Locate Randolph County Clerk Records

Randolph County Clerk of Superior Court

North Carolina does not use a Texas-style district clerk and county clerk split for court cases. Randolph County's primary trial-court clerk is the Clerk of Superior Court. The NC Judicial Branch contact directory lists the clerk at (336) 328-3100, while the courthouse main line is (336) 328-3000. The clerk's office is in Suite 201 of the Randolph County Courthouse at 176 East Salisbury Street in Asheboro. Clerk's office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The office keeps records and filings for criminal cases, civil cases, estates, special proceedings, divorce judgments, court costs, and related court business. It also serves as the probate office because the Clerk of Superior Court acts as ex officio judge of probate in North Carolina. Public users may start with NC eCourts Portal, but clerk contact remains important for paper files, public terminals, copies, certified copies, and criminal background-check searches that the Judicial Branch says should be done through the clerk's office rather than Portal.

Randolph County Clerk Record Duties

The Clerk of Superior Court supports both the Superior Court Division and District Court Division in Randolph County. Court records are state Judicial Branch records, not a county-operated case database. The local county courthouse page points residents to the North Carolina Court System for court calendars, payments, fines, and phone directory information. That makes the clerk's office the local point for file access, while the NC Judicial Branch supplies many statewide portals and forms.

• Maintains criminal, civil, special proceeding, estates, and divorce judgment records filed in Randolph County.
• Provides public self-service terminal access and paper-file access for cases located in the county.
• Processes copies and certified copies when the record is public and available from the clerk.
• Collects court costs, fines, fees, restitution, and other financial entries where applicable.
• Routes estates and probate matters through the clerk's probate authority.
• Supports local rules, local forms, filing questions, court calendars, and payment information through NC Judicial Branch resources.

The separate Register of Deeds should not be confused with the clerk. Randolph County marriage certificates, birth certificates, death certificates, real estate recordings, assumed names, and notary oaths are Register of Deeds records, while divorce judgments and court case files are clerk records.

Request Randolph County Certified Copies

Certified copies are used when a plain printout or online screen is not enough. A certified divorce judgment, civil judgment, estate order, or criminal disposition may be needed for another agency, court filing, employment review, immigration matter, title issue, or personal legal file. The research did not locate exact Randolph County court-copy fee amounts, so a requester should ask the clerk for the current charge before mailing payment or arriving with limited funds.

1. Identify the case type, party names, case number if known, and the county where the case was filed.
2. Search NC eCourts Portal first if a case number, filing date, or party spelling is uncertain.
3. Contact or visit the Randolph County Clerk of Superior Court and state that a certified copy is needed.
4. Provide the document type, number of copies, mailing or pickup preference, and contact information.
5. Pay the clerk's copy and certification fees when quoted, then pick up the copy or wait for mail processing if offered.

For marriage, birth, and death certificates, use the Register of Deeds instead. For full statewide criminal or civil data subscriptions, the Remote Public Access program is separate from ordinary clerk-counter copies.

Randolph County Request Fields

No separate Randolph County court-copy request form field list was located in the assigned research. The court-record request fields below follow the access channels documented by NC Judicial Branch and the clerk's local role. They reflect the details a clerk normally needs to locate the record, distinguish similarly named parties, and prepare the correct type of copy without inventing a county-branded form.

Randolph County Clerk Fees

The assigned research included confirmed fees for vital records, marriage licenses, and Remote Public Access, but it did not include a local Randolph County table for plain court copies, certified court copies, certification fees, or civil filing fees. Unsupported dollar amounts should not be placed on the clerk page. The table below separates confirmed costs from fees that must be confirmed with the clerk or current Judicial Branch fee schedule.

Note: The Register of Deeds vital-record fees are not clerk fees, even though both offices serve records visitors in downtown Asheboro.

Randolph County Clerk Forms

The Randolph County local rules and forms page lists local and statewide resources for superior civil, district civil, domestic, juvenile, and related court matters. Local rules include Superior Court civil rules effective September 1, 2022, District Court administrative and civil rules including non-family civil rules effective July 1, 2025, domestic and family rules effective January 1, 2026, juvenile abuse, neglect, and dependency rules, and remote hearing procedures for abuse, neglect, and dependency court.

• Superior civil calendar request materials for Superior Court scheduling.
• Domestic contempt, continuance motion, continuance order, and continuance stipulation forms.
• Custody mediation orientation and motion or order waiving mediation materials.
• Equitable distribution certificate, inventory, and pretrial order forms.
• Alimony, post-separation support, and financial affidavit materials.
• Juvenile and remote hearing procedure materials where listed by the local rules page.

Randolph County Clerk Access Channels

For online case information, the NC eCourts Portal is the main public tool. Smart Search can show a near real-time case summary, register of actions, case information, assignment information, party information, causes of action, events, dispositions, hearings, and financial information when public. Search fields can include party name, case number, citation number, attorney name, attorney bar number, business name, cross-reference, county, case type, case status, and filing date range. Search Hearings is separate and can be used for court dates and hearing locations.

For in-person records, public self-service terminals and paper court files are accessed at the clerk's office where the case is located. For bulk or professional access, the Remote Public Access program provides statewide criminal and civil information from all 100 counties for fees. For general routing questions, the NC Judicial Branch Request a Public Record page directs users among court records, vital records, police reports, real estate records, and other categories.

The assigned image from the U.S. Attorney's Office Middle District of North Carolina district information page reflects a federal office serving the region, not the Randolph County Clerk of Superior Court.

Federal prosecutor information can matter for federal cases, but Randolph County Superior Court and District Court files are still requested through the state clerk's office.