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Lenoir Records Contacts

This is a private reference, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the record custodian below.

County Jail and Records

The Sheriff uses different phone options for a current release-versus-transfer check and a document request. Confirm the delivery method before sending personal identifiers.

Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office and Detention
130 S. Queen Street
Kinston, NC 28501
Mail: P.O. Box 3289, Kinston, NC 28502
Detention: 252-559-6100, option 2
Booking desk: extension 6183
Records and reports: 252-559-6100, option 1
Records clerk: extension 5070
Ordinary office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For a release record, identify one person, the booking or case number if known, and a narrow date range. Ask whether the exit was a community release or a transfer and request the public release time, reason, and destination fields in the record’s existing form.

Court and State Contacts

The Lenoir County Clerk holds case dispositions, judgments, bond orders, and public court copies. North Carolina DAC holds state prison and supervision records, not county-jail-only records.

  • Lenoir County Clerk of Superior Court: 130 S. Queen Street, Kinston, NC 28501; 252-520-5300; Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Lenoir magistrates: 252-520-5430 for public procedural information about magistrate process.
  • DAC Community Supervision: 919-716-3100 statewide; the dated District 8 route is 919-731-7905.
  • Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission: 919-716-3010, 214 W. Jones Street, Raleigh.
  • NC SAVAN: 1-877-627-2826; Victim Support Services at 1-866-719-0108.

Choose the Correct Route

A named Lenoir jail release belongs first with the booking desk and the full release-record search path. State supervision is covered by Post-Release Supervision. A state prison date belongs in DAC’s offender record. Federal BOP, ICE, and U.S. Marshals matters use their own facility pages in the footer because none of those systems is the Lenoir County jail.