Davie County Detention Center Inmate Bail & Bonds
How bail works in Davie County: Mocksville and Bermuda Run
Davie County is just west of Winston-Salem along I-40. People arrested in Mocksville, Bermuda Run, Cooleemee, Advance, and Farmington go to Davie's jail, the Davie County Detention Center, 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028. Phone: (336) 753-6647. Inmate search: Davie County Inmate Search.
1. Where is the Davie County Detention Center?
It is at 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028, (336) 753-6647. The Davie lockup is rated for 72 people.
2. Who sets release terms in Davie?
In Mocksville, Mocksville's magistrate usually does. By law, Davie keeps 4 or more magistrates (NC law, G.S. 7A-133). Your Mocksville loved one stays in the Davie County Detention Center meanwhile. After a Cooleemee arrest, police see Mocksville's magistrate (NC law, G.S. 15A-511; NC law, G.S. 15A-532). A Mocksville judge or the Mocksville clerk may too.
3. Can a Mocksville defendant get out without paying?
In Davie, four release types exist (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part a).
• A Davie electronic monitor means house arrest. In Mocksville, it comes with a secured bond.
• A Davie secured bond uses cash, land, or a Mocksville surety.
• With custody release, a Davie program supervises. The Davie defendant can choose a Mocksville secured bond instead.
• In Davie, an unsecured bond costs Mocksville families nothing up front. If Mocksville court is skipped, your Mocksville loved one owes it.
Mocksville dropped written promises December 1, 2025.
4. Does a Mocksville defendant start with no-money options?
Non-violent Mocksville cases begin with no-money options in Davie (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part b).
If your Davie family member may skip Mocksville court, a Davie secured bond follows. Mocksville witness risks count too in Davie. Danger to a Cooleemee resident counts too.
Three Davie Class 1 convictions in 10 years? Davie then requires a secured bond (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part b). On probation, a new Mocksville felony brings a Davie danger review (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part d2).
5. Does Davie County have a bail schedule?
Mocksville has no set Davie price list. Davie's chief district judge weighs in for Mocksville. The Davie policy suggests Mocksville amounts. For Davie, the senior Mocksville superior judge issues the policy (NC law, G.S. 15A-535).
The Mocksville magistrate weighs the charge and record (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part c). Ties to Bermuda Run help. Past no-shows hurt a Davie defendant.
First small Davie misdemeanors often get unsecured bonds in Mocksville. Trafficking charges in Davie go higher in Mocksville. Davie felony bonds often reach thousands in Mocksville. Davie cash bonds run hundreds to thousands in Mocksville.
6. How do I post a Davie bond?
Post a Davie bond with a Davie County magistrate. No official there? The Davie County Detention Center can take it (NC law, G.S. 15A-537). Call (336) 753-6647 first.
Pay a Mocksville bond in cash, land, or a Davie surety (NC law, G.S. 15A-531). Davie sureties include Mocksville professional bondsmen. A Farmington relative can sign unpaid with enough Davie property.
Bondsman fees in Mocksville top out at 15% (NC law, G.S. 58-71-95). Davie collateral returns within 15 days of Mocksville closure. Davie jailers can't be sureties, except for Mocksville family (NC law, G.S. 15A-541). Check a Mocksville bondsman with the NC Department of Insurance bondsman lookup.
7. In Davie County, which charges skip the magistrate?
Only the Davie judge decides release for these Davie charges (NC law, G.S. 15A-533, part b and c): assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill causing serious injury; sex crimes against a child 15 or younger; human trafficking; forcible rape and many sex crimes; first-degree arson; capital crimes; first-degree burglary; murder or attempted murder; shooting into an occupied building or car; kidnapping; armed robbery.
For them, Davie presumes no Mocksville release is safe. Still, a Mocksville judge may allow Mocksville release. Some repeat Davie gun cases match (NC law, G.S. 15A-533, part d through g).
8. How are violent charges from Mocksville handled?
In Mocksville, since December 1, 2025, violent Davie charges face a presumption against Mocksville release (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part b1). In Mocksville, people say Iryna's Law in Davie.
In Davie, Class A-G felonies with force count (NC law, G.S. 15A-531, part 9). Sex-offender registration felonies count in Mocksville. So do Mocksville attempts and some Davie fentanyl trafficking.
For a first violent Davie charge, a judicial official in Mocksville must order a secured bond or monitor. Davie defendants charged twice get a Mocksville monitor. The Davie magistrate must write reasons (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part d).
9. Can a Davie magistrate set bond on a domestic charge?
At first, only the Davie judge sets domestic terms (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.1, part a). Davie threats against a Mocksville spouse count. Breaking a Davie 50B order in Mocksville counts.
The Davie County Detention Center may hold your Davie family member up to 48 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.1, part b). Then a Davie County magistrate acts in Mocksville. Expect Davie no-contact orders in Mocksville.
