Reviewed and updated October 4, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. Every office link on this page was opened and checked against the office's own website at review time.
Goldsboro is a city in Wayne County, North Carolina, with about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). Its public records are split between the city and the county. The city keeps police reports, council records and its own licenses and permits; court cases, jail bookings, deeds and vital records are county or state records. This guide names the Goldsboro offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 3 city office pages for Goldsboro, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Goldsboro records are kept
- Kept by the City of Goldsboro: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Wayne County or the state: court cases, jail bookings, deeds and property values and birth and death certificates. These are not city records; they are in the Wayne County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Goldsboro police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Goldsboro police are requested from the department's records unit, usually in writing or through an online form. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted, and some states limit crash reports to the people involved and their insurers. The page below is the one SearchSystems verified for Goldsboro police records.
- Website: police.goldsboronc.gov (page title: Goldsboro Police Department | Committed to Life Safety)
- Phone: 919-705-6572
- Address: 204 S. Center Street, Goldsboro NC 27530
- Hours: Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Jail bookings and inmate lookups are usually handled by the county, not the city police. They are in the Wayne County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Goldsboro City Hall: departments, licenses and permits
Business licenses, building permits, code enforcement cases and the city's other records are kept by the department that issued them. The city's own website below lists its departments and how to reach them.
- Website: goldsboronc.gov/about-goldsboro (page title: Goldsboro NC)
- Phone: (919) 580-4362
- Address: 200 N Center St, Goldsboro, NC 27530
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Goldsboro
North Carolina public records law applies to the city government of Goldsboro. The city runs one records request page for its departments; it is the page below, verified by SearchSystems. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
- Website: goldsboronc.gov/public-affairs-department/public-records-requests (page title: Goldsboro NC)
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
A record the request page does not cover is asked for from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.
Goldsboro Arrest Records
The Goldsboro arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Goldsboro's arrests to the FBI and the 819 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Goldsboro is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Goldsboro Records Guides
SearchSystems has eight more guides to Goldsboro, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Goldsboro warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Goldsboro inmate search (the jail page of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Goldsboro criminal records (the court file, the North Carolina criminal history and the local arrest records), Goldsboro court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Goldsboro police reports (which agency holds a report and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires), Goldsboro DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Goldsboro divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Goldsboro property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Goldsboro website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Goldsboro offices listed above, and the city's own website is goldsboronc.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Goldsboro?
Request it from the Goldsboro police records unit at police.goldsboronc.gov, phone 919-705-6572. Reports on open investigations and the names of victims and juveniles are usually withheld or redacted.
Where do I find court records or jail bookings for Goldsboro?
Goldsboro cases are heard by the courts that serve Wayne County, and people arrested in Goldsboro are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Wayne County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Goldsboro?
Through the city's records request page at goldsboronc.gov. A record it does not cover is requested from the office that holds it: the police records unit for police reports and the department that issued a permit or license for its records.