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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Person County, North Carolina, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Person 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 Person 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: Person County public records, North Carolina arrest records, North Carolina inmate search and North Carolina criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Person County
The Person County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Person County. It reported 1,027 arrests for 2025.
One city in Person County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Roxboro, 8,289 residents: 293 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 Arrests Each Agency Reports in Person County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- Person County Sheriff's Office: 1,027 for 2025, 1,180 for 2024, 1,039 for 2023, 971 for 2022, 994 for 2021 and 1,152 for 2019; 2020 is missing months.
- Roxboro: 293 for 2025, 397 for 2024, 490 for 2023, 476 for 2022, 371 for 2021 and 418 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,320 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 1,320 in 2025 against 1,577 in 2024, down 16 percent.
Through July 2026, the two agencies with every month so far on file reported 884 arrests, against 794 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Person County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Person 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 100 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 136 beds, and it ran at 76 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 Person County Sheriff's Office at indy.gov/activity/find-a-person-in-jail, 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 Person County
Whether someone was arrested in Person County, and what came of it, shows up in two places: the case index of the Person 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/person-county); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at nccourts.gov/taxonomy/term/557).
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 Person 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 Person County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Roxboro: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Person County Superior Court, through the court records page at nccourts.gov/locations/person-county.
- Your own statewide record: a Right to Review request, fingerprint-based, to the State Bureau of Investigation.
Cities in Person County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Roxboro, the one city in Person County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Person County Superior Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Person County each year?
The Person County Sheriff's Office reported 1,027 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 1,320 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Person County?
Ask the Person County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at indy.gov/activity/find-a-person-in-jail.
Where are people arrested in Person County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Person County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Person County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Person 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 Person County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Person 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 Person 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.