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First resolve which Durham you mean

Durham County, North Carolina

Use the N.C. Judicial Branch Durham County route when the record concerns Durham County, NC. Certified and non-certified background-check options are defined by the statewide court system.

Durham, New Hampshire

Use New Hampshire State Police criminal-history rules, reflected in Saf-C 5700, when the subject or request is tied to Durham, NH.

Do not cross the streams

A $25 North Carolina certified county search and a $25 New Hampshire criminal-record check have similar prices but are different records from different states.

North Carolina certified county check: $25 through the clerk

  1. 01
    Choose Durham County

    The N.C. Courts background-check page says a certified name search is conducted through the Clerk of Superior Court for one county.

  2. 02
    Use Form AOC-CR-314

    Prepare the state form for a certified criminal-record search for yourself or another person.

  3. 03
    Pay the published $25 fee

    Mail accepts money order or certified check; in-person payment options include the forms listed by the Judicial Branch.

  4. 04
    Read “single county” literally

    A certified Durham County clerk search does not become a statewide North Carolina certificate simply because it comes from the state court system.

North Carolina also offers a free non-certified courthouse search

Option Coverage Cost/credential
Courthouse public-access computer A county or statewide North Carolina court-record search No search fee; printing charges may apply; result is non-certified.
Certified clerk search One selected county $25; certified.
SBI Right to Review Your own statewide NC criminal history Fingerprint-based; separate state repository product.

Verification source for this module: durham background check official source 3.

Portal can find cases, but N.C. Courts gives a background-check warning

Use the prescribed background-check route

The Judicial Branch guidance says Portal can search case information by name, case number, attorney, and more, but individuals performing background checks should use the county clerk’s office rather than Portal. Portal is therefore a case-information tool, not a replacement for the stated certified or courthouse background-check workflows.

For your own statewide North Carolina history, SBI is fingerprint-based

Right to Review

The N.C. SBI offers a fingerprint-based North Carolina state-only personal review for $14 and returns a response letter.

National check is separate

The same SBI page points personal national identity-history requests to the FBI and lists the FBI fee separately; do not call the NC state review national.

Use case files for case detail

A repository history is not the underlying court file. If a listed entry needs procedural detail, return to the clerk/court record.

Durham, New Hampshire follows a different central-repository rule set

NH question Rule checked 2026-09-30
Standard criminal record check fee $25 under Saf-C 5703.06.
Your own record The rules provide your conviction record; you can specifically request arrest records as part of your own CHRI request.
Another person The rules describe obtaining another person’s criminal conviction record with the required release authorization.
Where rules come from New Hampshire Saf-C 5700 — Department of Safety/State Police central-repository rules.

Use this Durham background-check decision sequence

  • ✓
    Write the state first

    Confirm North Carolina or New Hampshire before opening a portal or paying a fee.

  • ✓
    Choose scope

    County court search, statewide court search, or statewide criminal-history repository are different deliverables.

  • ✓
    Choose certification

    If the recipient requires certification, do not send a non-certified courthouse/Portal result.

  • ✓
    Match the person carefully

    Use permitted identifiers and verify case outcomes when a same-name result appears.

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    Recheck official instructions

    Before payment, reopen the live North Carolina or New Hampshire source because forms, fees, and access rules can change.

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