Other Information

Emergency Notifications

You are now able to receive emergency notification emails and texts. Always know when the government complex is closing due to weather or other emergencies.  Click here to sign up!

Important Notice Regarding Assumed Names

Effective December 1, 2017

Please review the notice from the NC Secretary of State.

Delinquent Taxes

Effective January 1, 2014

Requirement for acreage tracts by the Tax Department. Read more...

Tax Certification

Effective July 25, 2011

This law requires the Register of Deeds to not accept deeds for recording unless certified by the Tax Department. Read more...

WARNING: Deed Scam

Don't purchase copies of your deed from an unsolicited mailing. Instead, call the North Carolina Attorney General's office at 919-716-6000 to file a complaint. The North Carolina Attorney General's Office has gone to court to stop similar mailings. If you or anyone you know have received these mailings, please contact the Attorney General's Office. You can call toll free within North Carolina at 1-877-5-NO-SCAM, at (919) 716-6000 from outside of North Carolina, or at (919) 716-0058 for Spanish speakers. For more information visit their website here.

Health Department Vital Records Services

The Brunswick County Health Department offers some Vital Records services that are not handled by our office.  This includes creation of Birth and Death Certificates, Burial Transit & Disinterment/Re-interment Permits, and Affidavits of Parentage.  More information may be found on their page.