Land Records Management Section
Land Records Management Section assists local governments in establishing standards
for the indexing and electronic access and storage of vital land records involved
in real property transactions. The Section provides expertise in the creation
and improvement of large-scale county maps and record-keeping procedures with an
emphasis on computerization. Local governments wishing to modernize and standardize
their land records receive technical assistance from the Section in seven major
areas:
Base mapping
Cadastral mapping
Parcel identifiers
Automation of land records
Uniform Indexing of land records
Uniform recording and indexing for maps, plats and condominiums.
Security and reproduction of land records.
The Section is also responsible for maintaining the municipal annexation maps and
ordinances, municipal charter amendments, and county boundary maps that are required
to be filed with the Department of the Secretary of State.
Upcoming Workshops And Training
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Certified Property Mappers
The Land Records Management Section certifies local government property mappers
through an application and training process. Certified property mappers must
have the minimum skills necessary to create and maintain large-scale cadastral maps
in their county.
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Certified property mappers are also responsible for reviewing maps for quality and
validity prior to the maps being recorded in the Registers’ of Deeds offices.
When serving in this capacity, certified mappers are the official Mapping Review
Officers for their counties.
North Carolina Registers of Deeds
The Section conducts management and comparative salary studies for the Offices of
the Registers of Deeds, including the review and approval of register of deeds satellite
offices. At the conclusion of each study the Department of the Secretary of
State, through the Land Records Management Section, presents written findings and
non-binding recommendations to the County Boards of Commissioners and the Register
of Deeds of each county. The Section also administers the
Minimum Standards For Indexing Real Property Instruments (pdf format).
For
information on Modernization and Simplification of Notary Public Laws and E-Notarization
Land Records Management Advisory Committee
An advisory committee assists the Department of the Secretary of State in the planning
and administration of the Land Records Management Section’s programs. The
Secretary appoints 12 members to the committee who represent the following organizations:
The North Carolina Association of Assessing Officers
The North Carolina Section of the American Society of
Photogrammetry
The North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute
of Planners
The North Carolina Section of the American Society of
Civil Engineers
The North Carolina Property Mappers’ Association
The North Carolina Association of Registers
of Deeds
The North Carolina Bar Association
The North Carolina Society of Land Surveyors
The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
For more information, please contact us at:
The Land Records Management Section
P. O. Box 29626
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0626
Phone 919-807-2207
Fax 919-807-2285
Email
landrecords@sosnc.com
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