Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Summerfield, North Carolina, in Guilford County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Guilford County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Summerfield public records, Guilford County arrest records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Summerfield
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Summerfield. In Guilford County the county agency that reports arrests is the Guilford County Sheriff's Office.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Guilford County: High Point University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Guilford Technical Community College (campus police); Piedmont Triad International Airport (other).
Booking: Where People Arrested in Summerfield Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Summerfield and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 850 people, down from about 930 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,308 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Guilford County Sheriff's Office at guilfordcountync.gov/government/sheriffs-office/detention-centers (page title: Detention Centers | Guilford County), phone (336) 641-2700, 201 S Edgeworth St. Tuesday through Friday: Greensboro Detention Center Greensboro, NC 27401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, whose inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Summerfield
An arrest in Summerfield can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the case index of the Guilford County Superior Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at nccourts.gov/locations/guilford-county); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at guilfordcountync.gov/government/county-attorneys-office/contact-us, phone 336-641-3852).
Statewide, eCourts Portal is the North Carolina Judicial Branch's free statewide case search.
North Carolina does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Summerfield
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the agency must answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Summerfield police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at summerfieldnc.gov/vertical/sites/%7BC25D1811-CF89-415D-A5B8-0412F39... (page title: OWN OF POLICY NATIE: PUBLIC RTCORNS REQUEST), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
- An arrest by the Guilford County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (336) 641-2700.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 336-641-3852, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Guilford County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/guilford-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at guilfordcountync.nextrequest.com (page title: Open Public RecordsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
The Guilford County guide covers every agency in the county: Guilford County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Summerfield?
Ask the Guilford County Sheriff's Office at (336) 641-2700; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at guilfordcountync.gov.
Where are people arrested in Summerfield booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Guilford County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Summerfield?
The court files of criminal cases in the Guilford County Superior Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the North Carolina Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Summerfield?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Guilford County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the North Carolina Public Records Act the answer is due as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at guilfordcountync.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Summerfield website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.