How to find out if a property in Beaufort County, NC has a deed of trust
A home loan in North Carolina is usually secured by a deed of trust, recorded with the Beaufort County Register of Deeds; it stays a lien of record until a satisfaction is recorded, which North Carolina law requires within 30 days after the creditor receives full payment (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-36.9). A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Beaufort County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
About Beaufort County: The county seat of Beaufort County is Washington. Beaufort County borders Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt and Washington counties. Beaufort County has about 24,526 housing units, 69.5% of the occupied ones owner-occupied. Last verified November 9, 2026.
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Step by step in Beaufort County
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Find each deed of trust
Search the Beaufort County Register of Deeds index under each owner's name for deeds of trust recorded since they took title.
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Match the satisfaction
For each one, look for a recorded satisfaction that refers to it by document number or book and page. North Carolina gives the lender 30 days after the creditor receives full payment (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-36.9).
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Treat the unmatched as open
A deed of trust with no satisfaction of record is still a lien until the lender records one, even when the loan was paid.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Beaufort County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Beaufort County records show
A North Carolina home loan is secured by a deed of trust. The lender must submit a satisfaction for recording within 30 days after payoff (G.S. 45-36.9), so a loan with no recorded satisfaction is still a lien of record.
A real Beaufort County report
We ran this search on the Beaufort County Government Center (100 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC 29902): 0 deeds, 0 open deeds of trust, 0 recorded liens. See the Beaufort County sample report.
What the report checks in Beaufort County
- 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
Questions
How long does a lender have to record a satisfaction in North Carolina?
30 days after the creditor receives full payment (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 45-36.9). Statutory duty to submit the satisfaction for recording.
What does a HeritageDeed search in Beaufort County not cover?
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.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Beaufort County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Beaufort County property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Beaufort County title search guide
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