How much does a title search cost in McDowell County, NC

A HeritageDeed title search in McDowell County costs $49: the owner of record, deeds, deeds of trust matched to their satisfactions, liens and tax status from the McDowell 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 McDowell County property, $49

Step by step in McDowell County

1. 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. 2

   Search it yourself or order it

   The McDowell 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 McDowell 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

More about McDowell County property records

• Check for liens
• Find the owner
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Property taxes
• McDowell County title search guide