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Burke County registered‑deeds office reports jump in passport and vital‑records work, flags fraud risks
Summary
Registered‑Deeds Clerk Stephanie Norman told commissioners the office saw large increases in passport applications and vital‑record requests, plans to begin issuing birth certificates for adopted people Jan. 1, 2026, and urged residents to sign up for a free fraud‑notification email service.
Stephanie Norman, Burke County registered‑deeds clerk, told the Board of Commissioners on Monday that her office has seen a sustained rise in work volume for land records, vital records and passports.
Norman said the office records roughly 12,000 land‑record documents a year and handles about 16,000 vital‑record requests annually. She said passport activity has surged: her office logged a 60.32% increase in passport applications year‑over‑year and was on track to exceed that level by the end of the fiscal year.
Norman described new authority the…
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