This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official Gaston County, court, state, or federal contact that matches the record you need.
Gaston County Record Contacts
For a current county-jail custody question, start with the Gaston County Sheriff's Office and Gaston County Jail. The main sheriff and jail contact is Gaston County Sheriff's Office / Gaston County Jail, 425 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Gastonia, NC 28052, 704-869-6800. Jail information is available at 704-869-6868, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. After hours, weekends, and holidays, the supervisor line is 704-869-6869. For visitation accommodations, call 704-866-3550 Monday-Thursday, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Different Gaston County records live with different offices. Court records are handled through the North Carolina Judicial Branch Gaston County page and the Clerk of Superior Court at 704-852-3100. State prison records belong with NCDAC criminal offender searches. County-maintained public records that are not court files can be requested through the Gaston County public records portal.
- For someone in Gaston County Jail or the annex, use the jail inmate records page and the jail information number.
- For booking photos tied to the roster, use the jail roster mugshots page and the sheriff's records path.
- For charges and case events after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Judicial Branch portal or clerk.
- For facility-specific address or visitation details, use the detention facility links in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search NCDAC rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE detainee locator, then confirm any local hold with the jail.