Real Estate

Real Estate Records include a variety of scanned images that go back to the early 1900's. These range from real estate conveyances, deeds of trust, cancellation of deeds of trust, power of attorney's, assumed names, separation agreements, road maintenance agreements and many more. You may access our scanned records and retrieve the image through our on-line data base. As earlier stated this is a non-warranted access to our data. These records are retrieved by name, file number, book and page, and do not contain vital records.

This office does not prepare any documents; we are the record keepers only. We do not provide any forms. We do not change any information on any document. All recordings must meet our requirement of "being in proper form" as set forth by N. C. General Statutes.

Access to these public records is also available at the Register of Deeds Office in the Record Room from 8:00am until 5:00pm . The information is preserved on microfilm and in our record books.

We maintained Deed Books & Deed of Trust Books until July 1, 1999 at which time we combined these records into one Record Book. There is a separate index for Deeds of Trust prior to 1971, and this is noted on the access page.

NOTE: Deeds of Trust books 300 to 769 which are prior to 1971 are not indexed, and will not be accessible on line.

Documents may be presented for recording

Monday through Friday
8:00am - 5:00pm

No appointments are necessary

Recording Fees Are:

• $14.00 for the first page (this includes the $2.00 probate fee when required)
  
• $ 3.00 for each additional page
  
• $25.00 Non standard form (An Instrument that does not meet the July 1, 2002 New Real Estate Recording Standards)

Filing a non-standard Document - Effective July 1, 2002 NC G.S. 161-14. A $25.00 non-standard fee is required plus the regular recording fee for any instrument presented for registration that does not meet the following:

• Presented on 8 1/2 x 11" or 8 1/2 x 14" paper
• Have a blank margin at the top of the first page of 3" and 1/2" on remaining sides of the first page and all sides of subsequent pages.
• Typed or printed in black on white paper in legible font that is not smaller than 10 points in size
• Is printed in single-spaced pages
• Indicates the type of instrument at the top of the first page, (below 3" margin as required)
• The new requirements permit blanks to be filled in and corrections to be made by hand in pen.
  

• $ 5.00 for the first page for a Certified Copy and $2.00 for each additional page.
  
• $ .25 for copies per page
  
• $10.00 for each additional document when multiple documents as reflected on the first page of a document that contained two or more instruments. Note: Register is not required to index any multiple instrument whose title does not appear on the first page of the document.
  
• $ 1.00 per page for a faxed copy
  
• $ 2.00 for a notary certification.

We only accept Checks or Cash for any recording fees.

Street Address
Room 110, Buncombe County Courthouse
60 Court Plaza
Asheville, N. C. 28801-3563

Mailing Address
Recording Section
Buncombe County Register of Deeds Office
60 Court Plaza
Asheville, N. C. 28801-3563

Phone
(828) 250-4300

Email: register.of.deeds@buncombecounty.org