How much does a title search cost in Forsyth County, NC
A HeritageDeed title search in Forsyth County costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, deeds of trust matched to their satisfactions, liens and tax status from the Forsyth County Register of Deeds and county records, usually within minutes. Traditional title search firms quote about $100 to $400 for a comparable search.
Search a Forsyth County property, $49
Step by step in Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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 Forsyth County records show
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.
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
- Liens and other notices recorded with the Register, listed as name matches to verify
- Federal court records matched to the owner
Not covered here
- 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.
- Documents are tied to the property by its street address or by the lot and subdivision in their description; any tied only by the owner's name are marked.
- 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
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
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Before the auction
- Forsyth County title search guide
Check the title of a Forsyth County property
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