Carter County 24 Hour Booking Search
Carter County 24 hour booking records are posted online by the Carter County Sheriff's Office in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The detention center runs a public inmate roster that updates every 24 hours with new bookings, releases, and charge details. Carter County processes about 2,550 bookings per year through the facility on East Elk Avenue. Whether you need to check on a recent arrest or look up someone currently in custody, the Carter County roster is a good starting point for your search.
Carter County Quick Facts
Carter County Inmate Roster Online
The Carter County Sheriff's Office posts an inmate roster at cartertnsheriff.gov/inmateRoster. This is the official source for 24 hour booking data in Carter County. The roster lists all current inmates in alphabetical order by last name. Each entry includes booking photos, charge details, bond amounts, and intake dates.
The roster updates every 24 hours. You can filter by gender or search within a date range. There is also a PDF export option if you need to save or print the data. The system tracks releases too, so you can see if someone has already been let go. For a county of this size, the Carter County roster is well built and easy to use.
The Carter County official inmate roster shows current inmates, booking photos, and charge information updated daily.
This screenshot shows the Carter County Sheriff's Office inmate roster page used for public booking searches.
How to Search Carter County Booking Records
There are several ways to search for booking records in Carter County. The online roster is the fastest. Just go to the sheriff's website and click on the inmate roster link. You can browse the full list or filter by date and gender. No account is needed.
The Carter County Detention Center website also has inmate information. The detailed inmate list page provides another view of who is currently in custody. Between the two sites, you should be able to find what you need for recent bookings in Carter County.
If you prefer to call, the Carter County Detention Center number is 423-542-1845. Staff can confirm custody status and give basic charge and bond information. For scheduling visits, call 423-542-5801. The Elizabethton Police Department at 423-542-4141 can help with records related to city arrests that were booked at the Carter County facility.
For broader searches, the Tennessee FOIL system tracks felony offenders in state custody. The Tennessee Public Index for Carter County has searchable court records that follow from arrests and bookings.
Carter County Detention Center
The Carter County Detention Center is a medium-security facility on East Elk Avenue in Elizabethton. It has room for 202 inmates and typically holds more than 150 on any given day. Sheriff Dexter Lunceford oversees the facility along with the rest of the sheriff's office. The office runs divisions for patrol, school resources, criminal investigations, corrections, court security, SWAT, administration, and IT.
| Facility |
Carter County Detention Center 900 East Elk Avenue Elizabethton, TN 37643 Phone: 423-542-1845 |
|---|---|
| Sheriff | Dexter Lunceford |
| Capacity | 202 inmates |
| Website | cartertnsheriff.gov |
The detention center holds both male and female inmates. People booked into the Carter County Detention Center include those arrested on misdemeanor charges, felony charges, and warrants. The facility handles about 2,550 bookings per year, which works out to roughly 7 per day on average.
Visitation at the Carter County Detention Center works through Securus Technologies. You get one onsite visit per weekend, up to one hour. Online remote visits are also available with no limit. You must schedule at least 24 hours in advance. Call 423-542-5801 to set up a visit. Commissary services run through VendEngine, and deposits can be made online at vendengine.com or at the kiosk in the detention center lobby.
Carter County 24 Hour Booking Records Access
Booking records at the Carter County Detention Center are public under Tennessee law. Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503 requires that government records be shared with the public unless a specific exemption applies. Jail booking logs and arrest records are not exempt. Anyone can request them.
The public records coordinator for Carter County is Marcia Fletcher. You can submit requests through the sheriff's office website electronically. The finance department address is 801 East Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643. You can also call 423-547-4018 for records questions. Carter County processes public records requests within 48 hours, which is faster than the 7-day standard set by state law. Standard copy fees apply.
Under Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-7-118, law enforcement must document every arrest. The booking record created at the Carter County Detention Center becomes part of the public file. The TBI background check system can also turn up criminal history records that include Carter County data.
Carter County has a 2018 violent crime rate of 120 per 100,000 residents. The county covers 348 square miles in the northeast corner of the state. Both male and female inmates are held at the detention center. Booking data from Carter County also flows into the TBI's statewide criminal records database over time. If you need to check someone's full criminal history and not just their most recent booking in Carter County, the state-level tools are the way to go.
Note: Carter County uses Securus Technologies for digital mail scanning, so all inmate mail goes through a processing center rather than directly to the jail.
Cities in Carter County
Carter County includes Elizabethton, Roan Mountain, Hunter, Central, and Pine Crest. None of these cities meet the population threshold for a separate page. All bookings in the county go through the Carter County Detention Center in Elizabethton.
Nearby Counties
Carter County is in the far northeastern corner of Tennessee. If the person you are looking for was arrested nearby but not in Carter County, check these neighboring counties.