An index of where Asheville legal notices appear: the statewide ncnotices.com search, City Council hearings and city comment periods. Not the official publication.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. This page is an index, not the official publication of any legal notice. Facts come from the North Carolina Press Association’s public notice site and the City of Asheville. City Clerk: 828-259-5601.

Governments and courts in North Carolina must tell the public about many of their actions through legal notices printed in newspapers: meetings, budgets, property tax matters, ordinances, annexations, elections, foreclosures, estates, lawsuits and assumed business names among them, according to the North Carolina Press Association. This page points you to where those notices, and Asheville’s own hearing and comment notices, can be read.

Asheville Live does not publish official legal notices. The legal notice is the one in the newspaper or posted by the government body. If a deadline matters to you, check the original.

Who to call

  • City Clerk (council hearings, agendas, records): Maggie Burleson, 828-259-5601, mburleson@ashevillenc.gov, 70 Court Plaza
  • City Community Development (grant plan comment periods): CommunityDevelopment@ashevillenc.gov
  • Statewide notice search: ncnotices.com

Search every notice in the state

ncnotices.com is a free site run by North Carolina’s newspapers through the Press Association. It gathers notices first published in newspapers across the state and updates them after each paper comes out. You can:

  • Filter by county (choose Buncombe).
  • Search by keyword, such as a street name, a business name or “foreclosure.”
  • Use the popular searches for foreclosures, construction bids, demolition and unclaimed property.

City Council public hearings

The City Clerk posts upcoming City Council public hearings on the clerk’s page. Council meets at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays in the Council Chamber on the second floor of City Hall.

Hearings set for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, as listed by the clerk:

  • A conditional rezoning of land on Tried Street and at 990 West Chapel Road, from RS-8 residential single-family high density to RS-8 with a conditional zone.
  • An amendment to the conditional zonings at 264 and 274 Enka Heritage Parkway and 1455 Sand Hill Road, to change the site plan and project conditions.

To get council agendas and notices by email, ask the clerk at 828-259-5601. Agendas usually post the Friday before each meeting on the agenda page.

Development notices near you

Large development projects go to the city’s Technical Review Committee, which meets on the first and third Mondays. Before applying, developers must hold a neighborhood meeting and mail notice to property owners and tenants within 200 feet in the Central Business District or 400 feet everywhere else, and email any registered neighborhood association, according to the committee’s page. You can search TRC projects and their status.

More on the process: building permits and zoning.

City comment periods

The city’s Community Development Division posts notices for federal housing and grant plans on its public notices page. The most recent, an amendment to the HOME-ARP plan to prioritize housing help after Hurricane Helene, took comments until 5 p.m. Oct. 2, 2026, and is now closed. Comments go by email to CommunityDevelopment@ashevillenc.gov or by mail to Community Development Division, P.O. Box 7148, Asheville, NC 28802.

Other notices

What this means for you

  • To find a notice about your street, search ncnotices.com by Buncombe County and your street name.
  • Rezoning near you? Watch the clerk’s hearing list and the TRC project search.
  • Always rely on the original notice for deadlines.

Frequently asked questions

Where are public notices published in North Carolina?

North Carolina legal notices are published in newspapers. The North Carolina Press Association collects them for free searching at ncnotices.com, where you can filter by county.

How do I find Buncombe County foreclosure notices?

Search ncnotices.com, the North Carolina Press Association’s free site, and filter by Buncombe County. Foreclosures are among the notices newspapers must publish.

No. This page is an index to help you find notices. The official notice is the one printed in the newspaper or posted by the government body itself.

How do I find out about Asheville rezoning hearings?

The City Clerk lists upcoming City Council public hearings on the clerk’s page. Council meets at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays at City Hall, 70 Court Plaza.