NC 28801-3563
(828) 250-4300
New recording law:
G.S. 161-10(a)(19) (effective July 1, 2002);
Session Law 2008-102, sec 29.7 (effective October 1, 2008)
By law all documents recorded in the Register of Deeds office are open for public inspection. The original document must be presented to the Register of Deeds for recording, containing original signatures, and proof of acknowledgment (or notarization). The recording fee for deeds and other papers is $14 for the first page and $3 for each additional page. Prior to being recorded, deeds conveying an interest in real estate require payment by the grantor of an excise tax stamp at a rate of $2 per $1,000 consideration begin given for the property.
The name and address of the person preparing the document must be on the face of the document. The address of the person receiving the real estate must be on the face of the document for tax purposes. This applies to both deeds and deeds of trust.
Deeds of Trust have a recording fee of $24 for the first page and $3 for each additional page (An additional $10 fee per Deed of Trust will be forwarded to Dept. of Crime Control & Public Safety for flood plain map use). Satisfaction of Deeds of Trust and Mortgage must be recorded. There is no fee for satisfaction. For information on the proper way to satisfy deeds of trust, please call (828) 250-4302.
Note: S.L. 2005-123 information
Note: Redaction Law G.S. 132-1.10.(f)
Recording Information
Every document presented must be in "Proper Form" for us to register it. It must contain the following:
- Who prepared the instrument (DRAFTSMAN) All deeds
& deeds of trust drawn within the state of N.
C. are required to have the draftsman of the document
on them.
- Address where instrument will be returned (if a
local attorney prepared the document it will be returned
to that attorney's box.)
- Address of the Grantee for tax records
- Original signature of each Grantor named in the
document.
- Proper notary acknowledgement.
- If the instrument is a conveyance of real property
it must reflect the amount of Excise Tax to be paid
by the Grantor at a rate of $2.00 per $1,000.00 -
except when the transfer is:
- By operation of law
- By lease for a term of years
- By or pursuant to the provision of a will
- By intestacy
- By gift
- By merger or consolidation
- By instruments securing indebtedness (deeds
of trust and mortgages)
- Where no consideration in property or money is due or paid by the transferee to the transferor
- By operation of law
Hours of Operation
Monday through Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact Information
Street Address
Room 114, Buncombe County Courthouse
60 Court Plaza
Asheville, N. C. 28801-3563
Mailing Address
Recording Section
Buncombe County Register of Deeds Office
60 Court Plaza
Asheville, N. C. 28801-3563
Phone
(828) 250-4302
Email: register.of.deeds@buncombecounty.org