North Carolina criminal and inmate records
Jail and prison inmate lookups, criminal history and sex offender registries. 54 official sources, linked directly to the government site.
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Statewide (3)
North Carolina DAC Offender Public Information
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DOC offender lookup — statewide criminal repository / FDLE-style NC Department of Adult Correction Offender Public Information (state prisoners/probation/parole; not county jails; not full SBI CCH).
North Carolina Sex Offender Registry
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sex offender registry (not full criminal history) — official state/territory public registry as linked by DOJ NSOPW (nsopw.gov/all-registries). Covers all counties.
VINELink — North Carolina jail custody search
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County jail inmate custody status across participating North Carolina jails via VINE (official state/sheriff partnership, operated by Appriss). Free, anonymous; select North Carolina on the site.
County and local (51)
- Alamance County Sheriff Jail Inmates (P2C) — Alamance
- Brunswick County Sheriff Inmate Search — Brunswick
- Buncombe County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry (P2C) — Buncombe
- Morganton DPS & Burke County Sheriff Inmate Catalog (P2C) — Burke
- Cabarrus County Sheriff Inmate Lookup (P2C) — Cabarrus
- Caldwell County Detention Current Inmates (PDF) — Caldwell
- Carteret County Inmate Search — Carteret
- Catawba County Sheriff Who's In Jail — Catawba
- Chatham County NC Sheriff Inmate Search — Chatham
- Cleveland County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry (P2C) — Cleveland
- Craven County Active Bookings — Craven
- Cumberland County Sheriff Active Inmate Lookup — Cumberland
- Davidson County (NC) Sheriff Active Inmates — Davidson
- Duplin County Inmate Confinements (Citizen Connect) — Duplin
- Durham County Sheriff Inmate Population Search — Durham
- Forsyth County NC Sheriff Inmates (Police to Citizen) — Forsyth
- Franklin County Detention Complex — no online inmate lookup — Franklin
- Gaston County Sheriff Inmate Search — Gaston
- Granville County Detention Center — no online inmate lookup — Granville
- Guilford County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry (Police to Citizen) — Guilford
- Harnett County Sheriff Inmate Confinement Search — Harnett
- Haywood County Detention Center — phone inmate information only — Haywood
- Henderson County Sheriff Inmate Confinements (Southern Software Citizen Connect) — Henderson
- Hoke County Detention Center — phone inmate information — Hoke
- Iredell County Sheriff Jail Inmates (P2C) — Iredell
- Johnston County Sheriff Inmate Search — Johnston
- Lee County Jail Current/Released Inmate Search — Lee
- Lenoir County Detention Center — phone inmate information — Lenoir
- Lincoln County Sheriff Inmate Search — Lincoln
- Mecklenburg County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry — Mecklenburg
- Moore County Detention Center Inmate Information — Moore
- Nash County Detention Center — no online inmate lookup — Nash
- New Hanover Sheriff P2C Jail Inmates — New Hanover
- Onslow County Detention Division — inmate search via sheriff app only — Onslow
- Orange County (NC) Sheriff Current Detainees — Orange
- Pender County Jail — no online inmate lookup — Pender
- Pitt County Detention Center Detainee Search — Pitt
- Randolph County (NC) Sheriff Confined Inmates — Randolph
- Robeson County Sheriff Inmates (Police2Citizen) — Robeson
- Rockingham County Detention Center — no online inmate lookup — Rockingham
- Rowan County Sheriff Jail Inmates (P2C) — Rowan
- Rutherford County Inmate Confinements (Southern Software Citizen Connect) — Rutherford
- Sampson County Inmate Confinements (Southern Software Citizen Connect) — Sampson
- Stanly County Sheriff P2C Inmate Inquiry — Stanly
- Surry County Sheriff Inmate Confinements (Southern Software) — Surry
- Union County Sheriff P2C Jail Inmates — Union
- Wake County Sheriff Inmate Inquiry (Police to Citizen) — Wake
- Watauga County Detention Center — phone inmate information — Watauga
- Wayne County NC Detention Center — no online inmate lookup found — Wayne
- Wilkes County Jail — no county online lookup — Wilkes
- Wilson County NC Detention — online portal not confirmed — Wilson
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