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 2, 2026.
Hyde County, North Carolina, has about 4,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Hyde County Sheriff's Office. An arrest 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 Hyde County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, arrest counts, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Hyde County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Hyde County
The Hyde County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Hyde County.
Arrest Counts on File for Hyde County
The FBI publishes monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. For Hyde County the counts on file are partial: Hyde County Sheriff's Office has sent some months but no full year since 2019, so no annual total is given here.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Hyde County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hyde County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 7 people, down from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 13 beds, and it ran at 79 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 Hyde County Sheriff's Office at hydecountync.gov/departments/sheriffs_department.php (page title: Welcome to Hyde County, North Carolina), phone (252) 926-3171, 1223 Main Street, Swan Quarter, NC 27885, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction lists its inmates at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Hyde County
For Hyde County the place to look is the case index of the Hyde 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/hyde-county).
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 Hyde County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Hyde County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (252) 926-3171.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hyde County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/hyde-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are people arrested in Hyde County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hyde County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Hyde County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Hyde 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 Hyde County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hyde 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.
Is this the official Hyde County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.