North Carolina, Clay County
Where Hayesville's records are kept. Court and property records for Hayesville sit with Clay County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Hayesville has no police department of its own; law enforcement comes from the Clay County Sheriff's Office.
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As a small town, Hayesville relies on Clay County and the State of North Carolina for its public records. The cards below are the North Carolina state offices, and the Clay County offices are on our Clay 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
Department of public safety criminal records search.
Open official site North Carolina DPS 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 Hayesville publishes its board meetings, its notices and the contacts for its office.
Open official site Town of HayesvilleCity records
The Town of Hayesville lists its offices here, the clerk, the board and the departments that keep its records.
Open official site Town of Hayesville 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 Hayesville, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Hayesville, a place of 461 people, is the seat of Clay County, so most county offices are in Hayesville itself. The town keeps its own council and business records. See our Clay County page for every county office.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 4 investigations with a Hayesville address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $78,664 in back wages agreed for 87 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Supported Living, Inc. | 1 | $64,921 | 34 |
| Tempsations, LLC | 1 | $5,286 | 17 |
| Rogmar, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
Every employer whose address on the record is in Hayesville, by back wages agreed; 2 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record in this row. The North Carolina wage theft records page ranks the whole state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in North Carolina is run by the North Carolina State Board of Elections, and the county board of elections keeps the roll for Hayesville. You can register online, by mail or in person. The regular registration deadline is 25 days before Election Day; same day registration is available at early voting sites during the early voting period, not on Election Day for most voters. Online registration is open only to existing DMV customers with a DMV issued driver's license or ID.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in North Carolina come from the NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC Vital Records. The fee is $24 state search fee, which includes one certificate; $15 for each added certificate. Birth, death and marriage certificates may also be obtained at the Register of Deeds office in the county where the event took place, in most cases the same day.
Deeds for property in Hayesville are recorded by the county Register of Deeds, the county tax assessor sets the assessed value, and the county tax collector sends the tax bill. Our Clay County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Hayesville come from the North Carolina State Capitol Police, the office linked above. Ask its records staff for a copy and give the date, the location and the report or case number if you have it.
Businesses that operate in Hayesville register with the North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division, which runs the state business entity search. North Carolina has no single generic business license; besides state licenses, a local license may be required for your business.
North Carolina criminal history checks are run by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). The fee is $14 for a NC state fingerprint based check; $18 for a national fingerprint based check. Fingerprint based Right to Review of your own record using the SBI form Request for Access to Criminal History Record Information; a certified name search of court records in one county costs $25 at the clerk of superior court with Form AOC CR 314.
Same county
Other places in Clay County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Clay County records are on the county page.