From Jeff L. Thigpen 

Greetings!

Effective–July 1, 2012

The Guilford County Register of Deeds “in-house and online” public search systems will fundamentally change at the end of June.  

These changes are the result of new Indexing Standards in the NC Secretary of State’s Administrative Code which must be implemented July 1st.   Please review the official order and letter to our NCARD President Wayne Rash from NC Secretary of State’s office.    

The Register of Deeds gave serious consideration of using a “hybrid” approach to continue our popular online search system, but the incompatibility of the existing online search with the new indexing standards to be implemented July 1st created an inability to find certain public records indexed under these new standards.   

As a result this incompatibility, we’ve decided to have one uniform in-house and online public search system that conforms to the standards effective July 1st.

This will be a significant change for our customers.   

In anticipation of this change, we are doing the following:

  • Four computer terminals are designated in Greensboro designated with the new “V4” public search system.
  • Two computer terminals are designated in High Point designated with the new “V4” public search system.    
  • The Register of Deeds office had several public trainings in May. We have scheduled additional trainings on the following dates in June:

June 18 and 19- Greensboro 10 am, High Point 2 pm

June 25 thru 29-Greensboro 10 am, High Point 2 pm.  

  • Business Information Services (BIS) staff will be available on site during the week of July 2nd to 5th
  • ROD staff will be available to help customers on site and users can call Jeff Lowe with BIS after July 1st at (866) 800-6504.  

We apologize for any inconvenience due to this change but we will do all we can to help make the transition as easy as possible.

Thanks.  

Jeff L. Thigpen

Guilford County Register of Deeds