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.
Scotland County, North Carolina, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Scotland County is held at the county jail, run by the Scotland County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Scotland County public records, Scotland County arrest records, Scotland County warrants, Scotland County criminal records, Scotland County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Scotland County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Scotland County is held at the county jail, run by the Scotland County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Scotland County Sheriff's Office at scotlandcountysheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: INMATE SEARCH), phone 910-276-3385, 212 Biggs St., Laurinburg, NC 28352, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Scotland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 109 beds, and it ran at 121 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Scotland County has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 32 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Scotland County Jail
The Scotland County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Laurinburg and Wagram make the arrests that end in a booking in Scotland County.
The Maxton Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Scotland County, so its arrests are not broken out for Scotland County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Laurinburg's 1,151 for 2025 and the Scotland County Sheriff's Office's 667 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Scotland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,818 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Scotland County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Scotland County 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Scotland County?
Look on the custody page of the Scotland County Sheriff's Office at scotlandcountysheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 910-276-3385. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Scotland County jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 109 beds.
What is the phone number for the Scotland County jail?
910-276-3385, the number on the page of the Scotland County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Scotland County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Scotland 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.