Yancey County Courthouse

"Yancey County was established in 1833 from parts of Burke and Buncombe counties and named for Bartlett Yancey, a North Carolina congressman and education reformer. The county seat, Burnsville, honors naval hero Otway Burns, and the region became a hub for agriculture, mica mining, and mountain crafts. Prior, it was Cherokee land. Today, Yancey is known for its rugged terrain, including Mount Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi. (Oddly, not Mitchell County, but hey, whatever.)

The original courthouse in Burnsville was a modest wooden structure built in 1834, replaced by a brick building in 1836, and then by the third building, a Classical Revival courthouse in 1908, and now serves as the Burnsville Town Hall.

The current, fourth courthouse, was completed in 1965. It is a two-story red brick and concrete building designed in a restrained Modern Colonial Revival style, with a central peaked entrance and a slender cupola rising from the roof that adds vertical emphasis without grandeur.

There is free street parking around the Burnsville Square and a dedicated parking lot to the rear. There are clear "no cameras" signs posted so I was not able to take pictures of the inside of the courthouse. The second-floor courtroom serves as the building’s centerpiece, while county offices occupy the lower level."

Bruce InCharlotte

"I will be posting YouTube videos on this with recordings and video recordings of 2 sheriffs a (traveling judge) and the county clerks who all in all violated my rights and committed crimes. I have all thee evidence to back it. Il start with judge Rup who railroaded me in yancey county court without evidence and I was kept from my kids for almost 2 years now without being charged with a crime or any proof of any crime next would be the sherrifs department sheriff Duncan who violated my first amendment made threats of arrest on me when speaking up that they allowed my social security card and bc to be removed from my house on video and said it’s not a big deal to drive without a drivers license to the person who went in my house on video also THE SHERIFFS DEPT that is still violating my second amendment because they took my rifles without just cause or evidence that any crime was commited and lastly Leann violated my 1st amendment and section 132-1 chapter 132 refusing public records because they are trying to cover this up!!! There is so much more this is just a little bit of it. Im a father who’s been kept from his kids with no evidence of a crime proof of a crime and no charges talk about guilty till proven innocent and a good ole boy system!!! I will tag the department in my documentary I’m making on the county with all names involved when it comes out p.s job Robinson when you state it’s very unprofessional for a member of the public to record the county clerks because Y’all know my case was unjust remember you can hide it all you would like!!! But it’s very unprofessional for your clerks to hang up on the public and also deny public records. Remember there’s no expectation of privacy in public if your a public official and can’t handle that it’s the wrong job for you!. If your a man father etc in that county I would get out immediately and once this video gets out I’m sure most fathers will want to run out that county it’s disgusting and disgraceful what y’all to your own community and the citizens that pay for your jobs. Thee only reason I haven’t filed a lawsuit yet and yes I mean yet is because none of y’all will be held accountable itl only affect the local community and they’ve been through enough! Don’t mean I won’t……"

Nick Marotta

"yancey county courthouse is full of a bunch of corrupt tyrants.
they refused a public records request because (im not a lawyer)
I had to explain to them it was a legal request and went one step further siting the laws that allow us as citizens to be able to gain access to public records and then they finally allowed it with attitude. They act as if the laws governing the entire state and or the United States constitution doesnt apply to there county.
The da told me that theres no such thing as conflict of interest in a custody court case...... which has proven false.
The judges are very one sided and if your family is very known in the community will only side with them. The famous words from the magistrates office and the sheriff dept (are hands are tied) if you want help we cant help you talk to your legislator.
so i had a conversation with the legislator in which he stated the magistrate shouldve done something. I will make sure to email him everything corrupt this county has done to me and i would like all who read this who has similar situations to get ahold of the legislator. change needs to be made in this county. as far as the sheriffs department goes the lady answering the phone is definitely the only 5 star that entire county gets she's very respectful and polite. The deputy's however really need to be refreshed on the law. I have a video of them telling me that driving without a license in the state of north Carolina is not a big deal (in those exact words). it should be put on the news which i might have done. an unlicensed driver drove up to my house and i had stated they were unlicensed, and the sheriffs flipped on me over it they need some training on de-escalation. since that person didn't have a driver's license and they knew they were on video they went to every single one of my neighbors doors until they could get someone to drive for them harassing all my neighbors in the process. They act as if they make there own rules and if you explain to them the law states any differently, they will get in your face and escalate a situation. This all caught on video. To sum this all up the entire court house is very corrupt and change is needed. 1 star is better than the truth which is the entire county would be better off without the tyranny of yancey county court house."

nick marotta