Wake County, North Carolina Property Owner Lookup
Who owns property in Wake County? Enter the street address below to see the owner of record as the public roll lists it.
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For a title file, a lender package or a client memo, a Wake County brief gives you the owner of record, site address, and assessed or market value (with Pro) in one place, cited to the Wake County assessor parcels.
Wake County is Raleigh, Cary and Apex, and its parcel file carries the owner of record and value. The county seat is Raleigh, the state capital. Wake also covers Wake Forest, Holly Springs and part of the Research Triangle Park area.
What's in a Wake County brief
Every field named above, plus the parcel ID, a map, the file date, and brief and exhibit PDFs. See a sample brief
Source and citation
Every Wake County brief cites the Wake County assessor parcels. North Carolina counties keep the tax roll through a county tax assessor and revalue on their own schedule.
Wake County at a glance
Wake County is home to about 1,232,444 people, the most populous of North Carolina's 100 counties, with 11.2% of the state's residents. Its 835 square miles of land work out to roughly 1,477 residents per square mile, 6.5 times the North Carolina average. Another 22 square miles are water.
Sources: Census Bureau population estimates (July 2024) and the Census 2024 Gazetteer.
Wake County questions
Who owns property in Wake County?
Enter the property's address above. You get the owner of record exactly as the Wake County assessor parcels lists it.
Who keeps property records in Wake County?
In Wake County, the county tax assessor keeps the roll. AssessorBrief cites it through the Wake County assessor parcels.
What counties are near Wake County?
The closest North Carolina counties to Wake County are Durham County, Johnston County, Franklin County, Harnett County, and Orange County. Each lookup works the same way across the state line, too: Pro covers all states.
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