This is a private reference site, not a Rutherford County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. For custody, bond, records, court, or release questions, use the official office that holds the record.
Official Rutherford County Contacts
Use the office below that matches the question. A current custody question is different from a court-file question, a state-prison search, or a public-records request.
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
289 Day Break Drive
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Non-emergency: 828-287-6247
Front office: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Emergency services: 24 hours
Rutherford County Detention Center
198 North Washington Street
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Detention processing: (828)-287-6160
Capacity listed by the county: 208
Rutherford County Clerk of Court
229 N Main St, Suite 203
Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Phone: 828-288-6100
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Magistrates: 828-288-6119
District Attorney Ted Bell: 828-288-6110
- For a person who may be in the local jail, start with jail inmate records and the Rutherford County Detention Center processing line.
- For booking photos or public booking-image limits, use jail roster mugshots and the county public-records request form at https://rutherford.rja.revize.com/forms/248.
- For criminal charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Clerk of Court, and the North Carolina eCourts Portal at https://portal-nc.tylertech.cloud/Portal/.
- For facility rules, use the Rutherford County Detention Center page or the Rutherford Correctional Center page.
- For a sentenced North Carolina state prisoner, use the NCDAC services page at https://www.dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches or the direct locator at https://webapps.doc.state.nc.us/opi/offendersearch.do?method=view.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmate_locator/index.jsp or ICE at https://locator.ice.gov/.