This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm a person’s custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the public office that controls the record for those services.
Find the Right Office
For a county-jail custody event or entry/release summary, contact the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 700 John Howell Memorial Drive, Lincolnton, NC 28092, or call 704-732-9050. Published public-office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The detention operation runs continuously, but those posted hours are not a promise about release-processing times.
For a court order or case disposition, contact the Lincoln County Courthouse, 120 Justice Drive, Lincolnton, NC 28092, telephone 704-742-7800, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For a state-prison record, NC DAC’s central office is at 214 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603, telephone 919-733-2126.
- Use the home page for the complete released-inmate search and local record-request path.
- Check Probation & Parole for state supervision and Commission contacts.
- Use Jail Releases: 24 Hours when testing a recent Lincoln jail departure.
- Compare Projected Release with an actual release event, or register through the VINELink Inmate Search.
- Open the facility pages below for the sheriff’s jail or Lincoln Correctional Center.
- Search the NC DAC offender database for a sentenced state prisoner.
- Use the BOP locator or ICE detainee locator for the matching federal custodian.