{
 "name": "Washington County",
 "state": "North Carolina",
 "stateCode": "NC",
 "fips": "37187",
 "sameAs": [
  "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q507587"
 ],
 "countySeat": "Plymouth",
 "alsoKnownAs": null,
 "towns": [
  "Plymouth",
  "Roper",
  "Creswell"
 ],
 "bordering": "Washington County borders Beaufort, Bertie, Chowan, Hyde, Martin, Perquimans and Tyrrell counties.",
 "bordersWeSearch": [
  {
   "name": "Beaufort County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/beaufort-county"
  },
  {
   "name": "Bertie County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/bertie-county"
  },
  {
   "name": "Chowan County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/chowan-county"
  },
  {
   "name": "Perquimans County",
   "url": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/perquimans-county"
  }
 ],
 "offices": [
  {
   "name": "Washington County Register of Deeds",
   "role": "Records deeds, deeds of trust, satisfactions, plats and other real estate documents for the county; the office is at the county seat, Plymouth",
   "kind": "records"
  },
  {
   "name": "Washington County Tax Office",
   "role": "Owner, parcel and assessment data; property tax bills",
   "kind": "owner"
  }
 ],
 "censusEstimates": {
  "period": "2020 to 2024",
  "note": "Federal census estimates for the county (5-year survey); estimates, not counts.",
  "housingUnits": 6040,
  "ownerOccupiedShareOfOccupiedPct": 68,
  "vacantPct": 21.5,
  "medianGrossRentUsd": 743,
  "medianYearBuilt": 1975,
  "builtBefore1980Pct": 62.1
 },
 "homeValueAndTax": {
  "medianHomeValueUsd": 125900,
  "medianPropertyTaxUsd": 1252,
  "effectivePropertyTaxRatePct": 0.99,
  "ownerOccupiedHomes": 3227,
  "conformingLoanLimitUsd": 832750,
  "twoBedroomFairMarketRentUsd": 1012
 },
 "facts": [
  {
   "label": "County seat",
   "value": "Plymouth"
  },
  {
   "label": "Records office",
   "value": "Washington County Register of Deeds"
  },
  {
   "label": "Owner and parcel data",
   "value": "Washington County Tax Office"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units",
   "value": "6,040"
  },
  {
   "label": "Occupied homes that are owner-occupied",
   "value": "68%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Housing units vacant",
   "value": "21.5%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median year homes were built",
   "value": "1975"
  },
  {
   "label": "Homes built before 1980",
   "value": "62.1%"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median gross rent",
   "value": "$743 a month"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median home value",
   "value": "$125,900"
  },
  {
   "label": "Median property tax",
   "value": "$1,252 a year (0.99% of value)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Recording fee",
   "value": "$26 for a deed (first 15 pages) and $64 for a deed of trust (first 35 pages), $4 for each extra page; no fee to record a satisfaction (G.S. 161-10)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Excise tax on a deed",
   "value": "$1 for each $500 of value, paid by the seller (G.S. 105-228.30)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Deed of trust satisfaction",
   "value": "Lender must submit it within 30 days after payoff (G.S. 45-36.9)"
  },
  {
   "label": "Last verified",
   "value": "November 9, 2026"
  }
 ],
 "lastVerified": "2026-11-09",
 "report": {
  "priceUsd": 49,
  "type": "title search (current owner search)",
  "searches": [
   "Owner, situs address and parcel data from the statewide parcel records",
   "Deeds, deeds of trust, satisfactions, assignments, plats and other documents indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds",
   "Each deed of trust matched to its satisfaction where the index cross-references them",
   "Liens and other notices recorded with the Register, listed as name matches to verify",
   "Federal court records matched to the owner",
   "Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel"
  ],
  "doesNotCover": [
   "The Register's index is searched by the owner's name; documents are tied to the property by their description, and any tied only by the name are marked.",
   "Older instruments the Register has not indexed online, and the Register's paper books, are not searched; the report states the index's cut-off where the Register publishes one.",
   "Loans of earlier owners are not searched under the seller's name, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.",
   "Judgments, and the liens, estates and wills kept by the Clerk of Superior Court, are not searched.",
   "The report is a public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
  ]
 },
 "links": {
  "page": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/washington-county",
  "order": "https://heritagedeed.com/title-search/north-carolina/washington-county/order",
  "json": "https://heritagedeed.com/data/counties/north-carolina/washington-county.json"
 },
 "publisher": "HeritageDeed",
 "notice": "A public-records search, not title insurance or an attorney's opinion of title."
}