Deputies post a running roster of everyone in the jail. To read it:

1. Pull up the Sheriff's jail roster in your browser.
2. Begin with the surname alone; a first name can narrow a long result.
3. Open the matching entry and compare the birth date.
4. Jot down the charge and any booking number.
5. If an arrest is brand new, look again in a few hours.

Still stuck? Phone 336-753-6647 and have staff search for you.

Here are the usual causes of a missing name:

• Still being booked. Paperwork takes hours, and the roster can trail behind real life.
• Already out. A magistrate may already have released them, with an unsecured bond, a paid bond, or into the care of a supervisor.
• A spelling problem. Try a shorter name, a nickname or a maiden name.
• Another place. They might be held by a nearby sheriff, by the state prison system, or by federal or immigration officers.
• Under 18. Teens are handled by a different system.

The fastest fix is to phone the jail at 336-753-6647.

Adults arrested here go to one place. The Davie County Detention Center sits at 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028, and its phone is 336-753-6647. It is a medium-security jail built in 2001. It holds adults who are waiting for their cases to finish. The Sheriff's Office runs it. Nothing in our sources shows an annex, a work release unit or a city lockup.

A person arrested next door sits in that sheriff's jail. JE has pages for neighbors such as Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan, Iredell and Yadkin. Each one gives that jail's address and phone.

Federal, state prison and ICE holds get their own answers near the end of this page.

Pull up any entry on the jail search. If the Sheriff adds a photo, it will show there. We could not confirm that it does, so ask the jail at 336-753-6647.

State law does not clearly require release of booking photos (mugshots), so each Sheriff chooses. Anyone may learn a few things about an arrest: who it was, how old, where they live, the accusation, and when and where officers acted. To ask for a photo, contact the agency that arrested them. The Sheriff's Office answers at 336-751-6238.

• To ask for an ICE photo, fill in the ICE records request.
• Families cannot get federal booking pictures. Only the U.S. Marshals Service can circulate one, for a person on the run.

North Carolina's free alert service is called SAVAN and VINE. You get a free alert when someone leaves a local jail or state prison, or is moved to another.

• Sign up at VINELink.
• Or call 877-627-2826 at any hour.

Signing up is your job, since nothing starts on its own. You can also call the jail at 336-753-6647 too.

A magistrate writes the release terms once the paperwork is finished, whatever the hour. The magistrates' office in Mocksville is at 140 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028, 336-936-3019.

There are four ways out. One is an unsecured bond, so no money is due now. Another is a handover to a responsible adult or group. Next comes the secured bond, backed by cash, land or a bondsman. Last is an ankle monitor at home, but only with a secured bond. For the worst charges, only a judge can decide. After a domestic violence arrest, officials may wait up to 48 hours to set terms.

A person who is not released must appear before a District Court judge by hour 72. A bondsman needs a state license, can charge at most 15 percent, and keeps that fee. Check one on the bondsman lookup. To post a bond, call the jail first at 336-753-6647. Read our bail page for the full story and our North Carolina bail laws page for the rules.

You have three good options:

• The roster entry, or the jail itself at 336-753-6647.
• The state's court records search, which lists the accusations, hearing dates and case events after a case is opened.
• The criminal clerk, who works for the Clerk of Superior Court at 140 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028, 336-936-3002. Have the complete name and birthday ready.

Final charging choices belong to the District Attorney, whose office sits in that building, 336-936-3010.

No public defender office covers Davie. If money is the problem, a judge picks a private attorney for the person. The steps:

1. At that first court date, the person asks for a lawyer the court will pay.
2. They fill out the money statement called an affidavit of indigency.
3. The judge then chooses whether to appoint one. Repayment can be ordered later.

Indigent Defense Services answers questions on court-paid lawyers at 919-354-7200. Relatives may still hire a lawyer themselves at any point.

Visits happen by appointment only. Call 336-753-6672 and leave a message. The jail checks that line on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Find out the open days, the time slots, which ID is accepted and the clothing rules. The jail may change or cancel visits, so confirm before you drive. Our visiting guide lists common rules.

The jail's page sends families to the JailPack Store for online deposits. Go to store.jailpackstore.com. You will need the person's name, the facility, the location and their ID number.

