Whether you're refinancing, settling an estate, or just trying to find a copy of your house deed in Wake County, North Carolina, DeedNow gets you the official recorded document for $49.99 without leaving home.
Wake County is anchored by the city of Raleigh, North Carolina's state capital, and forms the eastern point of the Research Triangle. The Register of Deeds records property transfers for the city itself plus rapidly-growing suburbs like Cary, Apex, and Wake Forest.
North Carolina records real-property instruments with the Register of Deeds. For property in Wake County, that means deeds, mortgages, and other real-property instruments are filed with the Wake County Register of Deeds.
Raleigh, NC
Visit the official Register of Deeds website
For walk-in hours, copy fees, or in-person requests, contact the Register of Deeds office directly. To skip the trip and have the recorded deed emailed to you, use the search at the top of this page.
DeedNow retrieves the most recent recorded deed of conveyance for the address you search.
There are a few situations where you'll need an official recorded copy of your Wake County property deed — not the closing packet, not a digital scan, the one that bears the Register of Deeds's recording stamp:
The Wake County Register of Deeds accepts several different document types, but the ones most commonly recorded under North Carolina law are General Warranty Deed, Special Warranty Deed, Quitclaim Deed, and Deed of Trust. The DeedNow service returns whatever the most recent recorded deed of conveyance is for the address you search — most often a warranty or grant deed showing the current owner.
If you specifically need a different recorded instrument — for example a quitclaim, trustee's deed, or a release — note which document you need when you place your Wake County order and we'll target it during retrieval.
When the Register of Deeds records a deed in North Carolina, the document itself is the official evidence of ownership. A typical recorded Wake County deed includes:
When Wake County property owners need an official deed, they typically choose between three options:
Drive to Raleigh, find parking, wait in line, and request a copy from a clerk during business hours. Best if you already know the book/page or instrument number and need a certified copy the same day.
Most North Carolina counties offer a public records search, but the interface is built for clerks and title professionals — you usually need a parcel number, an instrument number, or grantor/grantee name spelled exactly as recorded. Some counties charge per page.
Type the Wake County property address in the search box at the top of this page, pay $49.99 once, and we email you the official recorded deed PDF. No book/page lookup, no parcel number, no per-page fees. Most Wake County requests deliver in minutes; the rest land in your inbox within 24 hours.
The fastest way is to search the property address with DeedNow — we pull the most recent recorded deed from the Register of Deeds (Wake County Register of Deeds) and email you the PDF for $49.99. You can also request a copy in person at the Register of Deeds office in Raleigh, but you typically need to know the book/page or instrument number first.
DeedNow charges a flat $49.99 per official recorded deed in Wake County — pay once per deed, no subscriptions, no per-page fees. The Register of Deeds office may charge a separate per-page copy fee if you request directly from them in person or by mail.
Most Wake County deed requests through DeedNow are delivered to your email within minutes. A small number of harder counties take up to 24 hours, depending on how the Register of Deeds's public records system responds.
No. With DeedNow you can get a recorded copy of any Wake County property deed online for $49.99 without ever going to Raleigh. We retrieve the document from official North Carolina county records and email you the PDF — typically the same day, often within minutes.
One flat price. $49.99 per official recorded deed. No subscriptions, no hidden fees.
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