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Cumberland County property data
Where Cumberland County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Fayetteville.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Cumberland County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Cumberland County Register of Deeds. Land records back to 1754 can be searched free on the Register's online records search, and recording a deed costs $26 for the first 15 pages.
Owners and values
Cumberland County Tax Administration (Real Estate and GIS Mapping). Owner, value and listing details are free on the county's property search by owner, address, REID or PIN, and prior-year values and bills are on a separate free public web access site.
Tax sales
Cumberland County Tax Administration (Delinquent Taxes and Tax Foreclosure Sales). The county's yearly advertised list of unpaid real estate taxes is free to browse online; the tax foreclosure sales page currently says sale information is unavailable and to contact the office.
Foreclosure sales
Cumberland County Clerk of Superior Court (mortgage foreclosures). Deed of trust foreclosures go through a hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court and are then sold at public auction after published notice, with a 10-day upset bid period.
Parcel maps
Cumberland County GIS Data Viewer. The county's free online map viewer shows parcels and other county map layers.
How property is sold here
Cumberland County follows North Carolina's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the North Carolina guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
North Carolina does not sell tax lien certificates; when taxes go unpaid, Cumberland County forecloses on the property itself and sells it at public auction, subject to upset bids. The county advertises its list of delinquent real estate each year as state law requires, but its tax foreclosure sales page currently lists no sales and asks buyers to contact Tax Administration for dates and properties.
Foreclosure sales
Mortgage foreclosures in North Carolina are mostly power of sale proceedings: after a hearing before the Clerk of Superior Court, a trustee auctions the property, usually at the courthouse in Fayetteville. Each sale stays open for 10 days for upset bids filed with the Clerk.
Assessed values
Cumberland County's current values come from a 2025 revaluation, the first since January 1, 2017, and state law requires one at least every eight years.
Transfer tax
North Carolina charges an excise tax on deeds of $1 per $500 of the sale price (0.2%), paid when the deed is recorded with the Cumberland County Register of Deeds, and the City of Fayetteville adds no transfer tax of its own.
Worth knowing
The 2025 revaluation was the first in eight years, so many values rose; the combined 2025 rate inside Fayetteville is about $0.95 per $100 of value (city 0.4495 plus county 0.499), plus fees.
Worth knowing
Cumberland County also sells county-owned surplus land through the County Attorney's office: offers need a 5% deposit, go to the Board of Commissioners, and then are advertised in the Fayetteville Observer for 10 days of upset bids.
Worth knowing
The county has nine towns and cities, led by Fayetteville, Hope Mills and Spring Lake, and each town sets its own tax rate on top of the county rate.
Every town in Cumberland County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Eastover town
- Falcon town
- Fayetteville city
- Godwin town
- Hope Mills town
- Linden town
- Spring Lake town
- Stedman town
- Wade town
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Cumberland County?
Deeds are recorded by the Cumberland County Register of Deeds in the Judge E. Maurice Braswell Courthouse, 117 Dick Street, Fayetteville. Land records back to 1754 are searchable online.
When is the Cumberland County tax sale?
There is no fixed date. The county forecloses on tax-delinquent property and sells it at auction, but its tax foreclosure sales page currently lists no sales, so contact Cumberland County Tax Administration for upcoming sales.
How do I find who owns a property in Cumberland County?
Search the Tax Administration property search by owner name, address, REID or PIN, or click the parcel on the county GIS Data Viewer. Confirm the deed at the Register of Deeds.
Are Cumberland County property records online?
Yes. Deeds are searchable on the Register of Deeds site, owner and value data are on the Tax Administration property search, and parcel maps are on the county GIS Data Viewer, all free.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
- ccrod.org/
- ccrod.org/fee-schedule/
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/no-department-pages-group/register-of-deeds
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/tax-group/tax/tax-foreclosure-sales
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/tax-group/tax/tax-bill-options/delinquent-taxes
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/tax-group/tax/property-tax-revaluation
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/tax-group/tax/real-estate-gis-mapping
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/tax-group/tax/tax-rates
- cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/legal-group/legal/surplus-property-list/surplus-propert
- taxpwa.co.cumberland.nc.us/camapwa/
- gis.co.cumberland.nc.us/DataViewer/
Every parcel in Cumberland County, on one map
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