North Carolina
- State Sea Shell - Scotch Bonnet
- State Flower - Dogwood
- State Bird - Cardinal
- State Reptile - Box Turtle
- State Fish - Channel Bass
- State Population - 8
 million
Licenses and
Registrations
Automobile Registration - To
change an out-of-state title, an owner must show the title, registration
and insurance policy number and declare the mileage on the vehicle.
For a new title proof of insurance coverage and mileage
information is required. State annual registration license fee is $20
per private passenger vehicle. Please see NC Highway Use Tax.
- Oak Island, 102 SE 58th St., Oak Island 278-9036
- Shallotte, 5300 Main Street, Shallotte 754-4591
Driver's License - New drivers
must take written, vision, sign and road tests. Bring a certified copy
of birth certificate and one other official document showing your age.
Out-of-state drivers must take written, vision and sign tests, and
possibly a road test, and surrender their old licenses. Proof of
liability insurance DL 123 is required for any first time licenses in
North Carolina or anyone renewing his license who has had a traffic
conviction within the past four years.
5298 Main Street, Shallotte 754-5114
Voter Registration - Newcomers
must register 30 days prior to elections, be 18 years of age or older,
be a resident of North Carolina and the county in which you live for
at least 30 days prior to election and a U.S.Citizen. Stop by the
Board of Elections, Public Library or Chamber of Commerce Office and
pick up the NC Voter Registration Application. Fill out the form and
return it to:
- Board of Elections Office in person at
the Brunswick Government Complex,
Old Hwy. 17, Bolivia, or mail it to
P.O. Box 2, Bolivia, NC 28422.
- Board of Elections.......888-445-2504
or 253-2620
Or register when you get your North Carolina Driver’s License
Dog License -
- Oak Island - Tags sold at Town Hall.
Bring in shot record.
- Southport - Tags sold at City Hall. Rabies
shots required.
- Boiling Spring Lakes - Registration required.
- Bald Head Island -
not required
- Caswell Beach - not required
- Brunswick County - not required
- State requires valid Rabies Tag
Utilities
Electric -
- Oak Island, Caswell Beach, St. James & County - Brunswick
Electric Membership Corp (BEMC), Highway
211, Southport 457-9808
- City of Boiling Spring Lakes & Village
of Bald Head Island - Progress
Energy @ Olde Brunswick
General Store, 1450 Fifty Lakes Dr., Boiling Spring Lakes 845-2707
- Within City Limits of Southport
and surrounding areas including Smithville Woods - City
of Southport 201
E. Moore Street 457-7910
Water -
Telephone -
- Southport, Oak Island, Bald Head
Island, Caswell Beach and parts of
St. James -
- BellSouth
Telecommunications, P.O. Box 960,
Wilmington Residential 780-2355Outside BellSouth Territory
1-800-767-2355 Business 780-2800 Outside BellSouth
Territory 1-800-919-2800
- Boiling Spring Lakes, Most of the County and parts of St. James
- Atlantic Telephone Membership Corporation
Box 3198, Shallotte, NC 28459 754-4311
Cable -
- Southport, Oak Island, Caswell Bch & St. James - TimeWarner
Cable, 1949
Dawson St., Wilmington 457-6319, 104
SE 58th St., Oak Island 278-3121
- Boiling Spring Lakes & Most of County - Atlantic
Telephone Membership Corporation, Box
3198, Shallotte, NC 28459 754-4311
- Bald Head Island - Telemedia Cable 1-800-533-7048 or
842-8383
Trash -
Trash removal is provided by Waste
Industries 1-800-814-4544
Sewer -
Only available in City of Southport,
St. James, Southeast Sanitary District and portions of Oak Island and
Caswell Beach.
Education
School Registration 253-2900
The Brunswick County Public School System operates
eight elementary,
four middle schools, three high schools and the Brunswick County
Learning Center. Students living in the Southport-Oak Island area
attend:
Brunswick Community
College- offers the
continuation of education in Brunswick County. Main Campus in Supply
with satellite campuses in Leland and classes held in Southport.
P.O. Box 30, Hwy. 17, Supply 754-6900
Gardner-Webb
University offers a weekend Bachelor completion program on
the
Campus of Brunswick Community College. For more information contact
Gardner-Webb University at 704-406-4318 or visit them at
The University of North Carolina at
Wilmington is nearby.
