Where Greensboro and Guilford County legal notices are published: the county's legal notices site, the state press association's notices site and city agendas.
Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. This page is an index, not the official publication of any notice. Each notice’s legal home is the newspaper or government site where it is published; follow the links below. For questions about a notice, call the office named in it.
Public notices tell residents about government actions that could affect them: hearings, rezonings, budgets, bids, foreclosures, estate filings, unclaimed property and more. In Greensboro they appear in three places.
Where to look
- Guilford County notices: legalnotices.guilfordcountync.gov
- Statewide newspaper notices: ncnotices.com, from the North Carolina Press Association
- City of Greensboro hearings and agendas: greensboro.legistar.com
- Questions about a notice: call the office named in it; city questions go to 336-373-2489
1. Guilford County Legal Notices
The county runs a central searchable database of its legal notices, with both active and archived notices. You can filter by category, keyword, jurisdiction and publication date. Categories include:
- Bids, proposals and notices to contractors
- Governmental budget, financial and meeting notices
- Public hearings, ordinances, and planning and development notices
- Elections
- Delinquent taxes, tax foreclosure notices and tax foreclosure sales
- Notices of foreclosure and sheriff’s execution sales
- Fictitious business names (DBA)
- Lien sales, seizures, unclaimed property and public sales of personal property
The site’s jurisdiction filter covers Guilford County and the towns of High Point, Oak Ridge, Pleasant Garden, Stokesdale and Summerfield.
2. North Carolina newspaper notices
The North Carolina Press Association’s ncnotices.com compiles public notices first published in North Carolina newspapers and updates them after each paper’s publishing date. It is free to search. According to the association, newspaper notices in North Carolina cover meetings, elections, annexations, budgets, property taxes, hearings, delinquent payments, ordinances and foreclosures, and for the courts, estates, lawsuits, custody filings and assumed business names.
Search by keyword, newspaper or category; popular searches include foreclosures, construction bids and unclaimed property.
3. City of Greensboro
The City Council, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Board of Adjustment and other city boards post agendas and meeting materials on the city’s Legistar calendar. Rezoning requests and other items that need a public hearing appear there before the meeting. Our building permits and zoning guide lists when each planning board meets.
Notices you may be looking for
| If you want | Look here |
|---|---|
| A rezoning near you | City Legistar agendas; county “Planning and Development Notices” for county land |
| A foreclosure or sheriff’s sale | County “Notice of Foreclosure” and “Execution Sales”; ncnotices.com |
| Delinquent property taxes | County “Delinquent Taxes”; see also our property taxes guide |
| Government bids | County “Bids or Proposals”; ncnotices.com “Construction / engineering” |
| An estate notice to creditors | ncnotices.com |
| Unclaimed property | County “Unclaimed Property”; ncnotices.com |
What this page is not
We do not publish legal notices, and this page is not a substitute for the official notice. If a deadline matters to you, rely on the date in the notice itself and contact the office that issued it.
Related: who to call at City Hall and voting in Guilford County.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Guilford County legal notices published?
Guilford County posts legal notices on its own searchable site, legalnotices.guilfordcountync.gov, covering bids, budgets, hearings, ordinances, foreclosures and more. Notices first printed in North Carolina newspapers are also on ncnotices.com.
Is this page the official public notice?
No. This page is an index that points to where notices are published. The official notice is the one the government body or court publishes in the newspaper or on the site the law allows.
Where do I find Greensboro City Council public hearings?
City Council and board agendas, including public hearings, are posted on the city’s Legistar calendar at greensboro.legistar.com.
Where are foreclosure notices in Guilford County?
Foreclosure and tax foreclosure sale notices appear under their own categories on the county’s legal notices site and can be searched on ncnotices.com.
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