This privately run reference is not a government office. It cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release a person, retrieve an official booking record, or contact an agency for a visitor.
Find the Correct Record Office
For a time-sensitive local custody question, contact Chatham County Detention Center at 627 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312, or call 919-545-7802. Booking-and-release records and booking photographs belong with the Chatham County Sheriff's Office. Its records and business line is 919-542-2811, and posted hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The online Sheriff record form accepts focused requests.
Chatham County Detention Center
627 Renaissance Drive
Pittsboro, NC 27312
919-545-7802
Sheriff Records and Business
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
919-542-2811
NCDAC Public Records
214 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
919-733-2126
The right next step depends on the record or status being sought:
- For a released person or local release record, start with the home page's complete search and request path.
- For post-release supervision, use the Chatham County probation and parole page and NCDAC public record.
- For a same-day question, read why the Chatham 24-hour release route uses direct verification instead of an invented feed.
- For a prison date or custody alert, use projected release information or the VINELink inmate search.
- For the local jail address, telephone number, and release-record route, use the Chatham County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, search NCDAC and contact its public-record office at 919-733-2126 when the online record is not enough.
- For a sentenced federal prisoner or possible immigration detainee, use the official BOP or ICE locator; ICE locator help is available at 1-888-351-4024.
Official Chatham court judgments come from the Clerk of Superior Court at 40 East Chatham Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312, telephone 919-545-3500. Court copies and Sheriff release records have different custodians.