How to Search for New Hanover County Arrest Records

New Hanover County Arrest Records are essential for a background check. However, to get all the details related to a person's criminal history, you also ought to include arrest warrants and court dockets in your inquiry. The following article will explain how to access these documents quickly and efficiently.

A New Hanover County arrest search

The sheriff's website presents an inmate list that consists of people that were taken into custody in recent months (at the time of writing this article, the list consists of 489 detainees). If you are interested in a more extensive inmate list that relates to the state as a whole, we recommend performing an NC inmate search on the website run by the state's Department of Public Safety. The main advantage of this database is that it present past inmates in addition to current inmates.

Initiating a New Hanover County warrant search

The sheriff is the main official authority that is in charge of processing, storing and executing Hanover County warrants. For this reason, you should visit their office (3950 Juvenile Center Road, Castle Hayne, NC 28429, phone: 910-798-4200) to check if the person on whom you run your investigation is wanted by the law. Furthermore, the sheriff website has a most wanted page where you can see the county's most dangerous fugitives.

Accessing court dockets

To find out if a person has ever been prosecuted and convicted of a crime, you will need to focus your investigation on New Hanover County court records. The best way to do it is to turn to the office which keeps these records – the clerk of court. We suggest contacting them on the phone (910-772-6600 ) for specific details. Generally speaking, searchers are required to submit a request to view public information. For further guidelines, you should read the booklet published by NC Attorney General. The first page relates to making a public records request.

Locating sex offenders

Finally, if you wish to check whether there are people with criminal records for sex crimes living in your area, refer to NC sex offender registry (it can be accessed here). Searches can be carried out according to an offender's name or place of residence.