This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Official Chowan Record Contacts
Choose the office by custody type and the fact that needs proof. The detention facility handles local booking and release entries. The sheriff’s general office is the broader records-custodian route. Court staff provide orders, judgments, and certified copies, while NCDAC handles only state prison and community-supervision information.
Chowan County Detention Facility100 Court Street, Edenton, NC 27932
Mail: P.O. Box 78
Phone: (252) 482-3822
Fax: (252) 482-2096
Administrator: Roger Chipps
Email: roger.chipps@chowan.nc.gov
Records hours and fees: not published Chowan County Sheriff’s Office
305 W. Freemason Street, Edenton, NC 27932
Mail: P.O. Box 78
Phone: (252) 482-8484
Fax: (252) 482-5813
Email: sheriff@chowan.nc.gov
Records hours and fees: not published Chowan Clerk of Superior Court
101 S. Broad Street, Edenton, NC 27932
Mail: P.O. Box 588
Main: (252) 368-5000
Criminal Division: (252) 368-5002
Magistrates: (252) 368-5019
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Copy fee: confirm with the clerk NCDAC District 1 Community Supervision
1023 US 17 South, Suite 3
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: (252) 621-6129
Fax: (252) 331-4841
Use: district management contact; verify a person through OPI
The jail administrator’s published weekday availability applies to preapproval for clergy and attorney visits. It is not a records-office or release-processing schedule. No local fixed copy fee or detention records hours were found.
- For a released person or county release record, the home page provides the complete records-request and verification path.
- For community control after release, use Post-Release Supervision and the public NCDAC offender record.
- For a same-day interval, use 24-Hour Releases; Chowan publishes no official feed, so a focused jail request is required.
- For an estimated state-prison date or automated notice, use Release Date Lookup and VINE Inmate Check.
- For the local jail, use the Chowan County Detention Facility contact above. It is the only operating detention facility identified inside the county.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, use NCDAC Offender Public Information or the NCDAC public-records route. NCDAC does not hold ordinary county jail records.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator. For an immigration handoff, use the ICE locator or call 1-888-351-4024, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern.