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Questions about an official Hertford County criminal record must go to the office that created or maintains it. Court cases belong with the Clerk of Superior Court in Winton. Sheriff reports and county booking questions go to the Hertford County Sheriff's Office or Detention Center. A fingerprint-linked review of your own statewide record goes to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The routes below identify the proper public office without suggesting that this private resource can retrieve, change, or certify a government record.

This Is Not a Government Office. This privately run resource cannot retrieve or correct criminal records, perform official checks, issue certified copies, or accept an expunction filing.

Need an Official Record?

Use the custodian that matches the record. Hertford County has no single office that holds every criminal-history layer.

  • Court case files and certified county searches: Clerk of Superior Court, Hertford County Courthouse, 119 Justice Drive, Winton, NC 27986; PO Box 86; 252-358-7100; weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  • Sheriff reports and county law-enforcement records: Hertford County Sheriff's Office, 701 North Taylor Street, Winton, NC 27986; PO Box 176; 252-358-7800
  • Current custody and booking questions: Hertford County Detention Center at the North Taylor Street complex; 252-358-7840
  • Your statewide fingerprint history: North Carolina SBI through the Right to Review process
  • City police reports: request the report from the police department that created it, even when the person was later held at the county detention center
  • Expunction filings: use the Clerk of Superior Court in the county of charge or conviction; Hertford matters are filed at the Winton courthouse

Call before traveling or mailing payment. The clerk publishes its hours and statewide fees, but the sheriff does not publish a local report-copy schedule, public request form, or promised turnaround. For a Sheriff-created record, describe the incident number if known, approximate date, location, involved agency, subject name, and the requested format. For court records, a case number helps the clerk locate the correct file.