It is not operated by, affiliated or associated with any state, local or federal government or agency. is a privately owned, independently run resource for government-generated public records. Complex requests, especially those that require collecting and reviewing large quantities of emails or redacting confidential information, may take weeks or months to provides access to CRIMINAL, PUBLIC, and VITAL RECORDS (arrest records, warrants, felonies, misdemeanors, sexual offenses, mugshots, criminal driving violations, convictions, jail records, legal judgments, and more) aggregated from a variety of sources, such as county sheriff's offices, police departments, courthouses, incarceration facilities, and municipal, county and other public and private sources. In many cases, simple public records requests often can be fulfilled within a matter of days. Provide dates – A date range can further help staff narrow the request to a particular timeframe, allowing for more efficient collection of records. Are there specific documents you are interested in? What divisions or staff members are included in your request? The more detail you can provide, the easier it is for our staff to locate any responsive public records. To assist our staff in providing a timely response to your request, we recommend the following when crafting your request:īe specific – Carefully consider what records you would like to request.
A narrowly-tailored request limits the expenditure of department resources, and therefore allows the agency to respond to requests in a shorter timeframe. If staff find a request to be ambiguous, overly broad, or very time-intensive, a staff member may contact the requestor and attempt to clarify, narrow, or revise the request. Submit a NCDOA Records Requestīy law, state agencies are required to respond to public records requests “as promptly as possible.” Response times may vary based on a variety of factors, including the complexity of the request, the volume of records requested, the amount of time needed to redact confidential information and the resources required to fulfill the request. We are not required to create a record that does not exist, nor compile a record or records in any format that does not already exist.įor information on records management, visit the State Archives of North Carolina. Under North Carolina public records law General Statute 132 and various other statutes, certain personal or confidential information is not public, and must be redacted or protected. Excessively large requests may be provided in batches as they are completed. Please allow additional time to review/redact very large requests. Make your request as exact as possible (including names, dates, and specific search terms) to help us expedite fulfilling your request. The North Carolina Department of Administration is committed to transparency and will furnish all requested public records as promptly as possible. Background Check - the NC State Bureau of Investigation offers the public and authorized agencies criminal background checks.Court Records - for criminal and civil cases, police reports and traffic citations, contact the NC Judicial Branch or Clerk of Court in the county where the citation was issued.Real Estate Records or Deeds - check the Register of Deeds office where the property is located.Birth & death certificates, marriage & divorce records - see NCDHHS Vital Records.Many public records are already available online and accessable without making a public records request.
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