Deed in McDowell County, North Carolina
A deed transfers ownership of real property from the grantor to the grantee. Recording it gives public notice of the transfer, and in most states the order of recording decides who wins between competing buyers. In McDowell County, deeds are recorded with the McDowell County Register of Deeds, and a HeritageDeed title search lists them for the property.
How McDowell County records it
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.
Judgments are docketed with the Clerk of Superior Court, not the Register of Deeds, and a docketed judgment is a lien on the debtor's real property in the county for ten years (G.S. 1-234).
What it means for a buyer or bidder
The last recorded deed names the owner of record and how they hold title; a title search follows the chain of deeds back from it.
Does a title search find it in McDowell County?
Yes. The McDowell County report covers: Deeds, deeds of trust, satisfactions, assignments, plats and other documents indexed under the owner's name with the Register of Deeds.
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