East Wake Times

The Wake County Republican Party praised the Register of Deeds for making its services available online since late March as COVID-19 was expanding its grip on the nation. 

The Register of Deeds Charles Gilliam, a Republican, worked with staff to transition the department to online-only operations to help avoid spreading COVID-19 among the public and employees. 

Gilliam released a letter in April that provided updates about what his office has been doing. Gilliam said in the letter that the register is still providing its services to residents, but all of them have been sifted online.  

The Register of Deeds has been eRecording and indexing since the middle of March, which has brought recording up 23% in April, according to Gilliam's letter. 

Staff at the Register has also been virtually issuing 19 marriage licenses a day and other certified certificates continue to be processed. Gilliam also said in his letter that the Register's IT staff has been able to keep computing and other infrastructure functioning. 

The Wake County Republican Party applauded Gilliam for keeping his office running throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

"Hats off to REPUBLICAN Charles P Gilliam for keeping the trains running at the Wake County Register of Deeds," the political party said on Facebook.