Background Checks

The North Carolina Court System has the complete database of charges and convictions made by state, county and city law enforcement agencies across North Carolina. 

The Adult Correction web site contains information on individuals who were sentenced to prison or probation or who are on parole.

The State Bureau of Investigation provides a finger-print-based NC-criminal history background check.  This is also known as your “Right to Review” your North Carolina record.  There is a $14 processing fee.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation provides a finger-print-based national criminal history background check.  This is called your “Identity History Summary Check.” There is an $18 processing fee.

For local information, you may call your local clerk of court office in your county.

County Clerks of Court

Alamance 336-570-5200
Alexander 828-632-2215
Alleghany 336-372-3900
Anson 704-694-3483
Ashe 336-246- 5641
Avery 828-737-6700
Beaufort 252-946-5184 
Bertie 252-794-3039
Bladen 910-862-2818
Brunswick 910-253-8517
Buncombe 828-232-2603
Burke 828-432-2811
Cabarrus 704-262-5500
Caldwell 828-757-1373
Camden 252-331-4871
Carteret 252-728-8500
Caswell 336-694-4171
Catawba 828-466-6100
Chatham 919-542-3240
Cherokee 828-837-2522
Chowan 252-482-2323
Clay 828-389-8334
Cleveland 704-484-4861
Craven 252-514-4774
Columbus 910-641-3023
Cumberland 910-678-2902
Currituck 252-232-2018
Dare 252-473-3703
Davidson 336-242-6701
Davie 336-751-3507
Duplin 910-296-2306
Durham 919-560-6833
Edgecombe 252-823-2056
Forsyth 336-761-2250
Franklin 919-496-5104
Gaston 704-852-3111
Gates 252-357-1650
Graham 828-479-7986
Granville 919-693-2649
Greene 252-747-3505
Guilford 336-412-7474
Halifax 252-583-5061
Harnett 910-893-5692
Haywood 828-456-3540
Henderson 828-697-4851
Hertford 252-358-7845
Hoke 910-875-3728
Hyde 252-926-4101
Iredell 704-878-4204
Jackson 828-586-7512
Johnston 919-934-3605
Jones 252-448-7351
Lee 919-708-4409
Lenoir 252-527-6231
Lincoln 704-736-8568
Macon 828-349-2041
Madison 828-649-2531
Martin 252-792-2515
Mecklenburg 704-358-6220
McDowell 828-652-7717
Mitchell 828-688-2161
Montgomery 910-576-4211
Moore 910-947-2396
Nash 252-459-4085
New Hanover 910-341-1111
Northampton 252-534-1631
Onslow 910-455-4458
Orange 919-245-2200
Pamlico 252-745-6000
Pasquotank 252-331-4751
Pender 910-259-1217
Perquimans 252-426-1505
Person 336-597-0554
Pitt 252-695-7150 
Polk 828-894-8231
Randolph 336-318-6710
Richmond 910-997-9101
Robeson 910-737-5035
Rockingham 336-342-8700
Rowan 704-639-7677
Rutherford 828-286-9136
Sampson 910-592-5191
Scotland 910-277-3240
Stanly 704-982-2161
Stokes 336-593-9178
Surry 336-386-8131 
Swain 828-488-2288
Transylvania 828-884-3120
Tyrrell 252-796-6282   
Union 704-289-2444
Vance 252-738-9000
Wake 919-792-4000
Warren 252-257-3727
Washington 252-793-3014
Watauga 828-265-5364
Wayne 919-731-7910
Wilkes 336-667-5266
Wilson 252-291-8049
Yadkin 336-679-8838
Yancey 828-682-2122