Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 on September 23, 2026.
Pamlico County, North Carolina, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pamlico County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. 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 Pamlico County Superior Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Pamlico County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pamlico County
The Pamlico County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pamlico County. It reported 433 arrests for 2025.
One city in Pamlico County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Oriental, 903 residents.
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 Arrests The Pamlico County Sheriff's Office Reports
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Pamlico County Sheriff's Office: 433 for 2025, 462 for 2024, 406 for 2023, 478 for 2022, 433 for 2021 and 339 for 2020.
The Pamlico County Sheriff's Office's 339 arrests in 2020 were down 14 percent from 392 in 2019.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pamlico County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pamlico County 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 110 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 108 beds, and it ran at 88 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 Pamlico County Sheriff's Office at pamlicocounty.org/departments/office_of_the_sheriff/index.php (page title: Pamlico County, NC), phone 252-745-3101, 200 Main Street PO Box 437 Bayboro, NC 28515, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 am to 4 pm., which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Pamlico County
For Pamlico County the place to look is the case index of the Pamlico 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/pamlico-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 Pamlico County
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 Pamlico County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 252-745-3101.
- An arrest in Oriental: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pamlico County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/pamlico-county.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at pamlicocountync.gov (page title: Pamlico County, NC).
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Pamlico County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the nine cities in Pamlico County: Oriental. Bayboro, Alliance, Grantsboro, Minnesott Beach, Arapahoe, Stonewall, Vandemere and Mesic have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Pamlico County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pamlico County each year?
The Pamlico County Sheriff's Office reported 433 arrests to the FBI for 2025.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pamlico County?
Ask the Pamlico County Sheriff's Office at 252-745-3101; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pamlicocounty.org.
Where are people arrested in Pamlico County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pamlico County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pamlico County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pamlico 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 Pamlico County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pamlico 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 pamlicocountync.gov.
Is this the official Pamlico 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.