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Redaction of Personal Information

Redaction of Personal Information (Identity Theft Protection)

Any person preparing or filing a document for recordation should not include personal information, such as their Social Security number, employer taxpayer identification, driver’s license number, state identification, passport, bank account numbers, PIN and passwords in a document unless specifically required by law or court order, adopted by the State Registrar on records for vital events, or redacted so that no more than the last four digits of the identification number is included.

With the rise of identity theft, many citizens feel uncomfortable with their personal information being available on legal documents on the internet. Here at the Register of Deeds office, we take protecting your identity seriously while still providing open access to what North Carolina General Statutes deem as “Public Records.” We have scanned our internet records back to 1935 with optical character recognition software, and we have redacted any social security or driver’s license numbers that were found. We began our search in 1935, since this was the first year social security numbers were issued. This is the only information NC laws currently allow the Register of Deeds office to redact without your permission.