How to search deeds in Forsyth County, NC
Deeds in Forsyth County are recorded with the Forsyth County Register of Deeds, searchable by grantor and grantee name. The Forsyth County Register of Deeds says documents were not officially recorded in the county until 1913 (a few instruments date from 1849) and that computerized indexes began in 1965. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Forsyth County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
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Step by step in Forsyth County
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Start from the parcel
The Forsyth County Tax Administration parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Forsyth County Register of Deeds grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Forsyth County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Forsyth County records show
In North Carolina, deeds and other real property documents are recorded by the county Register of Deeds. A recorded conveyance is effective against lien creditors and purchasers only from the time of its registration (G.S. 47-18), so the order of recording decides priority.
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.
The Forsyth County Register of Deeds says documents were not officially recorded in the county until 1913 (a few instruments date from 1849) and that computerized indexes began in 1965. The index records the year only for documents before 1997.
The Register links a deed of trust and its satisfaction to each other by cross-reference, and UCC financing statements are not available through the Register's real estate records.
A real Forsyth County report
We ran this search on the Wells Fargo Center (100 N Main St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101): 1 deed, 1 open deed of trust, 0 recorded liens. See the Forsyth County sample report.
What the report checks in Forsyth County
- Owner, situs address and the vesting deed's book and page from the county tax parcel records
- The vesting deed, and deeds, deeds of trust, satisfactions, assignments, substitutions of trustee and foreclosure notices recorded with the Register of Deeds
- Each deed of trust matched to its satisfaction through the Register's cross-references
Questions
How far back do Forsyth County land records go?
The Forsyth County Register of Deeds says documents were not officially recorded in the county until 1913 (a few instruments date from 1849) and that computerized indexes began in 1965. The index records the year only for documents before 1997.
What does a HeritageDeed search in Forsyth County not cover?
Records are computerized from 1965 and show only the year for documents before 1997; earlier instruments and the Register's older books are not searched.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Forsyth County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Forsyth County property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Title search cost
- Before the auction
- Forsyth County title search guide
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