This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm anyone’s custody or release, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record for those services.
Official Contacts and Routes
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
Street address: 577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906
Mailing address: 75 Peachtree Street, Murphy, NC 28906
Phone: 828-837-2589
Fax: 828-837-6590
Cherokee County Detention Center
577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906
Phone: 828-837-2521
Public office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Detention Major Roger Williams: 828-837-2589, extension 1430
Cherokee County Courthouse and Clerk
75 Peachtree Street, Murphy, NC 28906
Phone: 828-835-7740
Weekday hours: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Magistrates: 828-835-7755; District Attorney: 828-835-7750
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Public Information Office
NCDAC c/o Public Information Office, MSC 4202, Raleigh, NC 27699-4202
Email: webmaster@doc.state.nc.us
Choose the route that matches the custody system and the question:
- For a Cherokee County release or an existing release record, begin with the home-page search and records guide, then contact the Sheriff or Detention Center if official confirmation is needed.
- For community supervision, use the Parole & Probation guide and NCDAC Community Supervision.
- For someone reportedly released very recently, follow the 24-Hour Release List instructions.
- For a prospective date or notification, see Projected Release Date and the VINELink Check.
- For facility-specific information, use the Cherokee County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the NCDAC Offender Search or contact NCDAC about the exact record needed.
- For federal prison information, use the BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration detention questions belong with the ICE Online Detainee Locator System and the appropriate ICE field office.