Orange County NC Website
Register of Deeds <br />Phone Number: (919) 245 -2679 <br />Website: www.orangecountync.gov /deeds <br />2010 -11 2011 -12 2012 -13 2012 -13 2013 -14 2013 -14 <br />Actual Actual Original 12 -Month Department Comissioner <br />Expenditures Expenditures Budget Estimate Requested Approved <br />By Category (General Fund) Account: 325 <br />Personnel Services 701,405 716,457 721,065 700,935 749,726 749,726 <br />Operations <br />Capital Outlay <br />Total Expenditures <br />Offsetting Revenues <br />125,114 118,078 147,063 <br />4,903 1,758 0 <br />$ 831,422 $ 836,292 $ 868,128 <br />(1,361,438) (1,241,213) (1,245,745) <br />134,577 143,743 143,743 <br />2,080 0 0 <br />$ 837,592 $ 893,469 $ 893,469 <br />(1,411,146) (1,431,909) (1,431,909) <br />County Costs (net) $ (530,016) $ (404,921) $ (377,617) $ (573,554) $ (538,440) $ (538,440) <br />Total Register of Deeds and <br />Related Expenditures $ 831,422 $ 836,292 $ 868,128 $ 837,592 $ 893,469 $ 893,469 <br />Mission Statement <br />The purpose of the Register of Deeds Office is to record, maintain and preserve real and <br />personal records and, in compliance with NC General Statutes, provide access to public records <br />and courteous and professional service to citizens. <br />Major Services <br />• File documents presented for registration <br />• Index and scan all filed documents to create permanent public records <br />• Create permanent records of births, deaths, marriages and military discharges <br />• Issue marriage licenses and certified copies of public permanent records <br />• Redact personal information from web (upon citizen's request) <br />• Customer Service & Special Projects, for example back - scanning old documents <br />FY 2012 -13 Outcomes <br />Recording Process — Reviewed each document to ensure in compliance with NC recording <br />laws; submitted each land- related document to Land Records for PIN (Parcel Identifier <br />Number) assignment within five minutes of presentation. Completed filing process, affixed <br />book and page, time and date, collected /receipted fee within ten minutes. Each document <br />processed by Quality Control within 4 hours of recording. Total process completed in the <br />desginated time frame approximately 99% of the time. Returned filed documents to <br />designated party within 5 to 7 days of filing, approximately 98% of the time. <br />Indexing & Imaging Process - Indexed document within twenty minutes of filing process (this <br />process gives notice to title searchers that the document is on file). Scanned recorded <br />documents within 8 hours of recording and printed permanent record book copies. Process <br />completed in the designated time frame approximately 95% of the time. <br />111:393 <br />