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way be held responsible for errors or omissions in these
records nor for any actions resulting from their use. The official
records are kept in the Washington County Register of Deeds Office.
NOTICE
Per GS 132-1.8 (g): Any person preparing or filing a document for recordation
or filing in the official records may not include a social security, employer
taxpayer identification, drivers license, state identification, passport, checking
account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal
identification (PIN) code or passwords in the document, unless expressly required
by law or court order, adopted by the State Registrar on records of vital events,
or redacted so that no more than the last four digits of the identification number
is included.
Any person has a right to request a register of deeds to remove, from an image or
copy of an official record placed on a register of deeds' Internet Web site available
to the general public or on an Internet Web site available to the general public
used by a register of deeds to display public records, any social security, employer
taxpayer identification, drivers license, state identification, passport, checking
account, savings account, credit card, or debit card number, or personal identification
(PIN) code or passwords contained in an official record. The request must be made in
writing and delivered by mail, facsimile, or electronic transmission, or delivered in
person, to the register of deeds. The request must specify the personal information
to be redacted, information that identifies the document that contains the personal
information and unique information that identifies the location within the document
that contains the social security, employer taxpayer identification, drivers license,
state identification, passport, checking account, savings account, credit card, or
debit card number, or personal identification (PIN) code or passwords to be redacted.
No fee will be charged for the redaction pursuant to such a request. Any person who
requests a redaction without proper authority to do so shall be guilty of an infraction,
punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each violation.
NOTE: INDEX PRIOR TO 6/24/1996 ARE ONLY FOR MAPS (PLATS) RECORDED IN PLAT CABINETS 1, 2, AND 3 AND MAP BOOKS 1 THRU 9
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In order to use the Washington County Online Search functionality there are several requirements that your remote computer must meet. These requirements are listed below:
- Your computer must support a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
- Your Internet browser must be Windows Explorer
- Your Internet browser must enable our site to set a cookie upon your connection to the search application.
- Any second party security software or spyware software that you are running on your computer must not be set to block the cookie.
- Your computer must allow pop-ups from the Washington County Register of Deeds site, since the application opens in a new window.
- You will need to install the Alternatiff image viewer in order to view images. The instructions for installing Alternatiff are found here.
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