This is a private reference site, not the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, the detention center, the court, or any government records office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, change a court date, or pull an official booking file. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Official Henderson Contacts
Henderson County jail and records questions are split by office. Custody and jail-service questions go to the detention center. Incident reports and sheriff records go to the Records Division. Court charges and hearing dates go to the Clerk of Superior Court or NC eCourts.
Henderson County Detention Center
375 First Avenue East
Hendersonville, NC 28792
828-694-3091
Transport Office: 828-694-3097
Henderson County Sheriff's Office
100 North Grove Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
828-697-4596
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; closed Saturday and Sunday
HCSO Records Division
100 North Grove Street
Hendersonville, NC 28792
828-694-3128
Incident reports are available in person with no charge, according to HCSO.
HCSO Public Information Officer
Stephanie Barbosa
sbarbosa@hendersoncountync.gov
PIO handles Freedom of Information Requests submitted to HCSO.
Where to Ask
Use the source that controls the record. A jail booking, a court case, a state prison record, and an immigration detainee lookup are separate systems.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records, the HCSO app, Citizen Connect, or the detention center line.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and then contact HCSO Records or the PIO if a photo is not visible online.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, NC eCourts, or the Henderson County Clerk of Superior Court.
- For a facility question, use the Henderson County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.