This is a private reference site, not a Chatham County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that handles the record or custody question.
Official Chatham County Contacts
Use these Chatham County and North Carolina contacts for jail, court, and record questions:
- Chatham County Sheriff's Office: 295 West St, Pittsboro, NC 27312; main phone 919-542-2811. The sheriff's office provides law-enforcement service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Chatham County Detention Center: 627 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312; detention phone 919-545-7802 for jail and custody questions.
- Detention leadership: Captain Jessica Norton, 919-545-7825, jessica.norton@chathamsheriff.com, for housing, visitation, programs, and related detention-unit questions listed by the sheriff.
- Money-deposit kiosk: sheriff materials reference the Detention Center lobby at 625 Renaissance Drive, Pittsboro, NC 27312, with a kiosk open 24/7.
- Chatham County Courthouse and Clerk: 40 E Chatham Street, Pittsboro, NC 27312; mailing address PO Box 369; main and Clerk of Superior Court phone 919-545-3500; posted courthouse hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Other court contacts: District Attorney 919-545-3510; magistrates during business hours 919-545-3519; magistrates after hours 919-542-2911.
For the most common record paths, start with the matching page below:
- For someone in the Chatham County jail, use jail inmate records and then call the Detention Center if the roster does not answer the custody question.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and remember that North Carolina law limits some law-enforcement photo releases.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest or contact the Chatham County Clerk of Superior Court.
- For facility-specific address and jail operations, use the Chatham County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner or a person under state supervision, use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender search.
- For federal or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.