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	Fee Schedule for Real Estate Filings

When a document is presented for registration that consists of multiple instruments, the fee will be $10.00 for each additional instrument. A document consists of multiple instruments when it contains two or more instruments with different legal consequences or intent, each of which is separately executed and acknowledged and could be recorded alone.

When corresponding with the Register of Deeds Office, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

	All instruments that are probated.		$14.00	first page (includes $2.00 verification fee)
	(excluding Deeds of Trusts and Mortgages)		$ 3.00	each additional page
	Deeds (effective October 1, 2009)		$19.00	first page
	G.S. 161-11.6 was added to collect a fee of $5.00 for each deed filed, registered or recorded. The NC Association of Registers of Deeds hereby interprets G.S. 161-11.6 to charge the $5.00 fees on any document that has the word “DEED” in the title of the instrument or any document that we collect an Excise Tax with the exception of Deeds of Trust or Mortgages.		$3.00	each additional page
	Deeds of Trust and Mortgages (effective October 1, 2009)		$30.00	first page
	(and re-recorded Deeds of Trust and Mortgages)		$3.00	each additional page
	Non-probated instruments in General		$12.00	first page
	(affidavits, certified copies)		$3.00	each additional page
	Non-Standard Document		$25.00
	Multiple Instruments:		$10.00	for each additional instrument, in addition to regular recording fee
	Right of way plans:		$21.00	per page
	UCC-1, UCC-3 amendment:		$38.00	1-2 pages (includes continuations, assignments & terminations)
			$45.00	3-10 pages
	Map recording:		$21.00	per page
	Excise tax on deeds:		$2.00	per $1,000.00 based on purchase price
	Uncertified copies:		$.25	per page
	Certified copies:		$5.00	first page
			$2.00	each additional page
	Cancellations, Certificates of Satisfaction, or Notices of Satisfactions		No Fee

Fee Schedule for Vital Statistics

	Marriage License:		$60.00	(increased on Sept. 1, 2009)
	Birth Certificate Copies,	Certified:	$10.00
		Uncertified:	$.25
	Death Certificate Copies,	Certified:	$10.00
		Uncertified:	$.25
	Marriage Certificate Copies,	Certified:	$10.00
		Uncertified:	$.25
	Delayed Birth:		$10.00	plus $15.00 for NC Vitals Records
	Preparation of Amendments to Births:		$10.00
	Vital Records fee to expedite:		$30.00
	Vital Records fee to handle by mail:		$15.00	(note: may take several months)
	Notary Fee:		$10.00
	DD-214 (Military Discharge) Recording:		NO FEE