Brunswick County Jail Roster

Search the Brunswick County jail roster to find people held at the detention center in Bolivia, North Carolina. Brunswick County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the state. It sits along the southeastern coast and includes popular beach towns like Southport and Calabash. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office maintains the jail roster as a public record. You can search using VINE online or by calling (910) 253-2777. The roster shows names, charges, bond details, and booking information for each inmate. No fee is required to search the jail roster.

Brunswick County Detention Center

The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office runs the detention center in Bolivia. The facility processes all arrests made within Brunswick County. Each person booked into the detention center is listed on the jail roster with their name, charges, bond amount, and booking date.

Brunswick County has seen rapid population growth in recent years. Many retirees and families have moved to the coastal communities along the barrier islands and mainland shore. The county stretches from the Cape Fear River to the South Carolina state line. Towns like Southport, Oak Island, Sunset Beach, and Leland are all within the county. The sheriff's office provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas and runs the detention center. Police departments in the incorporated towns also bring their arrestees to the county detention center for booking. All of these bookings are reflected on the Brunswick County jail roster.

Searching the Brunswick Jail Roster

The VINE notification system is the primary way to search the Brunswick County jail roster online. VINE connects to county jails across North Carolina and shows custody status in near real time.

Visit VINELink.com and select North Carolina. Enter the name of the person you are looking for. If they are held in the Brunswick County Detention Center, the system displays their custody status and basic booking information. VINE refreshes data about every 15 minutes. You do not need to create an account to search. The service is free and runs at all hours.

If you want to know when someone is released, you can register for alerts. VINE offers phone, email, text, and TTY notifications. You create a four-digit PIN to confirm your identity when the system calls. Registration is anonymous. The NC SAVAN system provides the same service through its toll-free line at 1-877-627-2826. NC SAVAN operates around the clock and supports over 100 languages.

Note: VINE and NC SAVAN do not track people held at police stations or those who bonded out at the magistrate before being booked into the detention center.

Brunswick County Jail Records

Jail roster records are public in Brunswick County under North Carolina General Statute Chapter 132. This law says that documents created by government agencies in the course of public business are open to the public. The jail roster is one such document. Anyone can view it without a special reason.

A jail roster entry in Brunswick County typically shows the inmate's full name, date of birth, booking date, list of charges, bond amount, and the agency that made the arrest. Some entries may include court dates. For past records that are no longer on the active roster, contact the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office with a public records request. Include specific details like names and dates to speed up the process. Under state law, the office must respond as promptly as possible.

State Inmate Search Resources

North Carolina has multiple state-level tools that complement the Brunswick County jail roster.

The NC Department of Adult Correction maintains a search tool for state prison inmates and people under community supervision. County jail inmates are not included. If someone moved from the Brunswick County Detention Center to a state prison, you would find them through the NCDAC database. It has records from 1972 to the present.

The NC Judicial Branch provides access to court case records. These can show hearing dates, case outcomes, and other details for people on the Brunswick County jail roster. The NC State Bureau of Investigation offers criminal background checks and is the state's central repository for criminal history. You can also use the NC Sheriffs' Association directory to find contact information for any of North Carolina's 100 sheriffs' offices.

About Brunswick County

Brunswick County has about 150,000 residents and is growing fast. The coastal location makes it a popular place to live and visit. The county seat, Bolivia, is an inland town where the sheriff's office and detention center are based. Despite the growth, much of the county remains rural with forests, farms, and wetlands between the beach communities.

The sheriff is elected by Brunswick County voters. The office covers patrol, criminal investigations, civil process, court security, and the detention center. As the population has grown, so has the workload for the sheriff's office and the detention center. The jail roster reflects this, tracking all current inmates from across the county.

Nearby Counties

Brunswick County borders several other southeastern North Carolina counties. Search their jail rosters if you need to look beyond Brunswick County.