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.
Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, with about 19,000 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 Lumberton offices SearchSystems verified, links to each one's own website and gives the phone number and address where the office publishes them. SearchSystems verified 2 city office pages for Lumberton, every one opened and checked.
In this guide: City or county, Police records, City Hall, Records requests and Questions.
City or county record: where Lumberton records are kept
- Kept by the City of Lumberton: police reports, council and board meeting records, ordinances and the city's own licenses and permits.
- Kept by Robeson 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 Robeson County public records guide under court records, jail lookups, property records and vital records.
Lumberton police reports and records
Incident reports, crash reports and the other records of the Lumberton 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 Lumberton police records.
- Website: lumbertonnc.gov/m/directory/department?did=17 (page title: Staff Directory, Police)
- Phone: 910-671-3889
- Address: 1305 Godwin Avenue Lumberton, NC 28358
- 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 Robeson County public records guide under jail and inmate lookups.
Lumberton 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: lumbertonnc.gov (page title: Lumberton, NC)
- Address: 500 N Cedar Street Lumberton, NC 28359
- Checked: September 25, 2026, the page answered.
Public records requests to Lumberton
North Carolina public records law applies to the city government of Lumberton. A record that is not posted online 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. A request that names a date, an address, or a report or case number is the easiest to answer.
Lumberton Arrest Records
The Lumberton arrest records guide covers the agency that reports Lumberton's arrests to the FBI and the 1,214 arrests it reported for 2025. It also says where a person arrested in Lumberton is held, how to find out about an arrest and how to get a copy of the report.
Lumberton Records Guides
SearchSystems has nine more guides to Lumberton, each written from the city's own offices and figures: Lumberton warrants (who issues and serves them, where a person arrested on one is held, how to check for one), Lumberton inmate search (the jail page of the Robeson County Sheriff's Office, the jail numbers and who books people), Lumberton criminal records (the court file, the North Carolina criminal history and the local arrest records), Lumberton court records (which court hears what, the case search and who keeps the files), Lumberton police reports (which agency holds a report and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires), Lumberton traffic tickets (which court takes the ticket, who writes them and the driving record), Lumberton DUI (the DWI law, the arrest, the court case and the license case), Lumberton divorce records (which court holds the file and how a certified copy is had) and Lumberton property records (deeds, assessed values, permits and evictions).
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Lumberton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records directory, online since 1997. It links to the official Lumberton offices listed above, and the city's own website is lumbertonnc.gov; SearchSystems does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
How do I get a police report in Lumberton?
Request it from the Lumberton police records unit at lumbertonnc.gov/m/directory/department?did=17, phone 910-671-3889. 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 Lumberton?
Lumberton cases are heard by the courts that serve Robeson County, and people arrested in Lumberton are usually booked into the county jail. Both are covered in the Robeson County public records guide on SearchSystems.
How do I request a public record from Lumberton?
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. North Carolina public records law applies to city governments.