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Mecklenburg County property data
Where Mecklenburg County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Charlotte.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Mecklenburg County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. Deeds, deeds of trust, plats and other land records from March 1990 to today can be searched free in the online database, with a separate historical index going back to 1763.
Owners and values
Mecklenburg County Office of Tax Administration (Assessor). Owner and value data can be looked up free on the county's online property record search, and tax bills can be searched free on the Tax Bill Lookup.
Tax sales
Mecklenburg County Office of the Tax Collector. Upcoming tax foreclosure properties are listed free by the county and its two outside law firms, with an interactive map of upcoming sales; bidding itself is in person.
Foreclosure sales
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office and Clerk of Superior Court (in rem tax foreclosures). The county posts its current in rem foreclosure list online; the Sheriff runs the sales at the courthouse and upset bids are filed with the Clerk of Court.
Parcel maps
Mecklenburg County Geospatial Information Services (GIS). The county's free Polaris parcel map and downloadable GIS data are available online.
How property is sold here
Mecklenburg 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 liens; Mecklenburg County forecloses on the property and sells it at public auction. Foreclosures are handled either by the County Attorney (in rem) or by two outside law firms (mortgage style), and each posts its own sale list, which the county links from its Tax Foreclosure Properties page. County in rem sales are run by the Sheriff in person at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse at 832 East 4th Street, with no online bidding, and every winning bid stays open for 10 days of upset bids.
Foreclosure sales
Tax foreclosure auctions are held in person at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse in Charlotte, and the Notice of Sale is posted at the courthouse for at least 20 days and published in the newspaper for two weeks. After the sale, upset bids of at least 5% or $750 can be filed with the Clerk of Court for 10 days, and the period restarts with each new upset bid.
Assessed values
Mecklenburg County revalues all property every four years; the current values date from the 2023 revaluation, and the next revaluation takes effect January 1, 2027, with notices mailed in early 2027.
Transfer tax
North Carolina charges a real estate excise tax of $1 per $500 of the sale price (0.2%), and Mecklenburg County and Charlotte add no local transfer tax.
Worth knowing
A new county revaluation takes effect January 1, 2027, so assessed values will reset across the county that year.
Worth knowing
The county has seven municipalities: Charlotte and the towns of Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill and Pineville; the Tax Collector collects taxes for all of them.
Worth knowing
The Tax Collector publishes a delinquent taxpayer list each spring and a monthly Top 100 delinquent list, both free online.
Every town in Mecklenburg County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Charlotte city
- Cornelius town
- Davidson town
- Huntersville town
- Matthews town
- Mint Hill town
- Pineville town
- Stallings town
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Mecklenburg County?
Deeds are recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds in the County and Courts Office Building at 720 E. 4th Street in Charlotte. Records from March 1990 on can be searched free online.
When is the Mecklenburg County tax sale?
Mecklenburg County holds tax foreclosure auctions through the year as cases are ready, in person at the county courthouse. Upcoming sales are listed on the Tax Collector's Tax Foreclosure Properties page and the linked law firm sites.
How do I find who owns a property in Mecklenburg County?
Use the Office of Tax Administration's free online property record search, or click a parcel on the county's Polaris map.
Are Mecklenburg County property records online?
Yes. Recorded land records, owner and value data, tax bills, tax foreclosure lists and parcel maps are all free online.
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.
- mecknc.gov/
- deeds.mecknc.gov
- deeds.mecknc.gov/services/real-estate-records
- deeds.mecknc.gov/Uniform-Fee-Schedule
- tax.mecknc.gov
- tax.mecknc.gov/property-valuation
- tax.mecknc.gov/property-valuation/revaluation
- tax.mecknc.gov/Delinquent-Taxpayer-Lists
- tax.mecknc.gov/services/tax-foreclosure-properties
- tax.mecknc.gov/service/rem-foreclosures
- gis.mecknc.gov/
- polaris3g.mecklenburgcountync.gov/
Every parcel in Mecklenburg County, on one map
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