This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official office that controls the record or custody decision.
Where to Ask
For current Transylvania County jail custody, start with the Transylvania County Detention Center. Sheriff Chuck Owenby's office and the detention center are listed at 153 Public Safety Way, Brevard, NC 28712. The detention center phone is 828-884-3147. The sheriff's office main number is 828-884-3169, fax is 828-884-3401, and non-emergency communications is 828-884-3188. Official research did not locate posted lobby or records-unit hours, so call before visiting or relying on in-person service.
Use the office that matches the record type. Jail custody questions are different from court case questions, state prison location questions, and federal or immigration detention questions.
- For someone currently held in the county jail, use the jail inmate records page and confirm urgent details with the detention center.
- For booking photos on the county roster, use the jail roster mugshots page or ask the sheriff's office about public-record access.
- For charges, hearings, dispositions, or case files after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Transylvania County Clerk of Superior Court at 828-885-3000.
- For the local jail facility, use the Transylvania County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced state prisoners, use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator. NCDAC states that it does not maintain county jail records.
- For federal sentenced prisoners or immigration detainees, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.