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Questions about Forsyth County criminal records usually belong with the government office that created or maintains the file. The contacts below separate court cases from sheriff reports, jail data, police files, and state criminal history reviews. We are a private reference resource and cannot retrieve, change, certify, or accept filings for any of those records.

This Is Not a Government Office. This private resource cannot obtain or correct a criminal record, conduct an official check, or receive an expunction petition. Contact the responsible government custodian.

Need an Official Record?

The Forsyth County government gateway lists county offices. Use the custodian tied to the record you need:

  • Filed cases and certified court searches: Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court, 175 N. Chestnut St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336-779-6300, weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • FCSO incident records: FCSO Records Unit, 301 N. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336-917-7005, weekdays 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • Current jail and booking questions: Law Enforcement Detention Center, 201 N. Church St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336-917-7600.
  • Winston-Salem police files: WSPD Records, Room 130, 725 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336-773-7922, weekdays 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
  • Your fingerprint-based state review: North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Information and Identification Section.
  • Expunction petitions: file through the clerk in the county of the charge or conviction after confirming the correct official form.

The sheriff counter is not a general criminal-history office. FCSO directs certified criminal search requests to the Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court, while reports must ordinarily come from the agency that initiated them.