This private reference site is not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office for those services.
Choose the Record Custodian
For a Columbus County jail booking or release event, begin with the Sheriff's Office and ask for the custodian of detention or booking records. The main office is at 817 Washington Street, Whiteville, NC 28472, phone 910-642-6551, and posts administrative hours Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Detention Center is at 805 Washington Street. Call first to confirm the current records route and whether a visit belongs at the main office or jail.
Columbus County Sheriff and Detention Records817 Washington Street
Whiteville, NC 28472
910-642-6551
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Use the office that owns the requested record:
- For one released person or a release record, use the full Columbus County search and request path.
- For parole, probation, or post-release supervision, use NCDAC Community Supervision or the Commission.
- For a same-day county jail event, call the Sheriff because no official 24-hour feed was found.
- For a forecast or alert, use NCDAC's Projected Release Date field or NC SAVAN at 1-877-627-2826.
- For court orders and dispositions, contact the Clerk at 100 Courthouse Circle, 910-641-4400, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- For a state-prison record, contact NCDAC at 214 West Jones Street, Raleigh, 919-733-2126, or use its online public-record form.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator and the federal case office rather than a Columbus County agency.