How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Durham County, NC
Property tax bills and delinquencies in Durham County are with the Durham County Tax Administration. In Durham County the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.
Search a Durham County property, $49
Step by step in Durham County
- 1
Look up the tax account
Find the parcel in the Durham County Tax Administration records and its tax bill for the current and past years.
- 2
Check for delinquency
Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property and can lead to a tax sale; check whether any year is delinquent.
Durham County property tax in numbers
The median owner-occupied home in Durham County pays $3,092 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, ranked 18 of 100 in North Carolina. Durham County property tax rate.
A real Durham County report
We ran this search on the Durham Bulls Athletic Park (409 Blackwell St, Durham, NC 27701): 1 deed, 0 open deeds of trust, 0 recorded liens. See the Durham County sample report.
What the report checks in Durham County
- Owner, parcel number and the vesting deed's book and page from the county tax parcel records
Not covered here
- Loans of earlier owners are not searched under the seller's name, loan amounts are not published, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Durham County not cover?
Records start in 1978: a purchase before then has its deed read by book and page, but earlier loans are not searched.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Durham County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Durham County property records
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