This is a private reference site, not the Onslow County Sheriff's Office, the jail, the courthouse, or a records counter. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for those actions.
Official Onslow County Contacts
For current jail custody, start with the Sheriff's Office app Jail Info feature, then use the jail phone lines if the app does not answer the question. For arrest reports, Chapter 132 public-records requests, and court records, use the county or court channel that owns the record.
Onslow County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center717 Court Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540
Sheriff's Office main: 910-455-3113
Detention questions and visitation: 910-937-1475
Booking: 910-937-1470
Medical: 910-937-1453
Attorney liaison: 910-989-4078
Lobby hours published in county materials: Monday-Friday 7AM-8PM; Saturday-Sunday 8AM-6PM
Onslow County Courthouse: 625 Court Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540; main court number 910-478-3600.
Magistrate's Office: 910-478-3619 for magistrate-related court and bond procedure questions.
Public records: Onslow County routes public-records requests through NextRequest and explains the process on its public-records portal. The county portal excludes court records, background checks, marriage, divorce, and property records, so use the courthouse or the proper agency when those records are involved.
- For someone in the county jail, use the official app Jail Info path and the fallback steps on jail inmate records.
- For booking photos, see jail roster mugshots; Onslow County says mugshots and recent arrests are not published on the county website.
- For charges and hearing information after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the North Carolina eCourts Portal or courthouse public terminals.
- For facility logistics, use the Onslow County Detention Center page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender search, not the county jail channel.
- For a federal prisoner or immigration detainee, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.