Land Records

Municipal Annexations and Charities

Municipalities are required to file annexation ordinances and maps with the Secretary of State. Annexations or de-annexations may also be done by the NC General Assembly.

Municipalities are chartered by the General Assembly and may be in some cases amended locally, while in other instances these changes must come through the General Assembly. Any locally adopted amendments must be filed with the Secretary of State. Each amendment is a separate document. The NC General Assembly website includes a summary of each municipality's current charter, sometimes by section, along with relevant references to the most recent changes.

NC General Assembly Charter Lookup

Older records on this site may be scans of index cards referencing relevant session laws for annexations or charters. We are working to replace these with the actual documents as time goes on, but if you need a particular document not scanned on this site, Contact us at [email protected] and we will make all efforts to get that document for you and place it on the website.

Select the record type in the dropdown. Either annexation or charter.

Select the Municipality. For example, Raleigh.

Select the date search. Either “Effective” or “Adopted.”

Click Search.