North Carolina, Wake County
Where Raleigh's records are kept. Raleigh has its own city government and police department; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Raleigh's own offices, along with State of North Carolina offices; the Wake County offices are on our Wake County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City 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
Eastern North Carolina's bankruptcy court sits in Raleigh and Greenville, both reached by mail at P.O. Box 791, Raleigh; it lists hearing calendars, public sales, unclaimed funds and trustee contacts.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern 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 Raleigh.
Open official site Raleigh 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 RegistryPolice & 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 CheckFederal
U.S. Census Bureau fact sheet on Raleigh city, North Carolina with the latest population estimate, the 2020 Census count, median household income, poverty rate, home values, gross rent and owner occupied housing.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Raleigh site with Ask Raleigh service requests, payments for water, parking and licenses, the permit and development portal, a council member lookup by address, parks programs and police crime tips.
Open official site City of RaleighPolice & jail
Water restrictions went into effect April 20, Published 4/15/2026 at 1 p.m. Records, information and other police services Police Desk 110 South McDowell Street Raleigh, NC 27602 Phone: 919-996-33
Open official site The City of Raleigh Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
13 more Raleigh sources not listed above.
Local record guide
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Raleigh, a place of 467,665 people, is the seat of Wake County. Court and property records sit with Wake County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Raleigh's own offices are in the cards above, and our Wake 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 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed; the old survey maps add 4 holes drawn inside the city or town limits, 0 of them shafts or tunnels. The mineral the records name is construction sand and gravel.
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.
North Carolina abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
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.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 885 investigations with a Raleigh address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $9,579,974 in back wages agreed for 9,276 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Augustine's University | 4 | $1,075,397 | 437 |
| Los Dorados, Inc. | 6 | $1,008,975 | 72 |
| SHARKDREAMS, Inc. | 2 | $320,096 | 4 |
| Carolina Installers, Inc. | 1 | $299,978 | 143 |
| Tower Comm, LLC | 1 | $188,280 | 85 |
| El Dorado #8, Inc | 1 | $186,299 | 10 |
| Carquest Corporation | 1 | $185,510 | 1,445 |
| Your Choice Services, Inc | 1 | $180,918 | 50 |
| Quarah, Inc | 1 | $179,879 | 57 |
| Eagle Homes, Inc | 1 | $177,276 | 0 |
| Autism Society of North Carolina, Inc. | 5 | $162,705 | 38 |
| NC Communications Inc. | 2 | $150,589 | 54 |
| Wynfield Sitescapes, Inc. | 1 | $143,371 | 50 |
| Adia International, Inc./Grand Asia Market at | 1 | $132,103 | 80 |
| SageWorks, Inc. | 2 | $121,550 | 324 |
| Horizon Forest Products, L.P. | 1 | $119,661 | 43 |
| Mannat of Raleigh, LLC. | 1 | $111,300 | 11 |
| Salazar Construction Company Inc | 1 | $109,769 | 148 |
| Tower Engineering Professionals, Inc | 1 | $106,781 | 58 |
| Campos Produce, Inc. | 1 | $106,448 | 18 |
| Buy and Go Inc. | 10 | $101,593 | 27 |
| Interfood Plaza Latina, Inc | 1 | $92,370 | 29 |
| State of North Carolina | 5 | $84,651 | 218 |
| JOVC Food, Corp | 2 | $80,252 | 44 |
| Davis Landscaping LTD | 1 | $76,673 | 107 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 755 whose address on the record is in Raleigh; 224 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 730 more with smaller records are on the North Carolina wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
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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 Raleigh.
Deeds for property in Raleigh are recorded by the Wake County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Wake 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.
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