This Is Not a Government Office or Records Custodian. Buncombe Residents Directory is a private reference service. We cannot retrieve records, certify copies, confirm a residence, or alter an agency roll or database. Send those requests to the office that maintains the record. For an emergency, call 911. If someone is stalking or harassing you, contact local law enforcement.
Find the Right Buncombe Record
Choose the route that matches the question and the kind of record you need:
- Address, parcel, or current ownership: use the Buncombe street directory and its Tax Lookup, GIS, and deed-index routes.
- Historic directory volumes and past households: consult the Buncombe city directory collections at Pack and DigitalNC.
- One person across several official sources: use the Buncombe resident lookup method and verify with the appropriate custodian.
- County office contacts and access channels: see the Buncombe resident records offices information.
- Records that are not online: request the existing document from the custodian under North Carolina Public Records Law, Chapter 132, with a specific address, PIN, date range, name, or document reference.
Buncombe County Register of Deeds public-record contact.
Buncombe County Register of Deeds
205 College Street, Asheville, NC
Real estate: 828-250-4302; vital records: 828-250-4300
Public Record Search Room and office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Register of Deeds real-estate recording and public-record information
The Register of Deeds can provide access to recorded instruments and county-event vital-record channels subject to record-specific rules. Court records belong with the Buncombe County Clerk of Superior Court, and historical directories are held through Pack Special Collections. The county public-record route is for existing records, not a request for staff to identify an unknown person or create a new research compilation.