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Criminal Record Checks require payment of costs in advance, therefore cannot be provided by telephone.

Criminal Record Check fee

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“Helping The Courts Serve The People”

Linda Priest, Clerk of Court

Criminal Record Checks

(Criminal records are indexed by name only and no other identifying characteristics. The person obtaining the record should determine whether or not the name on the record check is the identity of the person you are searching.)

If you are doing a background check or needing information on charges on an individual name, you may either obtain that information from a Clerk of Court's office, or through several Internet companies that will sell pages of information to you. Each company has its own set charges.

Please note: If you are checking on an individual who has already been charged, convicted and sentenced to prison or probation, you may go the Department of Correction web site for more information.

If you are checking on an individual who has a current pending charge, you can obtain the court date and courtroom online, click District and Superior Court Calendars and follow the instructions.

Internet Criminal Background Checks

Click for a list of internet companies providing background checks

A criminal background check from this office is only for charges in Cumberland County. For record checks from other counties, you must contact the Clerk of Court’s Office in that county. Statewide searches can be obtained from the above internet companies only.

Clerk of Court Criminal Background Checks

A Cumberland County Criminal Background Check can be obtained from the Clerk’s Office in person or by mail.

[The Form] Please complete a Criminal Record Check form for each name to be searched.

[The Costs] The fee for each name searched can be obtained from the following link.

Search ‘Criminal Record Search” on Costs link.

1. The Court does not accept personal checks.

2. All payments by certified check or by a money order should be payable to

the Clerk of Superior Court.

[In Person] Come to the Criminal Division of the Clerk of Superior Court’s Office, located in Room 112 on the first floor of the Cumberland County Courthouse, 117 Dick Street, Fayetteville, North Carolina [Map]. You should bring the form(s) and payment with you.

[By Mail] Complete a Criminal Record Check form for each name searched and mail it along with payment. You should enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. The Clerk’s Office will complete the record check and return it to you in the envelope provided..
Mail To: Clerk of Superior Court – P.O. Box 363 – Fayetteville, NC 28302 – Attention: Criminal Record Check

Completing the Request Form for Record Checks By The Clerk’s Office

1. It is your responsibility to provide all the name(s), to your knowledge, the individual you are searching may be known.

2. The search will be for only the name(s) you submit on the Request Form.

3. The search will only be Cumberland County records; not a statewide search.

4. Records are indexed by name only and no other identifying characteristics.

5. The individual you are searching may have a record under another name. The fact that no criminal record is found under the name(s) provided does not mean that the individual does not have a record in this county.

6. The record you receive may be that of another individual with the same or similar name. The fact that a criminal record is found under one or more of the name(s) you provided does not mean that the record you will receive is a record for the individual you are searching. You must determine if the record is for the individual you are searching.

7. It is your responsibility for any interpretation or use of the results of the search; the Clerk is not responsible for your interpretation or use of the results.