Warranty Deed in North Carolina

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What North Carolina law says

Signing and recording a deed	Before a deed can be registered, it must be acknowledged by the person who signed it, or the signature proved under oath by a witness as the law prescribes. An unregistered deed does not pass title against lien creditors or buyers for value until it is registered in the county where the land lies. The transferor must pay the state excise tax on the conveyance, $1 for each $500 (or fraction) of consideration or value, to the register of deeds before the deed is recorded. Excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18(a), 105-228.30
Signing and recording a deed	Before a deed (including a quitclaim deed) can be recorded it must be acknowledged by the person signing it (usually before a notary) or proved by a witness under oath. It is recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the land lies, and it protects against later buyers and lien creditors only once recorded. The seller (transferor) pays an excise tax of $1 per $500 of consideration or value to the register of deeds before recording. Recording: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-18.html; excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18, 105-228.30

Signing and recording a deed

Before a deed can be registered, it must be acknowledged by the person who signed it, or the signature proved under oath by a witness as the law prescribes. An unregistered deed does not pass title against lien creditors or buyers for value until it is registered in the county where the land lies. The transferor must pay the state excise tax on the conveyance, $1 for each $500 (or fraction) of consideration or value, to the register of deeds before the deed is recorded.

Excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html

Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18(a), 105-228.30

Signing and recording a deed

Before a deed (including a quitclaim deed) can be recorded it must be acknowledged by the person signing it (usually before a notary) or proved by a witness under oath. It is recorded with the register of deeds in the county where the land lies, and it protects against later buyers and lien creditors only once recorded. The seller (transferor) pays an excise tax of $1 per $500 of consideration or value to the register of deeds before recording.

Recording: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_47/GS_47-18.html; excise tax: https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_105/GS_105-228.30.html

Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 47-17, 47-18, 105-228.30

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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