North Carolina · Wake County (Raleigh) · Verified Aug 2026

How do you find code violation records in Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina?

The short answer

Wake County publishes code cases for the Raleigh area and its towns free at data.wake.gov. Open the Code Cases Past 90 Days dataset, filter CASE_STATUS to In Progress, sort by opened date, and download the 90-day case file as a CSV spreadsheet.

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How do I pull code violations records step by step?

Wake County's official open data portal at data.wake.gov publishes every code case opened in the last 90 days across the Raleigh area and the county's towns.

Go to the Wake County Open Data portal

Navigate to data.wake.gov. This is Wake County's official open data portal, covering the Raleigh area and the county's towns.

Step 1: Go to the Wake County Open Data portal — Wake County, North Carolina code violations

Open the Code Cases dataset

Search for Code Cases and open the dataset named Code Cases Past 90 Days, or go straight to the dataset page. It is a rolling window of every code case opened in the last 90 days, so pull it monthly or you will miss leads.

Step 2: Open the Code Cases dataset — Wake County, North Carolina code violations

Open the data table

On the dataset page, click View data table (next to the record count) to browse the cases as a table.

Step 3: Open the data table — Wake County, North Carolina code violations

Filter and sort for active cases

Click the funnel (filter) icon beside the table and filter the CASE_STATUS column to In Progress to drop cases that were already resolved, then click the OPENED_DATE column header to sort with the newest cases first.

Download the list

Back on the dataset page, click Download and choose CSV to export the 90-day case file into a spreadsheet.

Record the data

For each case, capture the case number (CASE_NUMBER), case type, status (CASE_STATUS), property address (STREET_ADDRESS), and the opened date. Run each address through the Wake County Real Estate search to get the owner's name and mailing address before adding it to your list.

What property data does Wake County publish?

Code Violations data.wake.gov · ArcGIS · FREE

Common questions

Is Wake County code case data free to access?Yes. The Code Cases Past 90 Days dataset lives on data.wake.gov, Wake County's official open data portal, and you can view the table and download the file for free.
What information does each Wake County code case include?Each case carries the case number (CASE_NUMBER), case type, status (CASE_STATUS), property address (STREET_ADDRESS), and opened date. Run each address through the Wake County Real Estate search to get the owner's name and mailing address before adding it to your list.
How do I keep only active cases and see the newest first?In the data table, click the funnel filter icon and set the CASE_STATUS column to In Progress to drop cases that were already resolved, then click the OPENED_DATE column header to sort the newest cases first.
How far back does the Wake County code case data go?The dataset is a rolling window of every code case opened in the last 90 days, so pull it monthly or you will miss leads. Click Download and choose CSV to export the 90-day case file into a spreadsheet.

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