North Carolina, Moore County
Where Southern Pines's records are kept. The Town of Southern Pines has its own town government and clerk's office; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Southern Pines's own offices, along with the Moore County and State of North Carolina offices that keep the rest of its public records. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
The Southern Pines town clerk: council agendas and minutes, the town code and ordinances, oaths and official records, and public records requests under the North Carolina Public Records Act.
Open official site Southern Pines Town ClerkCity records
The Town of Southern Pines 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 Southern PinesCounty court
The Moore County courts in Carthage, 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 Moore County Superior and District CourtProperty records
The Moore County property search: ownership, assessed values, sales and tax bills by owner, address or parcel number, from the county tax office in Carthage.
Open official site Moore County property searchPolice & jail
The Moore County Detention Center inmate list from the Sheriff's Office in Carthage: people in custody by name with charges and bond.
Open official site Moore County Detention Center inmate listVital records
The online marriage license application of the Moore County Register of Deeds in Carthage, with the fees and identification required at pickup.
Open official site Moore County marriage license applicationCounty court
The Moore County courthouse in Carthage: 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 Moore County CourthouseProperty records
The Moore County tax office in Carthage: the parcel search with ownership and assessed values, GIS maps, property tax bills and payments, listing and exemptions, and assessment appeals.
Open official site Moore County Tax AdministrationPolice & 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 Southern Pines, a place of 15,545 people, is in Moore County, whose county seat is Carthage. Court and property records sit with Moore County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Southern Pines's own offices are in the cards above, and our Moore County page lists each county office.
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Deeds for property in Southern Pines are recorded by the Moore County Register of Deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Moore 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.
Businesses that operate in Southern Pines register with the North Carolina Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Southern Pines requires one, comes from the town or Moore County.
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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.