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. 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). A police report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, so which office holds a report from Pamlico County depends on where the incident happened: the Pamlico 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, what the law requires and common questions.
Related guides: Pamlico County public records, Pamlico County arrest records, Pamlico County warrants, Pamlico County inmate search, Pamlico County criminal records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Which Agency Holds a Report from Pamlico 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 Pamlico County that is the Pamlico 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 Pamlico County Sheriff's Office
The Pamlico County Sheriff's Office is the county agency; it reported 433 arrests for 2025.
Its reports come from its records unit, reached through the office at 252-745-3101. The office's page SearchSystems verified is its jail page, 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.
Reports from the City Agencies in Pamlico County
The one city the FBI lists in Pamlico County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Oriental.
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.
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.
Any other county record goes through the county records request page SearchSystems verified, at pamlicocountync.gov/residents/public_record_request.php (page title: Pamlico County, NC).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a police report in Pamlico County?
From the agency whose officer took it: 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.
How long does an agency in Pamlico 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 Pamlico County Sheriff's Office?
From its records unit, reached through the office at 252-745-3101. 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 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.