Where Wake Forest and Wake County legal notices are published: the state press association's site, the town's hearing notices, agendas and bids.
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 town questions, call Town Clerk Evelyn Wright at 919-435-9432; for county questions, call the office named in the notice.
Public notices tell residents about government actions that could affect them: hearings, rezonings, annexations, budgets, bids, foreclosures, estate filings and unclaimed property. In Wake Forest they appear in several places.
Where to look
- Statewide newspaper notices: ncnotices.com, from the North Carolina Press Association
- Wake Forest hearings: the town’s Public Hearings Notices page
- Wake Forest meetings: the town’s meetings and events calendar and Board of Commissioners page for agendas
- Town bids: the Purchasing Department’s bids and announcements, 919-435-9483
- Wake County commissioners’ meetings: Board of Commissioners and the meeting calendar
1. North Carolina newspaper notices
North Carolina law still requires many notices to run in a newspaper. The North Carolina Press Association’s ncnotices.com compiles public notices published in North Carolina newspapers and is free to search. That is where to look for foreclosures, estate notices to creditors, construction bids and assumed business names in Wake and Franklin counties.
2. Town of Wake Forest
- Who publishes them: the Town Clerk publishes and posts all public notices and hearing notices for Board of Commissioners proceedings, according to the town’s public bids and notices page. The Purchasing Department handles bid notices for public works projects.
- Hearing notices: each case on the Public Hearings Notices page lists the meeting date, what is proposed, the parcel and a case manager’s phone and email.
- Agendas: Board of Commissioners agendas are posted as PDFs on the Board of Commissioners page.
- Development cases: the town’s development activity dashboard maps projects in review and recently approved.
Coming up
| Date | Meeting | What |
|---|---|---|
| 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 | Planning Board public comment session | Case RZ-26-03, Sage on N. Main St. Phase 3: a request to rezone 0.807 acre at 1168 N. Main St. from Rural Holding District to General Residential 10 Conditional District |
| 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 | Board of Commissioners | Regular meeting |
| 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 | Downtown Traffic Study open house | Drop-in, Town Hall lobby |
| 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 | Board of Commissioners work session | Work session |
Board meetings are in the second-floor Board Chambers at Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St. The Oct. 13 case details come from the town’s hearing notice; for questions, call case manager Katie Livingston at 919-435-9442. Board dates come from the town’s meeting calendar.
3. Wake County
The Wake County Board of Commissioners meets on the first and third Mondays of each month, with exceptions for holidays, according to the county. Agendas and hearing notices are on its Legistar calendar. Election notices are on the Board of Elections site; see our voting guide.
Residents of the Franklin County part of town should also check ncnotices.com for notices published by Franklin County and its courts.
What this means for you
- Live near 1168 N. Main St.? The Planning Board takes comment Tuesday, Oct. 13.
- Got a notice sign on your street? Find the case on the town’s notices page or dashboard and call the case manager listed.
- For anything with a legal deadline, rely on the official notice, not this page.
More: building permits and zoning and who to call at Wake Forest Town Hall.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Wake County legal notices published?
Notices that North Carolina law requires to run in a newspaper are compiled free on ncnotices.com, the North Carolina Press Association’s site, searchable by keyword, newspaper or category.
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 does Wake Forest post public hearing notices?
On the town’s Public Hearings Notices page, with the case number, meeting date and a case manager to call. The Town Clerk, 919-435-9432, publishes notices for Board of Commissioners proceedings.
When does the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners meet?
At 6 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month at Town Hall, 301 S. Brooks St., with work sessions at 6 p.m. on the first Tuesday. The next meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 20.
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