Access North Carolina Warrant Information

The warrants are served by authorized law enforcers dictating a person or a representative of a company to appear for specific purposes. Warrants are generally issued by the courts. But these can also be issued from legislative offices, magistrates, municipal judges and other authorized judicial departments. In some counties of North Carolina few political parties are also authorized to issue a warrant. A warrant is generally directed by a Police officer, Sheriff or constable.

Types of Warrants

In North Carolina, action has to be taken within 90 days of the issuing date of the warrant. Warrants can be categorized as arrest warrants, search warrants and execution warrants. Arrest warrants can be further branched as bench warrants and outstanding warrants. An outstanding warrant is one which has not been served. In a bench warrant the judicial authorities order for the immediate arrest of the individual as mentioned in the warrant.

In execution warrants the judicial body orders to execute an offender as sentenced by the federal court. That is why this writ is also referred to as a death warrant. An execution warrant is issued if it’s a death penalty case. The state Governor or the United States government issues a death warrant of North Carolina. A warrant in North Carolina may be subjected for the following types of cause:

•    Failure to appear (FTA)

•    Probation violation (PV)

•    Grand jury indictment (GJI)

•    Out of County warrant for arrest (WFA)

•    Failure to comply (FTC)

The arrest warrants in North Carolina can be directed for first degree trespass, second degree trespass, domestic criminal trespass, felonies larceny, communicating threats, motor vehicle offenses, forgery, shoplifting and many others. Find out more details about arrest warrants and search warrants from the following page: http://www.nccourts.org/Forms/Documents/formlistr_qtr04-09.pdf

Maintenance of Warrant Records in North Carolina

The warrants of North Carolina are updated whenever a new case is registered. But an outstanding warrant is updated in the system databases after 36 hours have passed. The North Carolina Warrant Repository project (NCAWARE) keeps details about criminal processes which comprises magistrate orders, warrants issued, citations that led to an arrest, order for arrest, criminal summons, appearance bonds and release orders. This department further maintains information about other individuals and business entities that are linked with such processes.

There are millions of records stored in the NCAWARE systems and these are updated regularly. This system is not yet used by all the counties but the magistrates of all the counties of North Carolina can have admittance to the warrants with the help of the Statewide Warrant Search. The district attorneys and other law enforcement bodies can also access this database.

To learn more about this system click on the following official page: http://www.nccourts.org/Courts/CRS/Technology/Applications/NCAWARE/Default.asp

You may also email your queries to: NCAWAREteam@nccourts.org

Search for a Warrant in North Carolina

A North Carolina warrant can be searched if it is more than 36 hours old. You can generally find out about outstanding and arrest warrants that have been issued from North Carolina. There are several online databases that are proficient enough to render you proper information about a warrant. For warrants related to the major crimes of North Carolina one can contact the offices of America's Most Wanted, Division of Motor vehicles, Interpol, the US Marshall's Service and DEA. There are 100 counties in North Carolina and only a few of them allow their warrant information to be viewed. 

In the Mecklenburg County of North Carolina, you can inquire about the outstanding arrest warrants. Simply input the name of the person and begin your check. But specifying the race, sex and county of the individual will narrow your search. Search a warrant record of Mecklenburg County of North Carolina from the link given below: http://warrantinquiryweb.co.mecklenburg.nc.us/

The Cabarrus county of North Carolina provides information about the active warrants. These writs include alphabetically arranged name of offenders who holds a warrant. Other information includes charge, paper type, full address and agency name.

Start your search for active warrants from the following link: http://www.cabarruslaw.us/warrant_results.asp Or directly contact the Sheriff's Office of Cabarrus County, 30 Corban Avenue SE, Concord NC, 28025, (704) 920-3000

Presently, the state has introduced the North Carolina Warrant Repository system which will help in providing details about offenders and related warrants. This custom-developed system was created and applied by the North Carolina Administrative office of the Courts (NCAOC), a division of the judicial department. This system was first launched in the Johnston County and was then implemented in rest of the 99 counties in the entire state.

Expunging a Warrant Record

It is extremely important for the individual and an attorney to appear before the court from where a bench warrant is been issued. Chances of expungement would be possible if the violation mentioned in the bench warrant is dismissed or proved to be incorrect. To clear a record, you need to file the petition with the court of jurisdiction. The order of expungement will be signed after the court conducts the required investigations to justify the reasons of expungement. North Carolina warrants can be removed from the public view under the following circumstances

•    If the offender is found innocent

•    If the case is dismissed

•    If the individual was not prosecuted

•    If the individual did not go for a trial

•    If the receives a deferred sentence

•    If the individual receives a withheld adjudication where the outcome of the probation is pending.