This is a private reference site, not a McCormick County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Where to Start
For a current local custody question, begin with the detention center. For sheriff records or a public-record request, use the sheriff's office and the county FOIA policy. For court charges, bond authority, or case records, use the Magistrate's Office, Clerk of Court, and South Carolina court search channels.
McCormick County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Chad Cox
211 W. Augusta St. Ext.
McCormick, SC 29835
Main office: 864-465-2520
Non-emergency dispatch: 864-465-3211
McCormick County Detention Center
141 Cecil Wall Circle
McCormick, SC 29835
Jail information line: 864-852-0058
Detention administration and PREA contact: 864-852-0070
Public Records and FOIA
McCormick County's FOIA policy is posted at mccormickcountysc.org/how_do_i/foia_policy.php. South Carolina FOIA, including S.C. Code Sections 30-4-20, 30-4-30, and 30-4-40, controls access to non-exempt public records, fees, response deadlines, and law-enforcement exemptions. Ask the sheriff's office where to submit a booking-record or confinement-record request if the information is not available by phone.
McCormick County Clerk of Court
133 South Mine Street, Room 102
McCormick, SC 29835
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Phone: 864-852-2195
Email: gchiles@mccormickcountysc.org
McCormick Magistrate's Office
Chief Magistrate John C. Long
211 Augusta St. Ext.
McCormick, SC 29835
Phone: 864-852-2316
Email: magistrate@mccormickcountysc.org
Use the routing below to match the request to the right record system.
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the detention center phone.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and use the sheriff records or FOIA path when no online photo is posted.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest, the Clerk of Court, the Magistrate's Office, or the SCCourts Public Index.
- For a facility-specific question, use the detention facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced South Carolina prisoner, search the South Carolina Department of Corrections public inmate locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.