Columbus County, NC Arrests, Mugshots & Jail Records

The Columbus County Sheriff's Office maintains a portal where the public may find and download an "in custody" report of those people who have been apprehended. Alternatively, record seekers may find information about individuals who have been held in detention on the sheriff's website.

In addition, with the Sheriff's Office maintaining records of arrests made by its officers, anyone may schedule a visit to the Sheriff's Office to request arrest records from the Office in person. The Sheriff's Office is located at:

817 Washington Street

Whiteville, NC 28472

Phone: (910) 642-6551

Fax: (910) 642-4321

You may visit the arresting agency responsible for an arrest in person, by fax, or by mail your request when searching the arrest records of an individual. Usually, PDs have contact information on their website that the public may use to reach them for records of arrests made in that jurisdiction. You may call the record custodian to obtain arrest records or inquire about how to request more information on how to request arrest records. Some of the police departments operating within Columbus County are:

• Whiteville Police Department
• Fair Bluff Police Department
• Chadbourn Police Department
• Lake Waccamaw Police Department
• Tabor City Police Department

There are several ways in which the public may access arrest records in Columbus County. Interested persons may request arrest records online through a portal or online request form, or offline, by mail, or in person. To obtain an arrest record online using the NCDPS portal, record seekers may visit the North Carolina Department of Safety website, fill out the online request form, and click "submit" to process their requests. However, if you are using the mail-in request option, you will be required to fill out a public records request form and submit it at:

N.C. State Highway Patrol Public Information Office 4231 Mail Service Center Raleigh, N.C. 27699-4231

A formal charge that leads to a person being convicted in a criminal court is handled as a criminal case. The case is heard in the Superior Court, especially for felony matters, although the Superior Court handles some misdemeanor cases if they are transferred from the District Court. Interested parties may request duplicates of court records from the Superior Court Clerk's Office, as the Clerk is responsible for indexing and preserving criminal court records in Columbus County. The public may inspect criminal court records on self-service terminals at the Superior Court Clerk's office at 100 Courthouse Circle, Whiteville, NC 28472.

Several commercial third-party websites, such as InfoTracer, furnish the public with comprehensive public information, including arrest records. As a result, record seekers may visit these websites to obtain arrest records.