North Carolina, Mecklenburg County
Where Matthews's records are kept. The Town of Matthews has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Matthews's own offices, along with the Mecklenburg County and State of North Carolina offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
County court
The Mecklenburg County courts in Charlotte, from the North Carolina Judicial Branch: the Clerk of Superior Court, who keeps the civil, criminal, traffic, estate and special proceedings files, court dates, paying citations and the eCourts case search.
Open official site Mecklenburg County Superior and District CourtCity records
The Town of Matthews site: the town clerk (council agendas and minutes, the town code and public records requests under the North Carolina Public Records Act), permits and zoning, and the town departments; property, court and vital records are kept by the county.
Open official site Town of MatthewsProperty records
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds online records: deeds, deeds of trust, plats and liens searched by name or book and page, with document images.
Open official site Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds searchPolice & jail
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office in Charlotte: the detention center and inmate inquiry, civil process, concealed handgun permits, sex offender registration and records requests.
Open official site Mecklenburg County Sheriff's OfficeCounty court
The Mecklenburg County courthouse in Charlotte: the courtrooms of Superior and District Court and the office of the Clerk of Superior Court, where civil, criminal, traffic and estate files are kept and copies are made.
Open official site Mecklenburg County CourthouseProperty records
The Mecklenburg County GIS site: the Polaris property search with ownership, assessed values, deed references and tax information for every parcel in the county, and the county maps.
Open official site Mecklenburg County GIS (Polaris property search)Police & jail
The arrest inquiry of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office: arrests by name, arrest date or number, with the inmate search for people held in the county jail in Charlotte.
Open official site Mecklenburg County Sheriff arrest inquiryPolice & jail
The North Carolina Sex Offender Registry from the State Bureau of Investigation: registered offenders statewide searched by name, address, county or map, with photographs, addresses and offenses, and email alerts for a chosen address.
Open official site North Carolina sex offender registryPolice & jail
The Department of Adult Correction offender search: people in North Carolina prisons, on probation or on parole, by name or offender number, with sentence and release information.
Open official site North Carolina corrections offender searchPolice & jail
Background checks from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation: the statewide criminal history record check by fingerprint, the right of access check for your own record, and who may request them.
Open official site North Carolina criminal history record checkState courts
North Carolina court records: the eCourts Portal case search for counties on the new system, the civil and criminal case lookups for the rest, and how to get records from a clerk of superior court, from the Judicial Branch.
Open official site North Carolina court recordsVital records
North Carolina Vital Records: birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates statewide, ordered online, by mail or in person, with birth and death records from 1913.
Open official site North Carolina vital recordsState records
The North Carolina Secretary of State business registration search: corporations, LLCs, partnerships and assumed names by name or registered agent, with the filed documents.
Open official site North Carolina business entity searchState records
NC Cash, the State Treasurer unclaimed property program: dormant accounts, uncashed checks, refunds and other property, searched and claimed online by name.
Open official site North Carolina unclaimed property searchEverything else, organized
Local record guide
Local profile
The Town of Matthews, a place of 29,613 people, is in Mecklenburg County, whose county seat is Charlotte. Court and property records sit with Mecklenburg County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Matthews's own offices are in the cards above, and our Mecklenburg County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Matthews are recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Mecklenburg County page lists the county offices.
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.
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.