Real Estate Closings and Title

North Carolina is an attorney-closing state. State law requires a licensed North Carolina attorney to supervise a real estate closing, and the choice of attorney belongs to you — not to the lender or the realtor. The firm handles closings on Main Street in Hayesville, a short walk from the Clay County Register of Deeds.

What the firm handles

1. Residential closings — purchases, sales, and refinances of homes, cabins, and mountain land across western North Carolina.
2. Commercial closings — office, retail, and investment transactions, including entity purchases and seller financing.
3. Title examination — a search of the public record to confirm the seller can convey clear title and to surface liens, easements, restrictive covenants, and access questions before you are committed.
4. Title insurance — issuance of owner’s and lender’s policies through the firm as an approved agent.
5. Deed and document preparation — general warranty deeds, special warranty deeds, deeds of trust, promissory notes, and the recording of every instrument with the Register of Deeds.
6. Vacant land and access — review of road maintenance agreements, rights of way, and shared-driveway arrangements common to parcels in Clay, Cherokee, and Macon counties.

Why title work matters here

Mountain parcels carry title questions a flatland closing rarely sees — old family conveyances, gaps in the chain, unrecorded easements, and access across a neighbor’s land. A careful title examination before closing is the difference between a clean purchase and a dispute after you own the property. Every closing the firm handles is examined and supervised by Paul Scott Lipof.

Counties served

The firm closes transactions in Clay County (Hayesville, Warne, Brasstown), Cherokee County (Murphy, Andrews), Macon County (Franklin, Highlands), and Graham County (Robbinsville). If your property sits in western North Carolina, the firm can likely help.