Access Martin County Clerk Records

Martin County Clerk of Superior Court

North Carolina uses a unified Clerk of Superior Court structure. Martin County does not have separate county and district court clerks. The primary court-record custodian is the Martin County Clerk of Superior Court, part of the North Carolina Judicial Branch. Official Judicial Branch news named Amanda Bramble as incoming Martin County Clerk of Superior Court effective December 1, 2024, replacing Tonya Leggett. Older pages may still show prior names, so current Martin County clerk references should be checked against official Judicial Branch sources.

The Clerk of Superior Court handles trial-court files, criminal cases, civil cases, special proceedings, estates, divorce judgments, certified court copies, public terminals, and cashier functions for eligible court payments. The office is at the active court location in Williamston. The Register of Deeds is a separate county office led by Lois Beck and handles marriage licenses, birth, death and marriage certificates, deeds, plats, assumed names, and other land or vital-record materials.

The clerk appointment source is shown in the image from the North Carolina Judicial Branch clerk notice.

That source is why Amanda Bramble is used as the current Martin County Clerk of Superior Court in court-record contexts.

Martin County Clerk Record Duties

The clerk's access channels are both online and local. Case information may be searched through the statewide eCourts Portal, while public self-service terminals in clerk offices provide access to criminal, civil, special proceeding, and estate information. The paper file is viewed at the clerk's office in the county where the case is located. That matters for Martin County because a statewide search result may not show every image, confidential item, older paper record, or certified-copy option.

• Maintain court records, dockets, files, indexes, and case papers for Martin County trial court matters.
• Provide public terminal access for criminal, civil, special proceeding, and estate case information.
• Issue copies, certifications, certificates under seal, and exemplifications when available and paid for.
• Serve as the local records office for divorce judgments granted in Martin County.
• Handle estate administration records through the Estates Division of the Clerk of Superior Court.
• Accept eligible court payments at the Cashier's Office under the payment rules published for Martin County.

The public-record copy fee statute is shown in the source image from N.C. Gen. Stat. section 132-6.2.

For court copies, the statewide court-cost chart can set specific fees beyond the general public-record copy rule.

Request Martin County Certified Copies

Certified copies are requested when a court document must prove that it came from the official file. A plain printout may be enough for personal review, but court filings, name-change follow-up, benefits, title issues, immigration matters, or agency requests may require certification or a seal. For Martin County court records, the request goes to the Clerk of Superior Court. For marriage certificates, the request goes to the Register of Deeds instead.

1. Identify the case type, party names, and case number if known. Use the eCourts Portal or clerk public terminal first if the number is missing.
2. Confirm the exact document needed, such as judgment, divorce judgment, estate letters, inventory, disposition, order, or docket entry.
3. Ask the Clerk of Superior Court whether a plain copy, certified copy, certificate under seal, or exemplification is required.
4. Submit the request in person or by mail with the required fee after confirming the total page count and certification cost.
5. Pick up the copy or arrange mailing under the clerk's current process.

The North Carolina divorce guidance source image from Judicial Branch separation and divorce guidance supports the clerk's role in divorce judgments.

Divorce certificates and divorce judgments are not the same record, so the clerk is the source for the judgment file.

Martin County Request Form Fields

Formal public-record routing depends on the record type. The Judicial Branch public-record page routes court records to Portal, clerk offices, and the specific court office that keeps the record. Martin County also has a county public request form for county-government records, but a court case copy request should still be directed to the Clerk of Superior Court when the record is a court file.

The Martin County public request form source is shown in the image from the county request form page.

Use that county form for county-agency records, but route court file copies to the Clerk of Superior Court.

Martin County Clerk Fees

The researched Martin County clerk fee schedule comes from statewide court-cost material and payment instructions. Current court-cost charts should control over older local copies. Mail payments for court fees are payable to Martin County Clerk of Superior Court and sent to Clerk of Superior Court, Martin County Courthouse, PO Box 807, Williamston, NC 27892. Mail payments may be money order or certified check, with no cash and no personal checks by mail.

In-person payments are made at the Cashier's Office in the Clerk of Court's office. The researched accepted forms are cash, credit or debit card plus processing fees, money order, and certified check. Personal checks are not accepted. Eligible traffic citations may also be paid at the Cashier's Office.

Martin County Divorce and Estate Records

Divorce and estate records are two common reasons people contact the clerk instead of another county office. Divorce judgments are obtained from the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the divorce was granted. The North Carolina Vital Records divorce certificate page is useful for state certificates from 1958 forward, but it does not provide the full divorce case file or court judgment.

• Divorce judgment requests should include the party names, county where the divorce was granted, approximate date, and case number if known.
• Estate record requests should name the decedent, estate case number if known, and document sought, such as letters, will, inventory, or accounting.
• Marriage certificate requests belong with the Register of Deeds, not the clerk.
• Background-check use should be handled through the county clerk rather than relying on a portal screenshot.

The state divorce certificate source image from North Carolina Vital Records shows the certificate route.

That route is separate from Martin County Clerk of Superior Court access to divorce judgments and case filings.

Martin County Clerk Access Channels

Online access starts with the eCourts Portal for Smart Search, Search Hearings, Make Payments, and NC Judgment Search. Attorneys in eCourts counties are required to eFile under the statewide eCourts rollout. For members of the public, online search is useful for case numbers, hearing dates, parties, and case summaries, but it is not a substitute for the paper file or a certified copy from the Martin County Clerk of Superior Court.

In person, public self-service terminals in clerk offices can be used for criminal, civil, special proceeding, and estate information. By phone, the clerk can be reached at (252) 809-5100. By mail, court payments and copy requests should use the clerk mailing address after fees and case details are confirmed. For records outside the court file, use the proper custodian: Register of Deeds for marriage and land records, sheriff or police agency for law-enforcement records, NC DAC for state offender records, and federal courts for federal cases.

The North Carolina Vital Records fee source image from state vital-record fees is included because it helps separate clerk fees from state certificate fees.

For Martin County court files, use the clerk fee schedule and clerk access channels rather than state vital-record certificate pricing.

Note: The Clerk of Superior Court is the court-record custodian, while the Register of Deeds is the local marriage and deed-record custodian.