UNC Party Registration

For 1st Time Users*: Fill out the Party Registration form on-line (below) at least 72 regular business hours (3 weekdays) in advance of the gathering**, wait for a response from the program administrators, and schedule a time to meet with them (will take no more than 15 min and will be via Zoom for the Fall 2023 Semester). 

*party registration renews every academic year, so you are considered a first time user the first time you register each year

**For example, if your party is on a Friday night, your form needs to be submitted by the preceding Tuesday at 5pm. If your gathering is on a Monday evening, your form would need to be in by the preceding Wednesday at 5pm. 

For Repeat Users: Fill out the Party Registration form on-line (below) at least 48 regular business hours (2 weekdays) in advance, wait for a response from the program administrators.

On the registration form, provide us with two contact persons, two UNC emails, two cell phone numbers, and your local Chapel Hill address. 

If a noise complaint on your house is received, Chapel Hill PD will call or text and give you a warning. 

You will have 20 minutes to shut the party down and avoid the police officers.

Unlike a citation for a noise violation, registration is FREE. 

You don't want the police officers to stop by - so limit your chance of that happening! 

It gives you an opportunity to take responsibility (before the officers arrive).

If you don't register your party, the presumptive outcome of a noise complaint on your party is a citation. Chapel Hill Police will, in most circumstances, no longer give warnings to loud parties that have not been registered.

You can register parties for any night of the week (new for Fall 2020).

You MUST register by the 72 hr (3 business days) deadline each week. No exceptions. 

You MUST live at the house being registered. You cannot register a friend's party. 

Party Registration is for noise complaints only, and does not protect you or your guests against any other violations including State and Local COVID19 orders on gatherings, open containers, minor in possession, or public urination.

Parties in a common areas (e.g. pools, garages, parks, apartment courtyards) cannot be registered.

Residences that receive two consecutive warnings on registered parties from Chapel Hill PD will lose party registration privileges for 90 days. Any unregistered location that receives a citation or is warned 2 or more times will be prohibited from registering a party for one calendar year from the date the citation was received or 2nd warning was issued.

Regardless of Party Registration, you are still responsible for obeying local laws. If the police should show up at your residence, be respectful. Let them know you registered and be sure to shut your party down. If you ignore your warning, whether by phone or by the police, you are likely to get a citation. 

See the Town of Chapel Hill Party Registration SOP for more information.