North Carolina Free Public Records

• North Carolina - Civil Statewide Active Calendar/Dockets
• North Carolina - Corporation
• North Carolina - Criminal Statewide Active Calendar/Dockets - You may also search the impaired driving dockets query and for citations. Only four counties offer civil record searches: Cumberland, Durham, Mecklenburg and Rowan.
• North Carolina - Federal Tax Liens - Liens that are filed with NC Secretary of State.
• North Carolina - Incarceration Records
• North Carolina - Inmates, Offenders - A private company site.
• North Carolina - Sales & Use Tax Account Look-up
• North Carolina - Sex Offender
• North Carolina - State Archives
• North Carolina - Statewide Current Criminal Defendant, Citations, Impaired Driving
• North Carolina - Tax Debtors List
• North Carolina - UCC, Federal Tax Liens
• North Carolina - Unclaimed Property
• North Carolina - Voter Registration
• North Carolina - Workers Compensation -Employer Info

Alamance

• NC - Alamance - Real Estate, Property Tax
• NC - Alamance - Register of Deeds

Alexander County

• NC - Alexander County - Parcels, GIS-mapping
• NC - Alexander County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Lien

All Counties

• NC - All Counties - Criminal Statewide Active Calendar

Alleghany County

• NC - Alleghany County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.
• NC - Alleghany County - Register of Deeds - Click on "Search & view records online."

Anson County

• NC - Anson County - 911 Address Converter
• NC - Anson County - Tax Assessor
• NC - Anson County - Tax Collection

Ashe County

• NC - Ashe County - Property, GIS - To name search click on Quick Search.
• NC - Ashe County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Property - Full index goes back to 1/1995; images to 3/1979.

Avery County

• NC - Avery County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.
• NC - Avery County - Recording, Grantor/Grantee, Property

Bertie County

• NC - Bertie County - Real Estate, Recording, Deed, Lien

Bladen County

• NC - Bladen County - Property Tax, GIS-Mapping - Login as Guest and leave password blank, or register for access.
• NC - Bladen County - Real Estate, Deed - Choose to search index or images.

Brunswick County

• NC - Brunswick County - Recording, Deed, Lien - Must obtain free password first
• NC - Brunswick County - Tax Assessor, Real Estate

Buncombe County

• NC - Buncombe County - Assessor, Property Tax
• NC - Buncombe County - Property, GIS
• NC - Buncombe County - Real Estate, Property, Marriage, Death, Fictitious Name, Corporation, Deed - Free registration is required.
• NC - Buncombe County - Tax Sales

Burke County

• NC - Burke County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.

Cabarrus County

• NC - Cabarrus County - Appraisal Card
• NC - Cabarrus County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Cabarrus County - Property Tax Scroll
• NC - Cabarrus County - Recording, Deed, Lien, UCC, Grantor/Grantee

Caldwell County

• NC - Caldwell County - Property
• NC - Caldwell County - Recorded Documents, Marriage, Birth Death, Assumed Name - Includes births, deaths, assumed names; free registration required.

Carteret County

• NC - Carteret County - Property, Assessor

Caswell County

• NC - Caswell County - Online Documents (Grantor/Grantee, etc)
• NC - Caswell County - Property, Assessor

Catawba County

• NC - Catawba County - Parcel, Assessor
• NC - Catawba County - Property Tax, Assessor
• NC - Catawba County - Real Estate Reports
• NC - Catawba County - Real Estate, Deed, Lien
• NC - Catawba County - Register of Deeds, Real Estate

Chowan County

• NC - Chowan County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Parcel - You may also build customized data downloads.

Cleveland County

• NC - Cleveland County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.
• NC - Cleveland County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed

Columbus County

• NC - Columbus County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Lien, Assumed Name, Corporation, UCC

Craven County

• NC - Craven County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Craven County - Property Sales
• NC - Craven County - Recorded Documents, Real Estate, Tax Assessor, Boats, Mobile Homes, Foreclosures

Cumberland County

• NC - Cumberland County - Property, GIS - Click on search on the Parcel Viewer.
• NC - Cumberland County - Recorder, Deed, UCC - The land records index and images go back to 1984; images go back to 1/21/1975; UCCs are from 1995 to June 29, 2001.
• NC - Cumberland County - Tax Assessor, Property

Currituck County

• NC - Currituck County - Property, Assessor, Sales, Building
• NC - Currituck County - Real Estate, Deed, Notaries

Dare County

• NC - Dare County - Assessor, Property Tax
• NC - Dare County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed, Marriage, UCC, GIS-mapping, Subdivision - Also, tax files may be downloaded from this web site.

Davidson County

• NC - Davidson County - Assessor, Real Estate
• NC - Davidson County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.

