Yancey County Jail Roster
The Yancey County Sheriff's Office is the county law-enforcement and detention agency. The sheriff is Shane Hilliard. The county sheriff page says the sheriff enforces North Carolina and Yancey County laws, serves criminal and civil papers, provides court security, and maintains the county jail. The county also says the current jail is on the basement level of the County Courthouse and houses people awaiting trial, people convicted of short sentences, and people convicted of crimes while awaiting transport to the NC Department of Correction.
The official sheriff web and app platform is used for inmate information, recent arrests, sex offender information, tips, permits, jail information, and public-safety news. The county page says the app is not for emergency reporting. Emergency calls should go to 911. The sheriff app feed checked in the research contained 99 recent arrest or inmate records and showed custody statuses including IN, OUT, TRANSFERRED, and UNSUPERVISED.
The official sheriff app manifest identifies the inmate and recent-arrests features used for Yancey County inmate records.
The manifest supports the local jail roster path and separates it from state prison and court-record searches.
Use the Yancey County Inmate Search
The Yancey County inmate search path starts with the official sheriff app or web platform. The recent arrests feature is marked with search and sorting enabled, and the feed sorts by date descending. If the record shows a custody status or recent booking but does not show a charge description, use the court portal or clerk route to check formal charges. If the person is in state prison, probation, or parole, use NCDAC instead of the county jail roster.
- Open the Yancey County Sheriff's Office app or web platform.
- Choose recent arrests or inmate information.
- Search or sort by name, then open the matching inmate profile.
- Review custody status, booking date, release date if shown, reporting agency, and inmate ID.
- Use NC VINE or NC SAVAN for notification, or call the Sheriff's Office at 828-682-2124 if the record is unclear.
- Check NC eCourts Portal for formal court charges, hearings, disposition, or sentence.
Yancey County Inmate Fields
The official feed is not a traditional county jail form with labeled public search boxes in the research capture. The manifest indicates search and sorting are enabled, and the JSON includes structured fields. That means the public interface may allow name searching while the underlying record carries system fields that support custody display and sorting.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search or sorting | App control | Optional | Manifest indicates search and sorting are enabled. |
| Title | Record text | System | Displays last name and first or middle name format. |
| First Name | JSON text | System | First name in the inmate record. |
| Last Name | JSON text | System | Last name in the inmate record. |
| Date | JSON object | System | Unix timestamp fields used for sorting or date display. |
| Images | JSON array | Optional | Small and large VINE image URLs may appear. |
| Custody status | JSON text | System | IN, OUT, TRANSFERRED, and UNSUPERVISED were observed. |
Yancey County Inmate Profile
A sample inmate profile from the official feed may show personal description, custody status, dates, reporting agency, and image links. Charge and bond field names exist in the JSON, but populated charge descriptions and bond amounts were not visible in inspected records. Because of that gap, charges should be checked in NC eCourts Portal or with the Clerk of Superior Court when the case record matters.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot or photo | Small and large image links served through VINE image URLs when available. |
| Full name | Title and titleWithFirst display fields. |
| Inmate ID | Local or VINE inmate identifier. |
| Physical details | Height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color. |
| Custody status | IN, OUT, TRANSFERRED, or UNSUPERVISED when present. |
| Dates | Custody status date, booked date, and release date when applicable. |
| Reporting agency | Yancey County Sheriff's Office, address, and phone. |
| Charge and bond fields | Field names exist, but populated values were not visible in inspected records. |
Yancey County Jail Contacts
Official sources did not publish a Yancey-specific jail capacity. They did identify the sheriff agency, the public address used in sheriff app records, the mailing address, and detention leadership contacts. The main public phone for sheriff and detention questions is 828-682-2124. The app contact data also lists detention-related leadership numbers, but the public sheriff line is the safest first contact for roster, custody, deposit, phone, or mail-policy questions.
Yancey County Sheriff's Office / Detention Center
4 East Main Street
Burnsville, NC 28714
828-682-2124
County jail described as located on the basement level of the County Courthouse.
Sheriff Mailing Address
P.O. Box 6
Burnsville, NC 28714
828-682-2124
Confirm mail rules and inmate mail format before sending anything.
