The Register of Deeds Department is responsible for recording, indexing, preserving, and maintaining real property documents, financing statements, birth, death, marriage, military discharge and notary public records in accordance with North Carolina General Statutes and local ordinances. The department assists attorneys, paralegals, realtors, surveyors, banking officers, and the general public with the retrieval of these permanent records and issues certified copies to the recipient. The Registrar of Deeds is an elected position.

2009 Holiday Schedule

New Year's Day - January 1

Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday - January 19

Good Friday -  April 10 

County Mandated Furlough (County Offices Closed) - April 13

County Mandated Furlough (County Offices Closed) - May 22

Memorial - May 25

Independence Day - July 3

County Mandated Furlough (County Offices Closed) - September 4

Labor Day - September 4 & 7

Veteran's Day - November 11

Thanksgiving - November 26 & 27

Christmas - December 24 & 25