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Official Cherokee County criminal records come from the office that created or maintains them. The contacts below route court requests to the Clerk at the Murphy courthouse and sheriff, booking, or custody questions to the Sheriff and Detention Center on Regal Street. This privately operated resource is not a government records counter.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private reference site cannot retrieve an official criminal history, alter a record, accept an expunction filing, or perform a government background check. Only the responsible public office can provide those services.

Need an Official Record?

Send the request to the custodian for that record in Cherokee County:

  • Court case files and county name searches: Cherokee County Clerk of Superior Court, 75 Peachtree Street, Murphy, NC 28906; 828-835-7740; Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-5:00 p.m. The Clerk maintains District and Superior Court files, issues official or certified copies, and offers the $25 county public-record name search.
  • Sheriff incident or arrest records: Cherokee County Sheriff administration, 577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906; 828-837-2589; fax 828-837-6590. The listed mailing address is 75 Peachtree Street, Murphy. No separate records-unit hours or fee schedule is published, so confirm both before submitting a request.
  • Current booking and county custody: Cherokee County Detention Center, 577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906; 828-837-2521. Published detention-office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • Your own fingerprint-supported North Carolina history: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Information and Identification Section, through the mail-based $14 Right to Review process.
  • Police incident reports: contact the agency that created the report. Murphy Police is 828-837-2214; Andrews Police is at 1101 Main Street, Andrews, NC 28901, 828-321-9814.
  • Expunction filings: file a qualifying North Carolina petition with the Cherokee County Clerk of Superior Court, which can identify the current form and fee rules.

The primary county law-enforcement contact is Cherokee County Sheriff Administration, 577 Regal Street, Murphy, NC 28906, 828-837-2589. For the official prosecution file rather than a sheriff report, use the Clerk contact at 75 Peachtree Street.