How much does a title search cost in Harnett County, NC
A HeritageDeed title search in Harnett County costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, deeds of trust matched to their satisfactions, liens and tax status from the Harnett County Register of Deeds and county records, usually within minutes. Traditional title search firms quote about $100 to $400 for a comparable search.
About Harnett County: The county seat of Harnett County is Lillington. Harnett County borders Chatham, Cumberland, Johnston, Lee, Moore, Sampson and Wake counties. Harnett County has about 54,902 housing units, 71% of the occupied ones owner-occupied.
Search a Harnett County property, $49
Step by step in Harnett 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.
- 2
Search it yourself or order it
The Harnett 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 Harnett 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 Harnett 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 Harnett County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Harnett County property records
- Check for liens
- Find the owner
- Search deeds
- Check for a loan
- Property taxes
- Harnett County title search guide
Check the title of a Harnett County property
AI title search, $49 per report. Usually ready in about a minute. Full refund if we can't deliver.