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Gates County has no county-owned jail identified in current official material. The Gates County Sheriff’s Office is the first contact for a Gates arrest, but a receiving county may hold the current custody and booking file. Ask the sheriff for the records custodian and the name of the outside facility before contacting a jail.

For a written county request, use the Gates County public-records channel. The County Manager’s Office accepts the county form by mail at 115 Court Street, P.O. Box 148, Gatesville, NC 27938, or by email at rdraper@gatescountync.gov. Its phone is (252) 357-1240, and published hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, excluding holidays. That office routes administrative requests; it may not hold an outside jail’s booking record.

• For an arrest record or booking photo, start with the county arrest hub, then ask the sheriff and identified receiving facility for the specific record.
• For post-release state supervision, use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender search. It does not include county jail data.
• For someone just arrested, call the sheriff, identify the receiving facility, and use Arrests Last 24 Hours or Police Blotter for the proper time-window process.
• For custody or release alerts, use NC SAVAN through VINELink and confirm facility coverage.
• For a specific detention site, contact the receiving county named by the sheriff. Gates has no single county jail destination.
• For a sentenced state prisoner, use the official NCDAC offender search rather than a county roster.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE detainee locator, not a Gates County source.