North Carolina Jail Inmate Lookup

Inmate records in North Carolina are maintained at the county level by each sheriff's office. To find someone currently in a North Carolina county jail:

1. Select the county where the arrest occurred from the directory below.
2. Use the official inmate search tool linked on the county page — enter the person's first and last name.
3. Check the North Carolina Department of Corrections if the person isn't in the county system — they may have been transferred to a state facility.
4. Try the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator at bop.gov if federal charges are involved.

Records typically update every 2–8 hours after booking. If someone was recently arrested, try again after a few hours or call the county jail directly.

Click any county to find its official inmate search, bail information, and visitation rules.

In North Carolina, county jail records are public information maintained by each county sheriff's office under state public records law. These records include the person's name, booking date, charges, bond amount, and custody status. Mugshots may also be available depending on the county.

If the person has been convicted and sentenced to more than one year, they are typically transferred from county jail to a North Carolina state correctional facility managed by the North Carolina Department of Corrections. Use the state DOC inmate locator for sentenced individuals.

All inmate search tools linked on jailinmate.net go directly to official North Carolina government websites. We do not store, sell, or display inmate records.