Sex Offenders

The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office takes the registration of sex offenders seriously. We also take seriously the ability of the citizens of Ashe County to see where registered sex offenders are living in our community.

Members of the public who wish to see the names, photographs and addresses of registered sex offenders residing in Ashe County can either look online (links below) or simply visit our office lobby where we keep an up-to-date book readily available with these details for your review.

The North Carolina General Assembly created the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registry in January 1996. This law outlines registration requirements for persons living in North Carolina, non-resident students and non-resident workers. Information on Sex Offender Registration in North Carolina can be found here: https://docs.ncsbi.gov/Sex-Offender/SexOffenderRegPrograms.aspx

The North Carolina General Statutes § 14-208.5 requires persons who are convicted of sex offenses or of certain other offenses committed against minors to register as a Sex Offender under the North Carolina’s Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program.

The statute requires that when a sex offender is convicted by the courts and the offender is ordered by the judge to register, the offender must report in person immediately to the Sheriff’s Office in the county they will reside. Once a convicted sex offender is registered by the Sheriff’s Office, the offender receives a resident verification letter every six months after their initial registration.

Offenders are required to report to the Sheriff’s Office in person to verify that they still reside at the address currently on file. As long as offenders abide by all the residential requirements and communicates with our office anytime their addresses change they meet the requirements of the General Statutes.

The primary responsibility of the Ashe County Sheriff’s Office is to register convicted sex offenders as required by law and process address changes and document any changes in the registered offender’s status.

Deputies and detectives routinely go out to verify addresses and randomly check to ensure that registered offenders are in compliance with the North Carolina’s Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program. We also investigate any complaints that have been reported and arrest and file criminal charges against offenders that have violated the requirements of the program.

Detective Mike Reynolds
Ashe County Sheriff’s Office
140 Government Cir.
Jefferson, NC 28640

EMAIL: mreynolds@asheso.com
Office: 336-846-5602

NC State Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry
http://sexoffender.ncsbi.gov/search.aspx

US Dept. Of Justice national Sex Offender Public Website
https://www.nsopw.gov/