601 College Rd., Wilmington 395-3000
Hospitals
J.A. Dosher Memorial Hospital - 924
N. Howe St., Southport 457-3800
Brunswick Community Hospital - Hwy.17 South, Supply 755-8121
Taxes
Real Property Tax - The 1997-98
state average in rural areas of North Carolina is .717 cents per $100
valuation with $1.19 combined county, city, district. The tax rate for
Brunswick County includes all school funding but an additional .04
cents is added to homes in Smithville Township as a Hospital Tax.
Excluded from property taxes are manufacturers' inventories,
contractors' inventories, retail and wholesale merchants inventories.
Tax Rates - Per $100 Valuation
- Bald Head Island - .465
- Boiling Spring Lakes - .25
- Bolivia - .06
- Brunswick County - .54
- Caswell Beach - .22
- Oak Island - .35
- St. James - .05
- Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District - .00
- Southport - .30
- Smithville Township Hospital Tax - .04
Personal Property Tax - When
moving into Brunswick County you must declare your personal property
with the Brunswick County Tax
Office. They will give you a form on
which you must register any motors, non-registered motor vehicles,
single wide mobile homes, watercraft, mopeds, boats and airplanes.
Your registered vehicles are subject to this tax but they will be
declared when you register the vehicle. Items are depreciated. Some
items may qualify for an exemption so ask for details.
For more information on Real Estate and
Personal Property Taxes: Brunswick
County Tax Office 1-800-527-9001,
253-2829
Individual Income Tax - The
State of North Carolina uses the base federal net taxable income
with adjustments to figure the NC net taxable income. Tax rates are
6% ,7%,7.75
or 8.25%.
Sales Tax - The State of North
Carolina levies a general retail sales & use tax of 4.5%. Counties
levy an additional local sales and use tax. Brunswick County’s is
2.5%. Sales of food for home consumption is subject to a 2% tax.
A 6% tax is imposed on liquor other than mixed
beverages. Mixed beverages subject to tax of $3.75 per fifth.
North Carolina Highway Use Tax -
3% of the retail value of motor vehicles. Cannot exceed $1,000 for
Class A and Class B commercial vehicles. Tax is applied when the vehicle is purchased or titled in
North Carolina.
North Carolina Corporate Income Tax
- 6.90% of net income allocatable to North Carolina. .
North Carolina Franchise Tax -
$1.50 per $1,000 of the largest of three alternate bases:
- Amount of capital stock, surplus and
undivided profits, or
- 55% of appraised value of property
subject to local taxation, or
- Book value of real and tangible
property less outstanding debt created
to acquire or improve real property.
Estate Tax - North Carolina imposes an estate tax on the
estate of a descendent when a federal estate tax is imposed on the
estate and the decedent was either (1) a resident of North Carolina
who owned property in North Carolina or property that has a tax situs
in another state or, (2) a non resident who owned real property in
North Carolina or personal property that has a tax situs in North
Carolina. Under new federal estate tax law, effective for estates
of decedents dying after December 31, 2001, the state death tax credit
is phased out over three years beginning in 2002. However, the North
Carolina General Assembly did not adopt the phase-out provision.
Therefore the North Carolina estate tax is equal to the state
death tax credit for federal purposes before applying the percentage
reduction to the federal credit.
Gift
Tax - A gift tax is imposed on a donor with donees divided
into three classes: Class A includes any lineal ancestor or descendant,
or adopted child or stepchild; Class B includes brother, sister,
descendant of a brother or sister, and aunt or uncle by blood of
the decedent; Class C includes all others. A North carolina Gift
Tax Return (form G-600) is required for gifts exceeding the annual
exclusion amount. For North Carolina Gift tax purposes, the annual
exclusion amount is equal to the federal inflation-adjusted amount
provided in section 2503(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The annual
exclusion amount for gifts made on or after January 1, 2002, is $11,000.
(The annual exclusion amount for tax years prior to 2002 was $10,000.)
The exclusion does not apply to gifts of future interest. Gifts to
spouses are exempt, including property given to a spouse as a qualified
terminable interest under federal law.
In addition, a lifetime exemption of $1000,000 is allowed each donor
for gifts made to Class A donees, including the donors's lineal issue,
Lineal ancestor, adopted child or stepchild of the donor. When this
exemption or any part thereof is applied against gifts to more than
one donees, it is apportioned among the donees in the same ration
as the gross gift after exclusion to each donee is the total gifts
to class A donees in the Calendar year in which the gifts are made.Click
here for More information
For a state & local taxes
information booklet contact:
N.C. Department of Revenue
Phone 877-252-3052
P.O. Box 25000, Raleigh, NC 27640
*Some tax information provided by
Brunswick County Economic Development
Commission.
