This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible office directly.
Official McDowell County Contacts
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
593 Spaulding Road, Marion, NC 28752
Sheriff's Office: 828-652-2235
Detention: 828-652-2236
Criminal investigations: 828-652-2237
Use the office that owns the record or custody system:
- For county booking records and photographs, begin with the Sheriff's Office and use the home guide for request steps.
- For jail custody, release, visitation, or deposits, call detention.
- For an Old Fort police report, call 828-668-4244, extension 315; for Marion police records, call 828-652-5205.
- For court disposition, use the McDowell County Clerk and eCourts rather than the jail.
- For a sentenced state offender, use North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; it does not cover county-jail bookings.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the separate BOP or ICE locator.