Yancey County Custody Fallbacks
County jail custody, state custody, and victim notification are different systems. For county jail and pretrial custody, use the sheriff app recent arrests and inmate feed, the sheriff phone line, NC VINE or NC SAVAN, and direct detention follow-up. For state prison, probation, or parole, use NCDAC offender search. NCDAC says its search covers state prison offenders, probationers, and parolees by name or offender ID and includes historical information back to 1972, but it does not include county jail information.
NC VINE and NC SAVAN are notification tools. The hotline is 1-877-NCSAVAN or 877-627-2826. NCDAC says SAVAN links to all North Carolina jails and Adult Corrections, but it does not monitor local police lockups, people who bond out at the magistrate level and are never booked into jail, juvenile facilities, or mental facilities.
Yancey County Sex Offender Feed
The sheriff app also exposes a sex offender feed sourced to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. That feed is not the same as the jail roster. It may show name, offender classification, address, photo URL, age, height, weight, gender, ethnicity, offense statute or description, latitude and longitude, retrieval date, NCSBI detail links, and VINE notification links. Use it for sex offender registry checks, not for current jail custody.
The sheriff app and public store listing identify the mobile source. The Yancey County Sheriff's Office Google Play listing is one official app access point.
The app listing helps confirm that inmate, jail, and public-safety tools come from the sheriff app platform.
Yancey County Inmate Visits
Official Yancey visitation content says inmate visitations are only allowed on Saturdays. Visits can be scheduled through the InmateSales link by following the website prompts, and visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. The official Yancey app text did not specify on-site versus remote visits, visit length, dress code, ID rules, children rules, or denial reasons.
| Topic | Official Yancey Detail |
|---|---|
| Visit day | Saturdays only |
| Scheduling | Use InmateSales website prompts |
| Minimum advance scheduling | 24 hours in advance |
| Vendor | InmateSales |
| On-site or remote distinction | Not specified in official Yancey app text |
| Visit length and dress rules | Not specified in official Yancey app text |
The sheriff app visitation content is the source for the Saturday-only and advance-scheduling rules.
The visitation source is narrow, so details not published there should be confirmed with detention staff.
Yancey County Inmate Money
Money deposit content in the sheriff app says money can be deposited on an inmate account by using the kiosk in the YCSO lobby at 4 East Main St., Burnsville. It also says money can be deposited online by clicking the vendor link and following website prompts. The vendor listed in the research is JailPackStore. No official Yancey commissary limit, fee, or order schedule was located.
| Method | Location or URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby kiosk | YCSO lobby, 4 East Main St., Burnsville | Official app says deposits can be made on an inmate account. |
| Online deposit | JailPackStore | Follow vendor prompts. |
| Limits and fees | Not located | No official Yancey limit, fee, or order schedule was found. |
The sheriff app inmate deposit content identifies the kiosk and JailPackStore options.
The deposit source supports the two listed funding channels and leaves fee details to vendor or detention confirmation.
Yancey County Inmate Phone and Mail
Inmate telephone content in the sheriff app says phone time can be purchased from the blue CPC kiosk in the YCSO lobby at 4 East Main St., Burnsville. It also says phone time can be purchased online through InmateSales. The official Yancey text did not specify incoming-call rules, call rates, refund rules, block rules, or phone account limits.
| Method | Location or URL | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| CPC kiosk | Blue CPC kiosk in YCSO lobby, 4 East Main St., Burnsville | Used to buy phone time. |
| Online phone time | InmateSales | Follow vendor prompts. |
| Incoming calls | Not specified in Yancey-specific official text | Confirm with the detention center before relying on generic jail FAQ text. |
No Yancey-specific official jail mail policy was located. Mail rules, address format, prohibited items, book rules, legal mail handling, and any scan-and-destroy policy should be confirmed with the detention center at 828-682-2124 before sending mail.
The sheriff app inmate telephone content lists the CPC kiosk and InmateSales paths.
The phone source is specific enough for phone-time purchases, but not for broader mail or call policy claims.
Important: Yancey-specific jail mail rules were not published in the official sources reviewed; confirm rules before mailing items.