This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, change visitation status, or pull an official booking record. Use the official Lee County, court, or state contacts below for those actions.
Official Lee County Contacts
For local custody questions, start with the Lee County Detention Facility or the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Public-record requests that are not available through the online roster are routed through the County Attorney's office.
Lee County Detention Facility
1401 Elm Street
Sanford, NC 27331
Jail information: 919-718-4567
Lee County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff: Brian Estes
Main phone: 919-718-4560
Lee County Public Records
County Attorney: Whitney Parrish
PO Box 1968
Sanford, NC 27331-1968
Phone: 919-718-4610 x5518
Fax: 919-718-4631
Email: wparrish@leecountync.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Lee County Court Contacts
Clerk's Office: 919-718-6300
Magistrate: 919-718-6319
District Attorney: 919-718-6310
State Prison Custody
Use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction for Sanford Correctional Center and other state prison, probation, or parole records. The Lee County jail roster does not cover NC DAC custody.
Use the most specific record path available before calling an office.
- For someone booked into the county jail, use jail inmate records and then call the jail if the live roster appears delayed.
- For a booking photo or profile image, check jail roster mugshots and use the county records route when a photo is not posted.
- For charges, hearings, or case status after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk's Office or District Attorney contacts as appropriate.
- For a facility-specific question, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the NC DAC offender locator rather than the Lee County roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator because Lee County does not operate those systems.