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If a Greensboro Police officer investigated your wreck, the DMV-349 they wrote is the first thing every insurer will read. Here is how to get it online, at headquarters, or as a certified copy from the state.
When a Greensboro Police officer works a crash inside the city, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166.1 requires a written report within 24 hours and requires the department to forward it to the Division of Motor Vehicles within 10 days. That report, the DMV-349, is available from the department directly, and from the state as a certified copy.
This page of our North Carolina crash report guide walks through both routes for a Greensboro crash, who can request the report, what to bring, and what the report means for an injury claim in a state where being even 1% at fault can bar recovery. One honesty note up front: the City of Greensboro does not publish a fee schedule or turnaround time that we can quote, so where this page says confirm with the Records Division, it means exactly that. Joshua E. Palmer, Attorney at Law handles car accident claims across North Carolina, including Guilford County.
Greensboro Police make crash reports available through LexisNexis BuyCrash, the same commercial portal used by Charlotte and many other North Carolina departments. The city links to it from the Greensboro Police Department’s pages on greensboro-nc.gov. To find your report you will need the date of the crash and a driver’s last name, or the report number from the driver exchange slip the officer gave you at the scene. The portal charges a convenience fee that it displays before you pay; the amount is set by the vendor, not the city, so check it at checkout rather than relying on any figure you see elsewhere.
Reports are not posted the moment the officer files them. The report has to be reviewed and uploaded first, so allow a few business days before searching. If the search still comes up empty, the Records Division can tell you whether the report has been approved and, if not, when to check back.
The Greensboro Police Department’s Records Division is in the lobby of police headquarters at 300 W. Washington Street, Greensboro, NC 27401. Bring a valid photo ID and your case or report number. A copy fee may be charged for a printed report; the city does not publish the amount, so confirm the current fee, accepted payment methods and the Records Division’s hours before you make the trip. The in-person route is the one to use if you want to avoid the online convenience fee or if you have a question only Records can answer.
| Route | Where | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | LexisNexis BuyCrash, linked from the Greensboro Police pages | Convenience fee shown before payment | Speed; sending a PDF to your insurer or lawyer |
| In person | Records Division, lobby of headquarters, 300 W. Washington Street (photo ID and report number) | Confirm the current copy fee and hours with Records | Avoiding the online fee; asking Records a question |
| Certified copy | NCDMV by mail (form TR-67A) or the Raleigh or Huntersville counters | $6.50 under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-42 | Court filings; a copy admissible without further certification |
Greensboro does not publish a fee schedule or a turnaround time; treat any figure you see on a non-city website as unconfirmed.
Crash reports contain names, addresses, license numbers and insurance information for everyone involved, so access is governed by the federal Driver’s Privacy Protection Act, which N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-43.1 applies to North Carolina motor vehicle records. In practice that means the drivers, passengers and vehicle owners involved in the crash, and the attorneys and insurers representing them. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166.1 an officer’s crash report is a public record, but the personal information on it is released only to people with a permissible use.
Every crash report in the state reaches the Division of Motor Vehicles, and since January 1, 2013 the DMV issues only certified copies. Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-42, a certified crash report costs $6.50 and is admissible in any court in the same manner as the original, without further certification. That is the version you need if the report will be filed in a lawsuit. For an insurance claim, the Greensboro Police copy is normally enough.
To order it, print form TR-67A (it is not fillable), fill in the driver’s name, license number, date and county of the crash, sign it, and mail it with a check or money order payable to NCDMV to the Crash Reports Unit, 3106 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27697-3106, allowing 10 business days from receipt. In person, the two counters are the Raleigh Central Services License Plate Agency at 4121 New Bern Ave. and the Huntersville License Plate Agency at 12101 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road, where five or fewer records are handed over on the spot; neither is close to Greensboro, so most Guilford County drivers use the mail. Individuals cannot order online and receive a redacted copy with other parties’ names and addresses hidden; a lawyer with a permissible use can obtain the unredacted version. The Crash Reports Unit answers questions at 919-861-3068.
The DMV-349 lists everyone involved, the location, the officer’s account of how the crash happened and what contributed to it, any citations, each driver’s insurance, and a narrative and diagram. It does not decide fault. The form itself says determinations of fault are the responsibility of insurers and the courts, and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-166.1 makes an officer’s report usable as evidence only as the rules of evidence allow. Adjusters still treat the narrative as the starting point for every offer.
In this state that starting point carries unusual weight, because North Carolina’s contributory negligence rule bars recovery if you were even 1% at fault. A narrative that assigns you any share of the crash is the other insurer’s whole defense. If the report is inaccurate or blames you, our page on what to do when the crash report blames you explains the next steps, the guide to reading a DMV-349 shows where each field lives, and our contributory negligence guide covers the rule and its exceptions.
Send a copy to your own insurer, keep the original with your medical records, and note the report number. Then watch the deadlines: your policy requires prompt notice, an injury lawsuit must be filed within three years under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52, and uninsured-motorist and hit-and-run claims carry their own notice conditions. Our page on deadlines after a North Carolina crash lists every clock, and the FAQ on what to do after a car accident that was not your fault covers the first two weeks.
If a State Highway Patrol trooper worked your crash on I-40, I-85, I-73 or the Urban Loop, the report is not a Greensboro Police report; see our Highway Patrol crash report page. For the Triad’s other big city and the rest of the state, see Winston-Salem crash reports, Charlotte crash reports and Raleigh crash reports.
Because the fee, the hours and the turnaround are the least of it. Joshua E. Palmer, Attorney at Law concentrates in personal injury law and represents people hurt in crashes across North Carolina. We obtain the report, request the unredacted version when the claim needs it, compare the narrative to the physical evidence, reach witnesses before they disappear, and handle the adjusters so nothing you say becomes a contributory negligence defense. The consultation is free and there is no fee unless we win.
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Attorney Palmer concentrates in personal injury law and trained in North Carolina law at North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham. Contributory negligence is the defense he prepares every North Carolina case to defeat, from the first call with an adjuster to the courtroom.
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