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CLERK’S OFFICE DIRECTORY

Durham County Clerk's office is located in the Durham County Justice Center at 510 S. Dillard Street.

Bookkeeping 1st Floor Rm #1101

  • Check balances on Supervised Probation
  • Checks (such as the return of Cash Bonds)
  • Mail / Deliveries (USPS, FedEx etc.)

Child Support -1st Floor Rm #1101

  • Child Support-Dept. of Social Services (DSS) ONLY
  • NOTE: Child Support CANNOT look up court dates. Defendants must call DSS case manager.
  • Purge payments for Child Support

Cashier-1st Floor Rm #1200                          

  • Pay for Certified Background Checks
  • Pay Court Costs on Court Cases
  • Pay Supervised Probation
  • Pay for Marriages

District Criminal & Traffic Records-1st Floor Rm #1300

  • Criminal & Traffic court dates/courtrooms
  • Pay Traffic Citations
  • Limited Driving Privilege (LDP) due to DWI or Speeding in State
  •  Bond Forfeitures
  • Vehicle Seizures

Civil Judgments-1st Floor Rm #1400

  • Divorce Decree (More than 10 years)
  • Appeals-Small Claims/Evictions (Rent Bonds)
  • Collection on Judgments (Notice of Rights, Writ of Execution, Payments)
  • Miscellaneous Liens (Tax, HOA, Labor & Materialmen)
  • Name Change-Resumption of Name

Civil Filings-1st Floor-Rm #1500

  • Lawsuit Filings
  • Eviction (rental property) Filings
  • Restraining Orders (DVPO’s, DPO’s)
  • Notice of Contract
  • Motor Vehicle Liens- ALL liens but LT-264A
  • Limited Driving Privilege (LDP) due to DWLR or Speeding Out of State
  • Foreclosures/Auctions (Taxes)
  • Divorce Decree (Less than 10 years)

Sherriff Office 1st Floor-Rm # 1700

  • Gun Permits

 Superior Criminal Records-2nd Floor Rm #2100

  • Bond Forfeitures-CRS cases ONLY
  • Superior court dates/courtrooms/Attorney info
  • Copy of CRS files 

District Court/Juvenile Clerks-2nd Floor Rm #2200

  • Judicial Bypass
  • Emancipation
  • Abuse/Neglect/Dependency
  • Delinquency
  • Child Custody- DSS involved

 Estates-2nd Floor Rm #2300

  • Guardianships
  • Transfer of title in the cause of death
  • Year’s Allowance
  • Wills/Probate
  • Inventories

Special Proceedings-2nd Floor Rm #2400

  • Guardianship-Adults
  • Name Changes
  • Legitimization/Proof of Birth
  • Adoptions
  • Foreclosures under power of sale (Mortgage)
  • Surplus Funds
  • Partition/ Cartway/ Boundary disputes
  • Motor Vehicle Lien form LT-264A ONLY

Jury Pool-3rd Floor Rm #3000


Legal Aid Advisory Clinic- 3rd Floor Rm # 3200

Magistrates-3rd Floor M1, M2, M3

  • Landlord-Tenant Court Hearings
  • Small Claims Court Hearings
  • Marriage Ceremonies

Family Court-6th Floor Rm #6500

  • Child Custody- non DSS
  • Divorce Filing
  • Child Support-non DSS

 Register of Deeds 201 E. Main St. 2nd Floor

  • Birth and Death Certificates
  • Marriage Licenses
  • Record Separation Agreement
  • Assumed Names

 

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