How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Forsyth County, NC

Property tax bills and delinquencies in Forsyth County are with the Forsyth County Tax Administration. In Forsyth County the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.

Search a Forsyth County property, $49

Step by step in Forsyth County

1. 1

   Look up the tax account

   Find the parcel in the Forsyth County Tax Administration records and its tax bill for the current and past years.

2. 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.

3. 3

   Check the sale list

   See whether the property is on the Forsyth County Tax Administration's tax foreclosure sale list.

Forsyth County property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Forsyth County pays $1,984 a year, an effective rate of 0.79%, ranked 18 of 100 in North Carolina. Forsyth County property tax rate.

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

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

More about Forsyth County property records

• Check for liens
• Find the owner
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Title search cost
• Before the auction
• Forsyth County title search guide