This website is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm that a person is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for custody, jail records, sheriff records, or court-file questions.
Official Contacts for Nelson County Records
For jail custody questions tied to Nelson County, start with Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail because it is the regional jail serving Nelson County. For sheriff-created law-enforcement records, use the Nelson County Sheriff's Office VFOIA channels.
Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail
160 Peregory Lane, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Main phone: 434-977-6981
Fax: 434-951-1339
General email: info@acrj.org
Public office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Records Department: 434-977-6981 ext. 303, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Nelson County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Mark Embrey
84 Court House Square, P.O. Box 36, Lovingston, VA 22949
Main phone: 434-263-7050 or 800-750-5757
Fax: 434-263-7056
VFOIA phone: 434-263-7049
VFOIA mail: Nelson County Sheriff's Office, P.O. Box 36, Lovingston, VA 22949
VFOIA in person: 94 Courthouse Square, Lovingston, VA 22949
Use the page that matches the record or custody question:
- For a person who may be in the regional jail, review jail inmate records and use Virginia VINE or ACRJ Records.
- For booking-photo questions, read the jail roster mugshots page before assuming a public photo is available.
- For charges and hearings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility rules, visitation, mail, and phone details, use the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail facility page in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or supervisee, search the Virginia Department of Corrections inmate and supervisee locator.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.