Buncombe County Jail Inmate Search

How to Search for an Inmate in Buncombe County North Carolina

To locate an inmate within the Buncombe County Jail system in Ashville, North Carolina, go to the Buncombe County Jail Inmate Search.

• Current inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name.
• Scroll through the list to find your inmate.

TIP: You can use the page links at the bottom to quick scroll to the area of the alphabet that contains your inmate.

You can also search by one of the following categories:

• Last Name
• Middle Name
• First Name
• Age
• Race
• Sex
• Primary Charge
• Arresting Agency
• Arrest Date

Go t to the bottom of the page and click on “Filter Inmate List By”.

A pop-up window will appear.

• Use the dropdown menu to select an above category.
• Enter the required information and click on “Find”.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INMATE

Click on your inmate’s name from the displayed list to view:

• Lexington County Mugshot
• Inmate Name
• Age
• Race / Sex
• Arrest Date
• Release Date    
• Next Court Date              
• Charge
• Status
• Docket #
• Bond Amount

BUNCOMBE COUNTY CRIMINAL COURT CASE SEARCH

If you would like to know more about this case, go to the North Carolina Court Case Search page.

Use the “County” dropdown menu to choose “Buncombe County”.

Click on “District” or “Superior”. If unsure, click on “Both”.

Enter the defendant’s name using the following format:

Jones     (last name only)

Jones,S  (last name + comma + first initial)

A new page will open listing all inmates who match the information you entered.

Click on “Case Number” to view:

• Defendant’s Full Name
• Offenses
• Case Number
• County
• Court Date
• Session
• Court Room

With more than 9,000 jails and prisons across the country, trying to locate an inmate can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. On this page, you will find the Buncombe County inmate search, inmate lists, inmate roster, arrest reports and/or booking information for the Buncombe County Jail in the city of Asheville, Buncombe County in the state of North Carolina.

With a minimal amount of information about the inmate and some patience, on jailexchange.com you can:

• Find the inmate
• Learn how and what you can mail them
• Learn how and when you can visit them
• How to put money on their account
• How and when to receive phone calls from them
• Find out all public information about Buncombe County Jail

Recent Arrests and/or Pre-trial Inmates in Buncombe County Jail

If you are certain your inmate is in Buncombe County Jail, or at the very least in Buncombe County, go to this page to search for them.

If the Buncombe County Jail inmate search website is not currently online or up to date, call for assistance in locating your inmate.

The Buncombe County Jail is "open" 24-hours-a-day. When you call, give the staff member the name of who you are looking for and a birthdate or age if you have it. That person will let you know if your inmate is there.

At minimum you will need a first and last name. If you can provide the middle name or initial that is even better. In a perfect world you will also have the inmate's birthdate, but if not, an estimated age will help.

If you are not sure what county jail the inmate is located in, it helps to at least know the geographic area. Knowing what state the inmate is in is good; knowing which county is even better.

In some cases, there will be more than one possibility. Use patience and check them all. Go here to get started on a search for any jail in the state of North Carolina or go to this page to begin a search for all jails in the United States.

If your inmate has been charged but not yet convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony, he or she will most likely be held in Buncombe County within the county where the crime occurred. If you only have the city name, look up the city's police department, call and ask them if they keep inmates at a local jail or send them to the county jail. If they are sent to the Buncombe County Jail, either look them up here or call for assistance.

Recently convicted felons are sometimes held at Buncombe County Jail until transport to a North Carolina State Prison is available. Inmates sentenced to less than one year incarceration or those convicted to serve time for misdemeanors will do their time in the Buncombe County Jail system.

Jailexchange.com has a complete page of all available information to assist families and friends of inmates in Buncombe County Jail and every other jail, prison and juvenile detention center in America.

How to find an Inmate already convicted of a felony and sentenced in the state of North Carolina

State Inmate

Most states have Department of Corrections websites that allow you to type in a felon's first and last name and pull up inmates in that state. Go to this page for inmates in North Carolina. If you need to find an inmate in another state prison system, go here.

When you click next to the inmate's name or on a link, it will show you which jail or prison the inmate is housed in. If the inmate is no longer incarcerated, but is on parole/probation or discharged, it will tell you that as well. In addition, many state prison inmate pages show recent mug shots.

Federal Inmate

The federal prison system has its own inmate locator called the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.

Type in the inmate's name and it will tell you where he or she is incarcerated and their projected release date. It also lists released federal prison inmates and the date they were released.

Federal inmates who are moved from one prison to another will show as "No longer in federal custody" on the system until they reach their next federal prison destination. This movement can take a few days to several months to complete, so keep checking back to find out where the inmate was taken.

ICE Inmates

The ICE Detainee Lookup allows friends, family members and interested parties to locate illegal and/or undocumented immigrants that are in the United States without permission.

They are held in detention centers approved by Immigration Custody and Enforcement until their hearing or date they are deported back to their home country.

To look up the detainee, users need the full legal name the person used upon their arrest and the country the person claimed they originated from. It helps to also have the "A-number", which is the number that ICE assigned to them upon their detention, which you can use instead of attempting to type the detainee's name.