NORTH CAROLINA AGENCY GUIDES
Clay County Sheriff's Office
Jurisdiction, organization, official contacts, history and published law-enforcement data for Clay County Sheriff's Office.
- Agency or unit type
- County sheriff
- County guides
- Clay County
- Official website
- Visit the official agency website
- Published contact
- 828-389-6354
- Published office location
- 295 Courthouse Drive, Hayesville, NC 28904
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Jurisdiction and responsibilities
The sheriff is the verified county law-enforcement agency for Clay County. Hayesville's official resources page identifies county-provided emergency services, including the sheriff, which is particularly useful for people searching by the town name.
How the agency is organized
The county government maintains a sheriff page, while the sheriff's own website provides agency information. The reviewed official pages verify the office and its local role but do not support a detailed current staffing chart, so this profile avoids invented units or staffing totals.
Agency history and local context
The agency operates in a county formed in 1861 from Cherokee County. Hayesville subsequently became an incorporated town in 1891; those county and town dates are not represented as the sheriff's operational founding date.
Official records and officer resources
Use the county sheriff page or sheriff website to obtain current administrative contacts and service instructions. Hayesville's resource listing independently corroborates the sheriff contact and county service relationship.
Explore local history, other agencies, court resources and regional FBI/SBI contacts in Clay County.
FBI data · 2025
The following figures are from the FBI’s 2025 published agency tables. They describe a reporting period, not current staffing or an assessment of agency performance.
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Violent crime | 10 |
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 0 |
| Rape | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 8 |
| Property crime | 98 |
| Burglary | 21 |
| Larceny-theft | 62 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 15 |
| Arson | 0 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 10; published agency label: Clay. CIUS_Table_10_Offenses_Known_to_Law_Enforcement_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx
This is a county-level agency row, not the total for every police department or every offense in the county.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 23 |
| Civilian employees | 14 |
| Total full-time employees | 37 |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer downloads, table 80; published agency label: Clay. Table_80_Full_time_Law_Enforcement_Employees_by_State_by_Metropolitan_and_Nonmetropolitan_Counties_2025.xlsx
Blank or unavailable values remain “Not published.” Participating agencies and reporting scope vary. Campus figures concern the reporting institution; a city name does not expand them to all local residents. Read the data definitions and limitations.
NC SBI data · 2024
The NC SBI record is published under Clay Co. Sheriff. Its 2024 reporting-status table lists: Reporting. These earlier figures are presented separately from the FBI’s 2025 tables.
| Personnel category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Sworn officers | 22 |
| Civilian employees | 12 |
| Total full-time employees | 34 |
| Offense category | Published count |
|---|---|
| Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | 1 |
| Rape | 4 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Aggravated assault | 9 |
| Burglary | 47 |
| Larceny-theft | 87 |
| Motor vehicle theft | 14 |
Published Index-crime total: 162.
Sources: SBI agency reporting status · SBI law-enforcement personnel · SBI Index offenses by agency in county.
Personnel are a dated full-time payroll snapshot. Civilian classifications can include jail employees without outside police powers. These are not authorized-position or vacancy counts. Index-crime totals cover selected categories and are not totals of all crime.
Sources and review date
Official agency, government and institutional sources are linked below. Contact details and organizational information were reviewed September 24, 2026. Published statistical years are identified separately.
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