Find Bladen County Clerk Records

Bladen County Clerk of Superior Court

North Carolina uses a unified Clerk of Superior Court structure. The state court-officials page says a clerk of superior court is elected in all 100 counties in a partisan election to a four-year term. In Bladen County, the clerk performs administrative, clerical, and record-keeping functions for both Superior Court and District Court. The same office also handles estates and many special proceedings because the clerk serves as judge of probate.

The Bladen County contact directory lists the Clerk of Superior Court phone as (910) 872-7200. The current elected clerk identified in the research is Cristin Hursey. The N.C. State Board of Elections official 2022 Bladen local results show Cristin Hursey winning the Clerk of Superior Court race with 6,851 votes, 58.68 percent.

The Bladen County departments page lists the clerk on the main floor of the courthouse.

That local department listing supports the practical courthouse routing for people who need in-person clerk help.

Bladen County Clerk Duties

The Clerk of Superior Court keeps the court records required by North Carolina law. Under G.S. 7A-109, clerks maintain records, files, dockets, indexes, judgments, liens, lis pendens, and other required records, and non-prohibited court records are open for inspection during regular office hours. For Bladen County, that makes the clerk the office for many paper files, certified copies, and older records that are not enough to resolve through an online search.

• Criminal case records in District Court and Superior Court, when public.
• Civil actions, judgments, liens, lis pendens, and special proceedings.
• Divorce judgments granted in Bladen County.
• Estate, guardianship, probate, and related clerk proceedings.
• Paper case files physically located in the Bladen County courthouse.

The state court officials overview explains the clerk role across North Carolina.

The statewide overview helps explain why the Bladen clerk has both records duties and probate authority.

Request Bladen Clerk Certified Copies

Certified copies are used when an agency, court, employer process, benefits office, licensing body, or private transaction requires an official copy rather than a printed online summary. The clerk can process court-file copies when the record is public and the file is in the clerk's custody. If the requested record is a marriage certificate, birth certificate, or death certificate, the request usually belongs with the Register of Deeds, not the clerk.

1. Identify the case number if possible. If not, gather party names, case type, and approximate filing or judgment date.
2. Search the eCourts Portal or a public terminal to confirm the case location and public status.
3. Contact the Bladen County Clerk of Superior Court at (910) 872-7200 for copy cost, payment method, and pickup or mail instructions.
4. Submit the request with the case details, document name, number of copies, certification request, contact information, and payment as directed.
5. Use the clerk's response to confirm whether the copy can be issued, whether redactions apply, or whether the record is restricted.

The county FAQ also lists the Clerk of Court phone number and courthouse information.

The FAQ is a useful cross-check for the clerk phone, but the current Judicial Branch courthouse page should control for the court address.

Bladen Clerk Request Fields

The research did not locate a Bladen-specific clerk copy-request form with a captured field list. A mail or counter request should still include enough information for staff to identify the file and document. The Judicial Branch public-record request form is for existing Judicial Branch public records and does not replace ordinary court-file copy requests handled by the clerk.

Bladen County Clerk Fees

North Carolina court costs and copy fees are set by statewide schedules. The research confirms that the Judicial Branch publishes current 2026 civil, criminal, and estates court cost PDFs on its Current Court Costs page. Exact copy and certification amounts should be checked against the current chart or confirmed with the Bladen Clerk of Superior Court before mailing payment.

For online payments, the eCourts Portal notice identifies Visa, MasterCard, and Discover for supported payment functions, while Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App, Venmo, and similar digital payment apps are not accepted. Traffic waiver payments by mail use certified check, cashier's check, or money order payable to the Clerk of Superior Court, and the traffic help topic says not to mail cash or personal checks.

Bladen Clerk Forms and Records

Bladen County's official Judicial Branch location page links local rules, forms, court dates, payments, and services. The local rules and forms page includes items such as Bladen County pretrial release policy, continuance orders, domestic custody mediation forms, parenting coordinator forms, and related district rules. Those are court forms and administrative materials, not a general copy-request form.

The State Board of Elections result confirms Cristin Hursey as the elected Bladen Clerk of Superior Court from the 2022 local results.

The election-result source supports the local officeholder detail, while record access still goes through the courthouse and Judicial Branch systems.

Bladen Clerk Online and Mail Access

Online case access begins with eCourts Smart Search. Bladen County went live with eCourts in February 2025, so public case information, hearings, payments, and judgment search now route through the statewide Portal for supported public records. Public terminals remain important for criminal, civil, special proceeding, and estate searches. Paper files are inspected at the clerk's office in the county where the file is located.

Mail requests should use the courthouse mailing address when the clerk permits mail handling: Bladen County Courthouse, PO Box 2619, Elizabethtown, NC 28337. Include the case number, party names, document requested, copy type, return contact information, and payment instructions supplied by the clerk. If the request is for an agency record that is not an ordinary case-file copy, use the Judicial Branch public-record request page. If the request is for a criminal background check, the Judicial Branch says to use the county clerk's office rather than relying on Portal search results alone.

Note: Expunged records, juvenile records, adoption records, mental health proceedings, and protected personal identifiers may be unavailable or redacted even when a case number exists.