This is a private reference site, not Madison County Jail, the Madison County Sheriff's Office, a court, or a government records counter. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. For those actions, use the official office listed for the record type.
Where to Ask for Jail or Court Records
For county jail custody questions, the key local office is the Madison County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff J.E. "Buddy" Harwood. The jail and sheriff's office share the public address at 348 Medical Park Drive, Marshall, NC 28753. The jail line is 828-649-1877, the sheriff's main line is 828-649-2721, and the fax number is 828-649-2485.
Formal sheriff public-record requests should be sent by email to mcsopublicrecordsrequest@madisoncountync.gov or mailed/delivered to Madison County Sheriff, Attn: Ashlynn Quintero, Public Records Requests, 348 Medical Park Drive, Marshall, NC 28753. The sheriff policy says phone calls are not accepted as formal public-record requests for tracking purposes. The office typically acknowledges receipt within two business days, and simple requests that do not require extensive research, IT work, or clerical resources normally receive a follow-up response within five business days.
For court records after an arrest, the temporary courthouse and clerk's office location is Madison County Extension Office, 258 Carolina Lane, Marshall, NC 28753, with hours listed as 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The courthouse and clerk main number is 828-649-2200, and magistrates can be reached at 828-649-2442. Madison County also has a sheriff app for tips and public-safety news, but the app-store descriptions reviewed for this project did not advertise it as an inmate roster or mugshot gallery.
Use the route that matches the kind of custody or record you need:
- For someone who may be held in Madison County Jail, start with jail inmate records, the jail line, NC VINE, or the sheriff's written records process.
- For booking-photo availability and limits, review jail roster mugshots; no official county roster or mugshot gallery was found in the research.
- For charges, court dates, or case filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Madison County clerk/courthouse contacts.
- For facility-specific address and jail phone details, see the Madison County Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction locator, since NCDAC records do not cover county-jail inmates.
- For federal or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System rather than the county jail or NCDAC search.