📍 NORTH CAROLINA
Wake County Register of Deeds Passport Office
County Register of Deeds · Raleigh
The Wake County Register of Deeds runs a full passport acceptance counter inside the Wake County Justice Center on South Salisbury Street, in the heart of downtown Raleigh.
Location & contact
🕑 Hours
| Mon–Fri | Passport counter open weekday mornings; walk-ins from mid-morning, appointments into early afternoon |
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| Weekend | Closed |
📍 Location & contact
📖 About this office
The Wake County Register of Deeds runs a full passport acceptance counter inside the Wake County Justice Center on South Salisbury Street, in the heart of downtown Raleigh. As a government facility it handles a heavy volume of first-time and minor applications for residents across the county, and staff process the DS-11 and forward it to the U.S. Department of State on your behalf.
What sets this office apart from a post office is its weekday morning walk-in window: clerks take walk-ins from mid-morning and accept scheduled appointments into the early afternoon, and they photograph applicants on site. That combination makes it a practical fallback when the local USPS branches are fully booked.
💡 Good to know
Parking is available at the county deck on West Cabarrus Street, a block from the Justice Center. Bring an unfolded original of your citizenship document; the county cannot process an application without it. For a post-office alternative in the same district, the branches on our Raleigh page also accept passports by appointment.