Population
- Bald Head Island - 204
- Boiling Spring Lakes - 3,131
- Bolivia - 150
- Brunswick County - 83,787
- Caswell Beach - 406
- Oak Island - 7,033
- St. James - 1,831
- Southport - 2,534
* See also the US Census
Bureau data online at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/37/37019.html.
For additional population breakdowns
see http://www.ncruralcenter.org/databank/profile.asp?county=Brunswick.
Town Information and Contact Numbers
- Brunswick County Incorporated 1764
- Southport (Smithville) Incorporated
1792
- Boiling Spring Lakes Incorporated 1961
- Caswell Beach Incorporated
1975
- Bald Head Island Incorporated 1986
- Oak Island Incorporated 1999
- St. James Incorporated 1999
Brunswick County Government -
- Administration - Old Ocean Hwy 17,
Bolivia - PO Box 249 1-800-442-7033 or 253-2000
- Animal Services 754-8204
- Board of Elections 1-888-445-2504 or 253-2620
- BC Senior Resources 253-2199
- Building Inspections
1-800-822-5986 or 253-2050
- Central Permitting 1-800-621-0609 or 253-2055
- Clerk of Superior
Court 253-8502
- District Attorney
253-8200
- Economic Development Commission 253-4429
- Emergency Management 253-4376
- Emergency Medical Services 253-5383
- Family Assistance 754-4766
- Finance 253-2070
- Health 888-428-4429 or 253-2250
- Juvenile Services 253-4415
- Magistrate's Office 278-4193 or 253-4471
or 457-6614
- Mental Health Center 800-822-1526 or 253-4485
- NC Adult Probation & Parole 253-6775
- NC Cooperative Extension
253-2610
- Older Adults/Department of Aging 253-2077
- Parks & Recreation
1-800-222-4790 or 253-2670
- Planning 800-621-0609 or 253-2025
- Public Housing 253-2222
- Register of Deeds 877-625-9310 or 253-2690
- Sheriff's Department 800-672-6379 or 253-2777 or 457-5101
- Social Services 253-2077
or 457-6227
- Soil & Water Conservation 253-2830
- Solid Waste and Recycling
253-2520
- Tax Administrator 1-800-527-9001 or 253-2829
- Tax Collector 1-800-222-0593
or 253-2729
- Utilities 253-2657
- Veteran Services 253-2233
- Wildlife Resources Officer Bill Lester.......457-5199
Village of Bald Head Island -
- Public Safety Department 911 or
business 457-5252
- Fire Department 911 or business 457-4310
- Building Inspections 457-6255
- Village Hall (all other departments)
- 106 Lighthouse Wynd - PO Box 3009 457-9700
City of Boiling Spring Lakes -
- Police Department 911 or business
845-2247
- Fire Department 911 or business 845-2818
- Rescue Squad 911 or business
845-2568
- City Hall (all departments) - Highway 87
- 9E.Boiling Spring Rd. Southport 28461 Phone: 845-2614
Town of Caswell Beach -
- Police - Fire - Rescue Departments 911 or
business 278-5595
- Town Hall (all other departments) - 1100
Caswell Beach Rd. - PO Box 460 278-5471
Town of Oak Island -
- Police - Fire - Rescue Departments 911 or
business 278-5595
- Yaupon Beach Fire Department, Inc. -
Yaupon Drive 911 or business 278-6797
- Inspections Department - Community
Services Bldg - 518 Yaupon Drive 278-9625
- Parks and Recreation
Department - 3003 E. Oak Island Drive 278-5518
- Town Hall (all other
departments) - 4601 E. Oak Island Drive 278-5011
City of Southport -
- Police - Fire - Rescue Departments 911 or
business 457-7911
- Tax Department (City Hall) 457-7920
- Utility Billings (City Hall)
457-7910
- Recreation Department 457-7945
- Inspections - 107 E. Nash Street
457-7925
- City Hall (all other departments) - 210
E. Moore Street 457-7900
Town of St. James -
City Hall - 3628 St. James Dr.,
Southport, NC 28461 253-4730
Fire Department - 253-9990
Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce
4841 Long Beach Rd., SE
Southport, NC 28461
(910) 457-6964 (800) 457-6964
Fax (910) 457-0598
Email: info@southport-oakisland.com
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