10. What special bail rules apply in Mocksville?
Several rules matter for Mocksville arrests:
• Looting in Mocksville: the Davie judge decides within 24 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.8).
• School threats in Davie: the Davie judge decides within 48 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.7).
• Threats to Davie officials: the Davie judge decides within 48 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.9).
• Mocksville meth cases: Davie judges may presume release unsafe (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.6).
• Davie child victims: Mocksville stay-away orders are required (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.4).
• DWI in Davie: an impaired Mocksville defendant may wait 24 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-534.2).
11. Does a new Mocksville charge change the bond?
A new Davie charge goes to the Davie judge (NC law, G.S. 15A-533, part h). The Davie County Detention Center may hold your Davie family member 48 hours. Then Mocksville's magistrate acts for Davie. Simple Mocksville traffic charges don't count in Davie.
The Mocksville magistrate may double the old Mocksville bond (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part d3). A doubled Davie bond is $1,000 or more in Mocksville. A Davie County judge can revoke the old Mocksville release for cause (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part f).
12. How soon does someone held in Davie County see a judge?
A Davie district judge sees your Mocksville loved one within 72 hours (NC law, G.S. 15A-601). Davie may act sooner, at the next Mocksville session. If Davie courts close long, the Mocksville limit is 96 hours.
Before that, a Davie County magistrate can change it in Mocksville (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part e). A Davie County judge may change it at the Mocksville hearing.
Mocksville families can ask a Mocksville superior judge in writing (NC law, G.S. 15A-538). The Davie DA can seek Mocksville changes too (NC law, G.S. 15A-539).
13. What happens if someone misses court in Davie County?
A willful Mocksville no-show is its own crime in Davie (NC law, G.S. 15A-543). On a Mocksville misdemeanor, a Davie no-show is Class 2. For Davie felonies, it is Class I in Mocksville.
The Davie court forfeits the full Mocksville bond (NC law, G.S. 15A-544.3). The Mocksville clerk mails notice within 30 days (NC law, G.S. 15A-544.4). Valid Davie reasons include the Mocksville case ending. Davie sureties get 150 days to ask the Mocksville clerk (NC law, G.S. 15A-544.5).
On day 150, a Davie final judgment and Mocksville lien follow (NC law, G.S. 15A-544.6). Picked up again, the Davie defendant faces a doubled Davie bond (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part d1).
14. When does a Davie bond end?
A Mocksville surety can surrender the Davie defendant early (NC law, G.S. 15A-540, part a). The Davie clerk then frees the Mocksville surety. New Davie terms follow from a Davie County magistrate (NC law, G.S. 15A-540, part c). After a missed Davie date, a Mocksville surety may bring the Davie defendant in (NC law, G.S. 15A-540, part b).
A Mocksville bond normally runs to Davie judgment (NC law, G.S. 15A-534, part h). A Mocksville deferral can end it in Davie.
15. Which Davie County court handles felonies?
Criminal court for Davie County is held in Mocksville. Davie shares judges with Davidson County.
Davie misdemeanors stay in Mocksville district court (NC law, G.S. 7A-133). After indictment, Davie felonies go to Mocksville Superior Court 33 (NC law, G.S. 7A-41). The District 33 DA prosecutes Davie cases in Mocksville (NC law, G.S. 7A-60).
16. Can Davie County give me a court-appointed lawyer?
No public defender office serves Davie. A Davie County judge appoints a state-paid Davie lawyer. Ask at the Mocksville first appearance (Indigent Defense Services directory). If convicted, your Mocksville loved one may repay Davie County's costs to the state.
17. How does juvenile court work in Davie County?
Most Davie teens under 18 start in Mocksville juvenile court (NC law, G.S. 7B-1501). Davie added 17-year-olds in Mocksville in 2019. A Mocksville judge decides detention within 5 days (NC law, G.S. 7B-1906). Serious Davie felonies can move to Mocksville adult court. Juvenile court in Mocksville has no Davie money bail.
18. Which federal court covers Davie County?
Davie falls under the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (28 U.S.C. 113). Court meets in Durham, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. The clerk: Greensboro, L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building, 324 W. Market St., 336-332-6000. Davie bondsmen don't work there.
19. Who can confirm a Davie County bond amount?
Phone the Davie County Detention Center: (336) 753-6647. On weekdays, the Davie clerk in Mocksville can help. Give the Davie officer your Mocksville loved one's birth date.
Davie County bail contacts
- Jail
- Davie County Detention Center, 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028; (336) 753-6647
- Courts
- Davie County Courthouse, Mocksville
- Districts
- District Court 33; Superior Court 33; Prosecutorial 33
- Inmate search
- Davie County Inmate Search
Judges and magistrates set release terms case by case. Nothing here is legal advice.
Davie County Detention Center
Address:
135 Green Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Phone:
336-753-6647