Davie County

• NC - Davie County - Real Estate, GIS

Duplin County

• NC - Duplin County - Assessor, Property, Tax
• NC - Duplin County - Real Property, Deed, Lien, Judgment, Mortgage, Marriage, Death, Notary, Military Discharge

Durham County

• NC - Durham County - Property - Accept disclaimer, then click on "Spatial Data Explorer" to search.
• NC - Durham County - Property Tax Assessor
• NC - Durham County - Real Estate, Deed, Judgment, Recording, Voter Registration, Feed/Lodging, GIS-mapping, Inmates
• NC - Durham County - Real Estate, Deeds, Judgments, Recordings
• NC - Durham County - Voter Registration

Edgecombe County

• NC - Edgecombe County - Deeds, Property, Assessor

Forsyth County

• NC - Forsyth County - Property, Assessor - Click on "Launch Geo-Data Explorer." No name searching.
• NC - Forsyth County - Tax Lien Lists
• NC - Forsyth County - Voter Registration

Franklin County

• NC - Franklin County - Property Search

Gaston County

• NC - Gaston County - Real Estate, Deed, Lien, Corporation, Assumed Name, UCC - Registration and username are required, but free.

Graham County

• NC - Graham County - Real Estate, Deed, Mortgage - 2 indexes; 1st back to 1/1995; 2nd back to 7/1978.

Granville County

• NC - Granville County - Real Estate, Recording, Deed, Lien - Registration, username and password required.

Guildford County

• NC - Guildford County - Property, GIS- mapping

Guilford County

• NC - Guilford County - Birth, Death, Marriage - Data removed due to identity theft concerns.
• NC - Guilford County - Inmates
• NC - Guilford County - Property Tax, Assessor
• NC - Guilford County - Recorder, Deed, Lien, Assessor, Property, UCC, Tax Collector, Vital Statistics, GIS-mapping, Restaurants, Plats, Sex Offenders - Page allows access to a variety of county databases.

Halifax County

• NC - Halifax County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Halifax County - Real Estate, Deed, Lien, UCC, Map

Harnett County

• NC - Harnett County - Property Tax
• NC - Harnett County - Register of Deeds

Haywood

• NC - Haywood - Real Estate, GIS

Haywood County

• NC - Haywood County - Real Estate, Deeds

Henderson County

• NC - Henderson County - Real Estate, GIS

Hertford County

• NC - Hertford County - Real Estate, Deed - Click on Documents & Indexes.

Hoke County

• NC - Hoke County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Lien

Hyde County

• NC - Hyde County - Real Property, Grantor/Grantee

Iredell County

• NC - Iredell County - Building Permits, Inspections
• NC - Iredell County - Property Appraisal
• NC - Iredell County - Property, GIS Mapping - Once on the map page, click on the binocular to text search.
• NC - Iredell County - Real Property, Vital Statistic, Pre-2001 UCC - Online registration required.

Jackson County

• NC - Jackson County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Jackson County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, UCC, Plat, Map - Three databases to search here including Real Estate back to 10/1991.

Johnston County

• NC - Johnston County - Real Estate, Deed, UCC

Jones County

• NC - Jones County - Register of Deeds

Lee County

• NC - Lee County - GIS-mapping
• NC - Lee County - Real Estate, Recording, Grantor/Grantee, Deed, Liens - Land record index goes back to 1985; images to 1971. Plat images go back to 1975.

Lenoir County

• NC - Lenoir County - Real Estate, Deed, Financing Statements

Lincoln County

• NC - Lincoln County - Property, Mapping - Under Data Tools, click on Search.
• NC - Lincoln County - Real Estate, Deeds, Grantor/Grantee, UCC, Lien, Property Tax - Has both assessor and recorder databases.

Macon County

• NC - Macon County - Building Inspections
• NC - Macon County - Property Tax, Appraiser
• NC - Macon County - Property, GIS-mapping
• NC - Macon County - Real Estate, Deed Images - Must have deed number

Madison County

• NC - Madison County - Real Estate, Recorder, Grantor/Grantee

Mecklenburg County

• NC - Mecklenburg County - Assessor, Personal Property, Real Estate, Tax Bills
• NC - Mecklenburg County - Inmate Lookup
• NC - Mecklenburg County - Real Estate (from GIS-information)
• NC - Mecklenburg County - Register of Deeds, Judgments, Liens, Vital Statistics
• NC - Mecklenburg County - Warrants

Mecklenburg County (Charlotte)

• NC - Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) - Accident Reports - From 11/21/2001 to present.

Mitchell County

• NC - Mitchell County - Register of Deeds - Granter/Grantee Index

Montgomery County

• NC - Montgomery County - Civil/Criminal Court Calendars
• NC - Montgomery County - Property
• NC - Montgomery County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed

Moore County

• NC - Moore County - Birth and Death Index
• NC - Moore County - Real Estate, Property
• NC - Moore County - Recorded Documents

New Hanover County

• NC - New Hanover County - Assessor, Real Estate
• NC - New Hanover County - Property - This is a GIS-Mapping site
• NC - New Hanover County - Real Estate, Judgments, Liens, Grantor/Grantee, Marriage, UCC, Military Discharge - This is the register of deeds database.

Onslow County

• NC - Onslow County - Property - Enter the site and name search using the advanced search in the Parcel Query box.
• NC - Onslow County - Real Estate, Deed, Conveyance, Marriage, Birth, Death, UCC - Not all indexes are current.

