This Is Not a Government Office. We run a private reference site. We cannot pull official Mecklenburg County documents, file paperwork, issue certified copies, change court dates, or answer case-specific legal questions. Official records and certified copies must come from the government office that holds the record.
Need an Official Document?
Here's where to look for the records most people ask about in Mecklenburg County:
Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court
Mecklenburg County Courthouse
832 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-686-0400
Public hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Court case files: contact the Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court or search the Superior Court and District Court, North Carolina General Court of Justice route
- Marriage records: use the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds at 720 E. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202, phone 704-336-2443
- Divorce judgments: contact the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the divorce was granted
- Probate, wills, and estates: see Clerk of Superior Court as Judge of Probate / Estates Division
- Criminal and arrest records: see criminal records and the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office inquiry tools
- Jail roster: see inmate records or call the Sheriff's Office information line at 704-336-8100
- Active warrant questions: see warrant records and use the Sheriff's Arrest Processing line when official verification is needed
- Other county records: use Mecklenburg County's public-record request process for county agency records that are not court, sheriff, or Register records