Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest and crime counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 28, 2026.
Montgomery County, North Carolina, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Montgomery County depends on where the incident happened: the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county, the agency that reports for the city inside a city. This guide names each agency, where its records page is and what the North Carolina Public Records Act requires of it.
This guide covers which agency, the sheriff's reports, the cities' reports, how many reports, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Montgomery County public records, Montgomery County arrest records, Montgomery County warrants, Montgomery County inmate search, Montgomery County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Montgomery County
The report of an incident is released by the agency that took it; the court and the jail hold their own records of the same event, but not the report.
In Montgomery County that is the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office for the unincorporated county and for any city that contracts with it for police service, and the agency that reports for a city where the city has one of its own.
Reports from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it had 42 violent and 181 property crimes reported for 2025 and reported 626 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its custody page, at mcsojail.countygovservices.com/Home/CurrentInmates (page title: Current Inmates | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
Reports from the City Agencies in Montgomery County
The five cities the FBI lists in Montgomery County with a reporting agency of their own:
- Troy: 11 violent and 68 property crimes reported for 2025; 91 arrests reported for 2025.
- Biscoe: 0 violent and 58 property crimes reported for 2025; 49 arrests reported for 2025.
- Mount Gilead: 1 violent and 1 property crimes reported for 2025; 25 arrests reported for 2025.
- Candor: 2 violent and 10 property crimes reported for 2025; 35 arrests reported for 2025.
- Star: 1 violent and 26 property crimes reported for 2025; 28 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Reports: Montgomery County in 2025
The six agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 57 violent and 344 property crimes to the FBI that year, each one a report taken by the agency that holds it.
Together, the six agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 854 arrests to the FBI that year, and each arrest is a report of its own.
What the North Carolina Public Records Act Requires
The North Carolina Public Records Act sets the rules: an answer as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days, at a charge of the actual cost of copying, from the agency that holds the report.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Montgomery County?
From the agency whose officer took it: the Montgomery 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.
How long does an agency in Montgomery County have to answer?
Under the North Carolina Public Records Act, as promptly as possible; the statute sets no number of days. It may charge the actual cost of copying.
How do I get a report from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit. 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 Montgomery 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.