eRecording in Wake County, NC

Wake County recording fees

County charges verified August 2026 against the Wake County Register of Deeds fee schedule. Counties change fees without notice — we confirm the exact amount on your invoice before anything is submitted.

• • North Carolina's flat fee covers a generous page allowance — 35 pages for deeds of trust, 15 for everything else — before per-page charges begin.
• • Excise tax is collected at recording on the sale price; exempt transfers should cite the exemption on the face of the deed.
• • Documents that miss the margin or format standards draw an extra non-standard fee.

Our flat service fee is billed on top of the county charges, itemized on one invoice.

Documents we record in Wake County

• General and special warranty deeds
• Deeds of trust, modifications, and cancellations
• Claims of lien on real property
• Assignments and subordinations
• Plats and easements
• Powers of attorney
• Assumed name certificates

Formatting rules that cause rejections here

1. 1

   Leave a 3-inch blank margin at the top of the first page and ½-inch margins on the remaining sides and all following pages (NCGS 161-14).

2. 2

   Pages must be 8½" x 11" or 8½" x 14", black ink on white paper, at 10-point type or larger.

3. 3

   State the document title at the top of the first page and list the names of all parties to be indexed.

4. 4

   Include the name and address for return of the recorded document.

5. 5

   Deeds require excise tax of $1.00 per $500 of consideration, paid at recording, and many counties require county tax certification before recording.

6. 6

   Original signatures must carry a complete North Carolina notarial acknowledgment; the notary's name must be legibly typed or printed beneath the signature.

How to record a deed in Wake County, NC

Recording a deed with the Wake County Register of Deeds electronically takes six steps. You do not need an account, software, or a trip to the recorder's office.

1. 1

   Prepare and sign the deed

   Complete the deed with the full legal description, the grantor and grantee names, and the return-to address. Sign it in front of a notary — Wake County will reject an unsigned or improperly acknowledged document.

2. 2

   Check the county formatting rules

   Confirm margins, page size, and the document title meet Wake County Register of Deeds standards. Leave a 3-inch blank margin at the top of the first page and ½-inch margins on the remaining sides and all following pages (NCGS 161-14).

3. 3

   Scan the signed deed to PDF

   Scan at 200–300 dpi in black and white. Keep every page in one PDF, in order, with nothing cropped off the edges.

4. 4

   Submit the PDF to iRecord365

   Upload the file through the online submission form. We review it against Wake County requirements before it reaches the recorder, so formatting problems are caught first.

5. 5

   Approve the itemized invoice

   You receive one invoice showing the Wake County recording fees plus our flat service fee. Nothing is submitted until you approve it.

6. 6

   Receive the recorded deed

   Wake County e-recordings submitted before the daily cutoff are typically reviewed and returned the same business day. The stamped, recorded deed with the official recording data is emailed back to you.

Wake County eRecording questions