Deed Types (3)
General Warranty – Comes with a guarantee that the title to the property is clear and that the seller (or grantor) has the full legal authority to sell the property.
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Quit Claim – No guarantee as to the title or the seller’s authority to sell the property. These are used in situations where the title isn’t clear.
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Special Warranty – Contains a limited warranty stating that the grantor has done nothing to encumber the title to the property during their ownership.
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Recording
All deeds must be filed in the Register of Deeds in the County where the real estate is located.[1]
Signing
All deeds must be signed with the Grantor(s) signing in front of a Notary Public.[2]
North Carolina Property Search (8 steps)
Step 1
First, go to the Register of Deeds website for Durham and locate the “Register of Deeds” window on the left (highlighted in yellow below).
Step 2
From the list of available options in the “Register of Deeds” window, select “Online Public Records Search”.
Step 3
Next, select the blue link located in the upper left portion of the page.
Step 4
Select “Real Estate” from the menu bar at the top of the page. From the subsequent options, choose “Search Real Estate Index”.
Step 5
Type in the name of your grantor and any other information that you think would be helpful to narrow it down. Here, we chose to search for “McDonalds” in the Party Name search bar, and chose “Company” as the P/C Type.
Step 6
You are brought to a page listing various documents filed under that name. Click on the document and you will be able to view it. You will then want to search for the name of the person who sold the property to your grantor and so on until you have gone back at most 50 years.
Step 7
You should then go forward searching each grantor. In this manner, you should be able to see all interests in the property that were granted.
Step 8
Next, you should also check for any liens on the property.