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.
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, has about 41,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office, one city agency and one campus 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 Pasquotank 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: Pasquotank County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Pasquotank County
The Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Pasquotank County. It reported 402 arrests for 2024, its latest complete year.
One city in Pasquotank County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Elizabeth City, 19,028 residents: 164 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.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pasquotank County: Elizabeth City State University (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Pasquotank County
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.
- Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office: 402 for 2024, 503 for 2023, 483 for 2022, 396 for 2021, 551 for 2020 and 734 for 2019.
- Elizabeth City: 164 for 2025, 183 for 2023, 283 for 2022, 375 for 2021, 602 for 2020 and 940 for 2019; 2024 is missing months.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 686 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 686 in 2023 against 766 in 2022, down 10 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Pasquotank County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Pasquotank 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 120 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 159 beds, and it ran at 72 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 Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office at pasquotankcountync.org/sheriff (page title: Sheriff's Office | Pasquotank County North Carolina), phone 252-338-2191, 200 East Colonial Ave. Elizabeth City, NC 27909, 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 Pasquotank County
For Pasquotank County the place to look is the case index of the Pasquotank 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/pasquotank-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 Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 252-338-2191.
- An arrest in Elizabeth City: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Elizabeth City State University: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Pasquotank County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/pasquotank-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Pasquotank County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Elizabeth City, the one city in Pasquotank County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Pasquotank County Superior Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Pasquotank County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Elizabeth City (19,028)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Pasquotank County each year?
The Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office reported 402 arrests to the FBI for 2024. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Pasquotank County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 686 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Pasquotank County?
Ask the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office at 252-338-2191; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pasquotankcountync.org/sheriff.
Where are people arrested in Pasquotank County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Pasquotank County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Pasquotank County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Pasquotank 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 Pasquotank 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.