How much does a title search cost in Columbus County, NC
A HeritageDeed title search in Columbus County costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, deeds of trust matched to their satisfactions, liens and tax status from the Columbus County Register of Deeds and county records, usually within minutes. Traditional title search firms quote about $100 to $400 for a comparable search.
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
- 1
Decide what you need
A current owner search (owner, deeds, open loans, liens, tax) answers most buyer and investor questions; a lender closing needs a title insurance commitment instead.
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Search it yourself or order it
The Columbus County Register of Deeds index is public; matching every deed of trust to its satisfaction and checking the courts takes time. A HeritageDeed report does it for $49.
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
- 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
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.
- 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.
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
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Columbus County title search guide
Check the title of a Columbus County property
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