North Carolina, Guilford County
Where Greensboro's records are kept. Greensboro has its own city government, police department and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Greensboro's own offices, along with State of North Carolina offices; the Guilford County offices are on our Guilford County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
From 100 E. Police Plaza, the Greensboro Police Department offers crash report and police report requests, online crime reporting, the community crime map, most wanted notices and GPD annual reports.
Open official site Greensboro Police DepartmentPolice & jail
A public copy of a Greensboro police incident report is available with photo ID at the Police Records desk in headquarters, 100 Police Plaza, or online through LexisNexis.
Open official site Greensboro Police Department Police RecordsCity records
Requests for City of Greensboro records under the North Carolina Public Records Law are filed, tracked by number and searched once closed through the request center on the city site.
Open official site City of Greensboro Public Records RequestsCity records
The Greensboro City Clerk is custodian of minute books, ordinance books, contracts and the City Code, and keeps City Council agendas, minutes and video plus board and commission membership records.
Open official site Greensboro City ClerkPolice & jail
NC courts guide to background checks: a certified single county search from the clerk of superior court for $25 with form AOC-CR-314, or free uncertified searches on courthouse public computers.
Open official site North Carolina Judicial Branch Criminal Background CheckCity records
Based in Raleigh with sites in Manteo and Asheville, the State Archives of North Carolina handles copy orders and research requests and offers an online catalog plus over 90,000 free digitized items.
Open official site State Archives of North CarolinaCounty court
Staffed offices in Greensboro and Winston-Salem serve this bankruptcy court, which posts court calendars, opinions, unclaimed funds details and notices of trustee sales and auctions alongside PACER case access.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of North CarolinaCounty court
The North Carolina Judicial Branch offers its Portal to search court records, find court dates and pay citations, along with a county courthouse directory, court forms and criminal background check requests.
Open official site North Carolina Judicial BranchVital records
Within the state Center for Health Statistics, North Carolina Vital Records registers births, deaths, marriages and divorces and issues certified copies by order, with in person service by appointment only.
Open official site North Carolina Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Current inmates, people on probation or parole and past offenders can be searched by name, offender number or birth date at the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, which lists escapes, absconders and releases.
Open official site NC DAC Offender Public InformationPolice & jail
North Carolina DOJ missing persons for Greensboro.
Open official site Greensboro North Carolina Missing PersonsPolice & jail
FBI Charlotte Field Office listing of fugitives wanted for violent and nonviolent crimes, terrorism suspects, kidnapped and missing persons, and cases where agents want information.
Open official site FBI Charlotte Wanted and Missing PersonsPolice & jail
State Bureau of Investigation registry built from records that county sheriffs in all 100 counties enter; email alerts flag an offender moving within 1, 3 or 5 miles of an address you register.
Open official site North Carolina Sex Offender RegistryFederal
Greensboro city, North Carolina in Census Bureau QuickFacts, which gathers frequently requested Census figures on people, businesses and geography; 299,035 residents were counted there in 2020.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
Greensboro's city site from 300 West Washington Street: council meetings, building permits, code compliance cases, crime mapping, water bill access, trash and recycling, the open data portal and online payments.
Open official site City of GreensboroEverything else, organized
9 more Greensboro sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Greensboro, a place of 347,130 people, is the seat of Guilford County. Court and property records sit with Guilford County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Greensboro's own offices are in the cards above, and our Guilford County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 4 named mine sites inside the city or town limits, 4 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 3 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are Iron; Clay.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. No abandoned mine inventory is published online.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Voter registration in North Carolina is run by the North Carolina State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Greensboro.
The Greensboro North Carolina Criminal Records Search and Depository, available at www.nccourts.gov/help-topics/court-records check, provides public access to criminal records for the city and surrounding areas.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in North Carolina come from the state vital records office, North Carolina Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Greensboro register with the North Carolina Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Greensboro requires one, comes from the town or Guilford County.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.