Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Public Records

Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office or a city police department in Mecklenburg County. Ask that agency for its record.

The North Carolina criminal history record comes from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). 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. Fee: $14 for a NC state fingerprint based check; $18 for a national fingerprint based check.

Search the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry (State Bureau of Investigation), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Register with the county board of elections or through the North Carolina State Board of Elections. You can also register online with the state online registration. 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.

Deeds and other recorded land documents in Mecklenburg County are kept by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. Property values are set by the county tax assessor, and tax bills come from the county tax collector. Source: official state page.

Certified birth and death certificates for North Carolina come from the NC Department of Health and Human Services, NC Vital Records. 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. Online, by phone or by mail through VitalChek, the only authorized vendor for a state issued certified birth certificate, or in person at NC Vital Records. Fee: $24 state search fee, which includes one certificate; $15 for each added certificate.

Business entity filings are searched with the North Carolina Secretary of State, Business Registration Division. North Carolina has no single generic business license; besides state licenses, a local license may be required for your business.

The historical collection covers 1763 through February 1990. The modern database begins in March 1990.

The county schedule distinguishes $0.25 per page in person from $1 per page by mail. Certification uses another rate.

The Register schedule specifies $5 for its first page and $2 for each later page. Recording a newly submitted instrument is a different service.

The online order notice asks applicants to wait ten days after the marriage date. This allows the record to reach the office; it is not the promised order-processing period.

The courthouse notice provides clerk-division email routes for documents filed before October 9, 2023. Include identifying case details with the request.

The county announcement states that assessment and collection merged into the Office of Tax Administration on July 1, 2026. The functions and specialist contacts continue.

The tax contact directory gives 980-314-4226 for valuation and 704-336-7600 for billing and collection. Those are different service queues.

The Sheriff press-release list records a September 18 transfer of 209 residents to North. Older closure or juvenile-use descriptions alone do not describe that later event.