North Carolina, Pender County
Where Atkinson's records are kept. Court and property records for Atkinson sit with Pender County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Atkinson has no police department of its own; law enforcement comes from the Pender County Sheriff's Office.
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As a small town, Atkinson relies on Pender County and the State of North Carolina for its public records. The cards below are the North Carolina state offices, and the Pender County offices are on our Pender County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
The NC Department of Adult Correction offender search covers state prison inmates, probationers and parolees back to 1972, not county jails. Court records of criminal charges come from the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
Open official site North Carolina Criminal RecordsPolice & jail
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation keeps the state criminal history repository and explains how people and employers can request a criminal background check.
Open official site North Carolina SBI Criminal Background ChecksPolice & jail
The FBI Charlotte Field Office covers North Carolina, investigating federal crimes, taking tips and listing wanted persons. Fingerprint based Identity History Summary checks are requested from FBI CJIS at edo.cjis.gov.
Open official site Federal Bureau of Investigation Charlotte OfficePolice & jail
Legislative mandated reports, audit reports and accreditation certificates for the Raleigh, Triad Regional and Western Regional Laboratories.
Open official site North Carolina Crime Laboratory DocumentationPolice & jail
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation keeps the statewide Sex Offender Registry, with name and area searches, email alerts and links to the sheriffs' offices that register offenders.
Open official site North Carolina Sex OffendersPolice & jail
The State Highway Patrol enforces traffic laws on North Carolina highways and investigates crashes. Its pages explain how to get a collision report by county, name or report number.
Open official site North Carolina State Highway PatrolState records
The North Carolina Department of Justice, led by the Attorney General, represents the state, protects consumers and runs the State Crime Laboratory. Court records come from the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
Open official site North Carolina Attorney GeneralPolice & jail
The State Capitol Police protect state officials, employees and visitors in the North Carolina state government complex and monitor alarms at state buildings. The page lists its services and contacts.
Open official site North Carolina State Capitol PolicePolice & jail
North Carolina Judicial Branch guide to criminal background checks, including certified single county record searches by name at the clerk of superior court office.
Open official site North Carolina Criminal Background ChecksPolice & jail
The NC Department of Adult Correction lists every person on North Carolina's death row, with the date received, offender number and county of conviction.
Open official site North Carolina Death RowCity records
Verify an attorney's licensing status with the State Bar.
Open official site North Carolina Lawyer LookupCity records
The Town of Atkinson publishes its board meetings, its notices and the contacts for its office.
Open official site Town of AtkinsonCity records
The Town of Atkinson lists its offices here, the clerk, the board and the departments that keep its records.
Open official site Town of Atkinson officesProperty records
The NC Secretary of State Land Records Management Section sets indexing and mapping standards for county land records and keeps annexation and boundary files. Deeds and mortgages are recorded by each county Register of Deeds.
Open official site North Carolina Land RecordsEverything else, organized
Local record guide
What we hold on Atkinson, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Atkinson is an incorporated place in Pender County, a place of 296 people, and keeps its own council and town business records. Burgaw, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Each Pender County office is listed on our Pender County page.
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Inspecting records is free under North Carolina's Public Records Law, and agencies may charge only the actual cost of copies and the statutory fee for certifications. The eCourts Portal is free, a certified North Carolina birth, death or marriage certificate costs $24 from the state or $10 from a register of deeds such as Wake County's, and registers of deeds charge set fees for deed copies.
Ask the Atkinson police department for incident reports if the town has its own force; otherwise the Pender County Sheriff's Office keeps reports for the area. Crash reports from any agency, including the State Highway Patrol, can be ordered from the NCDMV with form TR-67A.
Cases filed in Pender County are heard by the North Carolina superior and district courts for the county, and the clerk of superior court keeps the files. The eCourts Portal on nccourts.gov lets the public search case information and documents.
Deeds, deeds of trust and plats are recorded by the Pender County Register of Deeds, with online search. The county tax office lists and values property and collects the tax bill.
The Pender County Register of Deeds issues certified birth, death and marriage certificates for events in the county, and many registers can issue births from anywhere in the state since 1971. NC Vital Records in Raleigh issues them statewide for $24.
Yes, county by county. The clerk of superior court in each county runs a certified criminal record search by name for anyone for $25, covering that county only, and the Department of Adult Correction offender search is free by name for people in prison or on probation.
North Carolina's Public Records Law, Chapter 132, sets no fixed deadline; agencies must provide records as promptly as possible and may not charge to inspect them.
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Other places in Pender County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Pender County records are on the county page.