North Carolina, Johnston County
Where Benson's records are kept. The Town of Benson has its own town government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Benson's own offices, along with State of North Carolina offices; the Johnston County offices are on our Johnston County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
City records
Benson town offices at 303 E Church Street, phone 919-894-3553, with agendas and minutes, online forms, utility bill payment and service setup, the planning department, open bids and miscellaneous payments.
Open official site Town of BensonPolice & jail
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation keeps the statewide Sex Offender Registry, with name and area searches, email alerts and links to the sheriffs' offices that register offenders.
Open official site North Carolina Sex OffendersState records
The North Carolina Department of Justice, led by the Attorney General, represents the state, protects consumers and runs the State Crime Laboratory. Court records come from the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
Open official site North Carolina Attorney GeneralPolice & jail
North Carolina Judicial Branch guide to criminal background checks, including certified single county record searches by name at the clerk of superior court office.
Open official site North Carolina Criminal Background ChecksProperty records
The NC Secretary of State Land Records Management Section sets indexing and mapping standards for county land records and keeps annexation and boundary files. Deeds and mortgages are recorded by each county Register of Deeds.
Open official site North Carolina Land RecordsPolice & jail
The NC Department of Adult Correction offender search covers state prison inmates, probationers and parolees back to 1972, not county jails. Court records of criminal charges come from the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
Open official site North Carolina Criminal RecordsPolice & jail
The State Capitol Police protect state officials, employees and visitors in the North Carolina state government complex and monitor alarms at state buildings. The page lists its services and contacts.
Open official site North Carolina State Capitol PolicePolice & jail
Legislative mandated reports, audit reports and accreditation certificates for the Raleigh, Triad Regional and Western Regional Laboratories.
Open official site North Carolina Crime Laboratory DocumentationPolice & jail
The NC Department of Adult Correction lists every person on North Carolina's death row, with the date received, offender number and county of conviction.
Open official site North Carolina Death RowPolice & jail
Department of public safety criminal records search.
Open official site North Carolina DPS Background ChecksLocal record guide
Local profile
The Town of Benson, a place of 3,967 people, is in Johnston County, whose county seat is Smithfield. Court and property records sit with Johnston County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of North Carolina. Benson's own offices are in the cards above, and our Johnston County page lists each county office.
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Certified birth and death certificates for events in North Carolina come from the state vital records office, North Carolina Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Businesses that operate in Benson register with the North Carolina Secretary of State, which runs the state business entity search. A local business license, where Benson requires one, comes from the town or Johnston County.
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Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.