This is a private reference site, not a Burke County government office. It cannot confirm custody, release status, bond, housing, court dates, or official records, and it cannot post bond or pull booking records for you. Use the official routing below for time-sensitive or official answers.
Burke County Contact Routing
Use the office that matches the record type. The Burke County Jail handles local custody questions, the Sheriff's Office is the broader operator, Morganton Public Safety handles its own police records, the court offices handle court records, and state or federal systems cover people outside county jail custody.
- Burke County Jail: 130 Government Dr, Morganton, NC 28655, 828-764-9590. Use this for current county jail custody questions, newly booked people, release timing, and jail-specific records that are not clear in the jail inmate records search.
- Burke County Sheriff's Office main office: 150 Government Dr, Morganton, NC 28655, 828-438-5500, burkesheriff@burkenc.org. Use this for sheriff routing and records questions not handled through the jail phone line.
- Morganton Public Safety Records: 828-438-5290, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except holidays. Use this for Morganton police incident and crash report copies, including records requested through P2C.
- Burke County Courthouse and Clerk routing: 828-433-3200. Use this for court-file questions after checking court records after a jail arrest.
- District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 36: 201 South Green Street, Morganton, NC 28655, 828-433-3210. Use this for prosecution-office routing after charges have moved into court.
- Booking photos: start with the jail roster mugshots page and the P2C roster, then contact the jail or records office if a public photo or record is not available online.
Records outside local jail custody use state, federal, immigration, or notification systems rather than the Burke County jail phone line.
- Facility-specific questions: use Burke County Jail for county detainees and Foothills Correctional Institution for sentenced state prisoners held at the NCDAC facility in Morganton.
- Sentenced state prisoners: use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender search. NCDAC covers state prison, probation, parole, and historical DAC records, not county jail records.
- Federal custody: use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for sentenced federal inmates from 1982 to the present. Federal pretrial custody may require federal court or U.S. Marshals routing.
- Immigration custody: use ICE Online Detainee Locator System when the person may be in ICE custody or subject to immigration detention.
- Custody notifications: use VINELink for North Carolina VINE alerts when available for county jail inmates, state prisoners, probationers, parolees, or registered sex offender notifications.