Orange County

• NC - Orange County - Most Wanted
• NC - Orange County - Property - This is a GIS mapping site that also allows name searching for property information

Pamlico County

• NC - Pamlico County - Property Tax, Assessor - Coming soon.
• NC - Pamlico County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed

Pasquotank County

• NC - Pasquotank County - Assessor - Includes Elizabeth City
• NC - Pasquotank County - GIS
• NC - Pasquotank County - Recorder, Grantor/Grantee, Deed - or http://pasquotankrod.com/view/disclaimer.html. Click on "I agree"

Pender County

• NC - Pender County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed,

Perquimans County

• NC - Perquimans County - Property Tax, Assessor, GIS
• NC - Perquimans County - Real Estate, Deed, Lien

Person County

• NC - Person County - Real Estate, Recording, Grantor/Grantee - Index goes back to 1/1/1995.

Pitt County

• NC - Pitt County - Property - This GIS mapping site also allows name searching for property information
• NC - Pitt County - Tax Sales

Polk County

• NC - Polk County - Real Estate, Deed, Grantor/Grantee

Randolph County

• NC - Randolph County - Property Owners

Richmond County

• NC - Richmond County - Parcels, GIS-mapping - Click on black dot with "i" to identify parcels or click on search to name search.
• NC - Richmond County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Plats - For account ID use richmondnc and password richmondnc001.

Robeson County

• NC - Robeson County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Robeson County - Parcels, Sales, Subdivisions
• NC - Robeson County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Grantor/Grantee

Rockingham County

• NC - Rockingham County - Land Records, Grantor/Grantee, Judgments, Deeds - Land indexes 1996 to present; and record images 1984 to present; plats 1907 to present.
• NC - Rockingham County - Property, GIS - To name search click on Quick Search
• NC - Rockingham County - Real Estate, Tax Appraiser - Also, tax sales property is available at the main county website.

Rowan County

• NC - Rowan County - Property, Assessor, GIS-mapping - To name search click on Quick Search.
• NC - Rowan County - Register of Deeds, Real Estate, Deed, Lien - Free registration required.

Rutherford County

• NC - Rutherford County - Property
• NC - Rutherford County - Property Tax, Assessor - Click on "parcel search," name searching available at bottom of page.

Sampson County

• NC - Sampson County - Real Estate, Deeds, Grantor/Grantee

Scotland County

• NC - Scotland County - Parcels, GIS-mapping - To search, on the left-hand side, click on the small map with the red flashlight, then click on Parcels and select to search by owner
• NC - Scotland County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed, Lien, UCC
• NC - Scotland County - Tax Payments

Stanly County

• NC - Stanly County - Deeds, Plats - No name searching; data is not complete.
• NC - Stanly County - Property
• NC - Stanly County - Register of Deeds, Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed - Index goes back to 1/1985.
• NC - Stanly County - Restaurants

Stokes County

• NC - Stokes County - Grantor/Grantee, Deeds, Real Estate, UCCs
• NC - Stokes County - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.

Surry County

• NC - Surry County - Most Wanted, Missing Persons
• NC - Surry County - Property, Maps
• NC - Surry County - Real Estate, Deed, UCC, Plat

Swain County

• NC - Swain County - Real Estate, Recorder, Deed, Grantor/Grantee - Search index and/or images.

Town of Blowing Rock

• NC - Town of Blowing Rock - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.

Town of Cary

• NC - Town of Cary - Property - To name search click on Quick Search.

Transylvania County

• NC - Transylvania County - Assessor, Property, GIS
• NC - Transylvania County - Drug Arrests

Tyrrell County

• NC - Tyrrell County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed - Records go back to 1997; images are from Book 160 forward.

Union County

• NC - Union County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed

Wake County

• NC - Wake County - Assessor, Property Record Downloads - Download tax parcel information from various county jurisdictions
• NC - Wake County - Property, Assessor
• NC - Wake County - Real Estate, Deeds, Mortgages, Judgments
• NC - Wake County - Registered Voters
• NC - Wake County - Tax, Property, and Map Portal

Washington County

• NC - Washington County - Property, Assessor
• NC - Washington County - Real Estate, Recorder, Grantor/Grantee, Deed, Lien, Corporation - You may choose to search all books.

Watauga County

• NC - Watauga County - Assessor, Property
• NC - Watauga County - Grantor/Grantee, Deeds, UCC

Wayne County

• NC - Wayne County - Property, Assessor - Only available 8AM-5PM.
• NC - Wayne County - Real Estate, Deed, Grantor/Grantee - Real Estate records go back to 1969

Wilkes County

• NC - Wilkes County - Real Estate, GIS

Wilson County

• NC - Wilson County - Property Tax
• NC - Wilson County - Real Estate, Property, Deeds - For property section requires password; deeds section does not.

Yadkin County

• NC - Yadkin County - Property, Tax Bill

Yancey County

• NC - Yancey County - Real Estate, Grantor/Grantee, Deed, Lien