How to find who owns a property in Columbus County, NC
The Columbus County Tax Office lists the owner on the tax roll for every parcel in Columbus County; the last deed recorded with the Columbus County Register of Deeds is what makes someone the owner of record. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Columbus County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
About Columbus County: The county seat of Columbus County is Whiteville. Columbus County borders Bladen, Brunswick, Pender and Robeson counties, and across the state line Dillon County, SC and Horry County, SC. Columbus County has about 23,563 housing units, 71.1% of the occupied ones owner-occupied. Last verified November 9, 2026.
Search a Columbus County property, $49
Step by step in Columbus County
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Look up the parcel
Search the Columbus County Tax Office by address for the parcel number and the owner on the tax roll.
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Confirm with the recorded deed
The tax roll can lag a sale: the last deed recorded with the Columbus County Register of Deeds is what makes the new owner the owner of record.
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Note how title is held
The deed names the grantee exactly (an individual, a couple, a trust or a company), which is whose name to search for liens.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Columbus County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What the report checks in Columbus County
- 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
- Federal court records matched to the owner
- Flood zone and federal environmental sites near the parcel
Not covered here
- 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.
- Loans of earlier owners are not searched under the seller's name, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Columbus 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 Columbus County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Columbus County property records
- Check for liens
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Columbus County title search guide
Check the title of a Columbus County property
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