This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, send money, or pull official booking records. Use the official office that holds the record or controls the custody status.
Official Gates County Contacts
For a Gates County arrest, start with the local agency, then check the regional jail or state and federal systems if the person is not found. The research did not find a separate Gates County jail booking line or records-unit phone. The sheriff's page describes the office as a 24-hour, seven-day agency, but it does not publish public records counter hours.
Gates County Sheriff's Office
202 Court Street
Gatesville, NC 27938
Phone: 252-357-0210
Fax: 252-357-4131
Official page: Gates County Sheriff's Office
Use for local arrest questions, sheriff incident records, and initial custody-routing questions tied to Gates County.
Albemarle District Jail
210 Executive Drive South
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
Phone: 252-335-4844
Fax: 252-335-1579
Email: adcadmin@albemarlejail.org
Official page: Albemarle District Jail contact
Use for regional jail custody-location, visitation, mail, inmate funds, and facility procedure questions.
Gates County Public Records Routing
Gates County Manager
25 Medical Center Road
Gatesville, NC 27938
Phone: 252-357-2411
Fax: 252-357-0073
Official page: Gates County public records
Use when you need help identifying the county department that keeps a record. The county says no special form is required, though written requests are preferred.
Choose the contact path by the kind of record or custody status you need.
- For a person who may be in local or regional custody, use jail inmate records and confirm through the sheriff, Albemarle District Jail, or VINELink.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page and ask the custodian whether a photo is releasable under North Carolina law.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the North Carolina Judicial Branch.
- For a specific detention facility, use the facility page listed in the footer and confirm rules directly with that facility.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE detainee locator.