{"campaigns":[{"candidatename":"Diana (Williamson) Kirkland","chatgptsummary":null,"notes":null,"party":"DEM","person":{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nDiana Lynn Kirkland is the incumbent Register of Deeds for Swain County, North Carolina, and is running for re-election as the Democratic candidate for that office in the November 3, 2026 general election [1].\n\n## Career\nKirkland has served as Swain County's Register of Deeds since 2002, according to the North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds, which lists her as \"Honorable Diana Kirkland\" [2]. The Register of Deeds is the county official responsible for recording, preserving, and providing public access to real-property documents such as deeds, mortgages, and liens. Her office is located at 101 Mitchell Street in Bryson City and can be reached at (828) 488-9273 ext. 2205 or RegisterofDeeds@swaincountync.gov [1].\n\n## Sources\n[1] [Swain County Government Directory and Contacts \u2013 Swain County NC](https://www.swaincountync.gov/administration/directory/)\n[2] [Swain County \u2013 North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds](https://www.ncard.us/find-your-register-of-deeds/swain-county/)","firstname":"Diana","lastname":"Kirkland","middlename":"Lynn","suffix":null,"token":"634069c527ba482d"},"token":"x6IlTYb6Wcs64Eir"}],"choices":null,"description":null,"district":null,"districtgroup":null,"districtgroupname":null,"districtname":null,"job_type":"register_of_deeds","o.office":"register_of_deeds","office":"register_of_deeds","officedescription":"The register of deeds maintains the county's permanent public record of real-property instruments \u2014 deeds, mortgages, liens, and plats \u2014 and collects the state transfer and mortgage taxes on them. The record the office keeps is the legal backbone of property ownership.","officequalities":"- Records management of deeds, mortgages, liens, plats, and other instruments affecting title to land.\n- Working knowledge of Tennessee recording statutes, the recording-tax schedule, and the increasingly-electronic submission workflow used by title companies.\n- Accuracy and indexing discipline \u2014 an error in the register's records can cloud title for years.\n- Public-access service: the records are open, and the office serves both professional users and individual property owners.\n- Budget and technology literacy for maintaining a searchable, modern record system.","officeterm":4,"officetitle":"Register of Deeds","partisan":1,"pgr":"general","quantity":1,"referendum":null,"source":null,"title":"Swain County Register Of Deeds"}