Not sure which ID number to use? Call the jail at 336-753-6647. Two of our guides help: sending money and commissary shopping. Never mail cash.

Ring 336-753-6647 and ask three things: how your loved one makes calls, what each costs, and whether texting or video is possible. Also ask if calls are recorded. Many are.

Share the facts of the case with the attorney, not on jail lines. More ideas are in our phone guide and our page on messages sent through the jail.

Address mail to the jail at 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028. Write the person's name and your own return address on the outside.

• The jail scans the mail to the person's account.
• Do not send packages.
• Never put cash in an envelope.

Call 336-753-6647 to learn what is allowed, such as photos. See our mail guide for general rules.

Items collected at booking are stored by the jail. Call 336-753-6647 before you go. Ask who may pick up items, what ID is needed and what hours to come. The jail is at 135 Green Street, Mocksville, NC 27028.

Phone the jail at 336-753-6647 and request the nurse or medical unit. Say what the drug is, how much is taken, and who ordered it. The patient should also put the request on paper, using the jail's sick-call form.

If someone is in danger right now, dial 911. When the worry is their mental health, say so to the dispatcher.

Deputies serve warrants, and the Sheriff's Office also polices Mocksville and Cooleemee. It is at 132 Government Center Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028, 336-751-6238. Ask the deputies on the phone if the person has one pending. To check a case, ask the criminal clerk at 336-936-3002, or try the state's eCourts case search. To clear a warrant, get a lawyer involved first, then phone the court clerk. The clerk's counter is at 140 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028.

Other police departments may also hold warrants. The final question lists every agency to contact.

Hearings take place in the courthouse (phone 336-936-3000) at 140 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028. District Court takes misdemeanors, speeding and other traffic charges, and a felony's first hearings. Superior Court holds felony trials, but only after a grand jury indicts.

• The state's court date tool finds a hearing from a name.
• Or ring the criminal clerk at 336-936-3002.

The county page on nccourts.gov adds detail. Every hearing along the way is explained on the court page.

Federal court for Davie sits in the Middle District. The clerk is in the L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building, 324 W. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27401, 336-332-6000. Some hearings are in Winston-Salem, at 251 N. Main Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.

1. A federal detention hearing decides jail or freedom until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Until trial, the U.S. Marshals Service keeps custody. Its office is at 324 West Market Street, Suite 234, Greensboro, NC 27401, 336-332-8700.
3. The Federal Public Defender may help those who cannot pay: 301 North Elm Street, Suite 410, Greensboro, NC 27401, 336-333-5455.
4. After sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons locator will point to the prison.

A detainer is a hold on one person, requested by ICE on Form I-247A (see 8 CFR 287.7(d)). Since October 1, 2025, North Carolina law (Session Law 2025-85) lets a judicial official hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. This gives ICE time to pick them up.

• The ICE Online Detainee Locator wants the the person's name and homeland, or an A-number.
• When the tool returns nothing, call the jail at 336-753-6647 and ask whether an ICE hold exists.

The NC Department of Adult Correction runs state prisons. Search by name or offender number on its Offender Public Information search. It also lists people on probation or parole, but it does not cover county jails.

• Main line: 919-733-2126.
• Some people with short sentences or drunk driving sentences serve time in a county jail instead.
• Our state prisons page covers how to write to and see someone in each prison.

Cases for teens belong in juvenile court, a section of District Court, at 140 S. Main Street, Mocksville, NC 27028, 336-936-3000. These cases are private.

Any teen kept in secure custody gets a mandatory hearing inside 5 calendar days. Teens are normally placed at the closest state detention center. Which one serves Davie is unclear to us, so ask the juvenile court. The state also lists every center on its juvenile detention page.

The roster entry may name the arresting agency, or you can ask the jail. Agencies in the area:

• Sheriff's Office, 132 Government Center Drive, Mocksville, NC 27028, 336-751-6238. The non-emergency number is 336-751-0896. Deputies provide the policing in Mocksville and Cooleemee.
• Bermuda Run, Advance and Farmington: ring the Sheriff's number to find out who covers a given street.
• State Highway Patrol, Troop E, District VII, Mocksville, 336-477-2154. Troop E headquarters: 5780 South Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28147, 704-639-7595.