North Carolina, Brunswick County
Where Sunset Beach's records are kept. Court and property records for Sunset Beach sit with Brunswick County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina.
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As a small town, Sunset Beach relies on Brunswick County and the State of North Carolina for its public records. The cards below are the North Carolina state offices, and the Brunswick County offices are on our Brunswick 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 Sunset Beach publishes its board meetings, its notices and the contacts for its office.
Open official site Town of Sunset BeachCity records
The Sunset Beach board publishes its members, its meeting dates and the decisions it records for the municipality.
Open official site Town of Sunset Beach boardProperty 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 Sunset Beach, and who keeps its records.
Local profile
Sunset Beach keeps its own council and town business records. Bolivia, the county seat, is where the county offices are. Our Brunswick County page lists each county office.
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 Sunset Beach. 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 Sunset Beach 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 Brunswick County page lists those offices.
Incident and crash reports for Sunset Beach 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 Sunset Beach 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 Brunswick County. A town page lists that town's own offices where it has them; Brunswick County records are on the county page.