Local resources: courthouse, magistrates, detention, and NCDMV
The offices a DWI case in Buncombe or Henderson County passes through, with the address and number from each office's own website or an official state page. Confirm hours by phone before you go.
How a Buncombe County DWI case moves
- Arrest and testing. Officers take a breath test (or seek a blood test) and bring the person before a magistrate.
- Magistrate. The magistrate sets release conditions, may hold an impaired person until sober or released to a responsible adult (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-534.2), and orders the immediate 30-day civil revocation if the result was 0.08 or more or the test was refused.
- The 10-day window. You can contest the civil revocation in writing at your initial appearance or within 10 days of its effective date, to the clerk or a designated magistrate (§ 20-16.5(g)).
- District court. The DWI charge is heard by a district court judge at the Buncombe County Courthouse. Court dates can be searched on the court calendar.
- Sentencing and the license. A conviction leads to a sentencing hearing (Levels Five through Aggravated Level One) and an NCDMV revocation. The Buncombe County DWI guide has each step.
Courthouse and magistrates
Which courtroom hears your case is printed on your paperwork. When in doubt, call the clerk of court.
Buncombe County Courthouse (district and superior court)
60 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801
Clerk of superior court, district and superior court. Listed hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Ask the clerk where to file a written request to contest the 30-day civil revocation.
Buncombe County magistrate's office
20 Davidson Drive, Asheville, NC 28801
Criminal magistrate, located with the detention center. Magistrates set release conditions and order the 30-day civil revocation.
Buncombe County District Attorney (District 40)
60 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801
The prosecutor's office for Buncombe County.
Law enforcement and detention
Buncombe County Detention Center
20 Davidson Drive, Asheville, NC 28801
Front desk. Call to ask whether someone is in custody and how release conditions can be met.
Buncombe County Sheriff's Office
60 Court Plaza, 4th Floor, Asheville, NC 28801
Sheriff's headquarters.
Asheville Police Department
100 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801
Non-emergency line, answered around the clock; front desk in the Municipal Building. Call to find out where a towed car was taken.
Henderson County: courthouse, magistrates, detention, and NCDMV
Hendersonville, Fletcher, Mills River, and the Asheville airport area south of the Buncombe line are in Henderson County. DWI arrests there are heard at the Henderson County Courthouse in Hendersonville. Numbers are from the N.C. Judicial Branch, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, and NCDMV, checked October 28, 2026.
Henderson County Courthouse (district and superior court)
200 N Grove St, Suite 163, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Clerk of superior court, district and superior court. Listed hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Ask the clerk where to file a written request to contest the 30-day civil revocation.
Henderson County magistrates
Magistrates set release conditions and order the 30-day civil revocation. Call for the office location.
Henderson County District Attorney
The prosecutor's office for Henderson County.
Henderson County Detention Center
375 First Avenue East, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Behind the Sheriff's Office. Holds arrests by the Sheriff, Hendersonville, Laurel Park, and Fletcher police, and the Highway Patrol.
NCDMV Hendersonville Driver License Office
125 Baystone Dr., Hendersonville, NC 28791
Phone is NCDMV customer service; NCDMV does not publish a direct local number on its office pages.
NCDMV and state offices
Addresses are from NCDMV pages, checked October 28, 2026. NCDMV does not publish direct phone numbers for local offices on those pages; use the statewide customer service line.
NCDMV Asheville Driver License Office (West Asheville)
1624 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28806
Open Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. per NCDMV. Phone is NCDMV customer service. Road and motorcycle testing are here; a second office opened at 600 Tunnel Rd. in East Asheville in May 2026.
NCDMV customer service
Raleigh, NC
License revocations, refusal hearings, restoration, and interlock questions.
Your license, the assessment, and the interlock
A North Carolina DWI arrest with a result of 0.08 or more, or a refusal, brings an immediate 30-day civil revocation (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-16.5). After at least 10 days, a judge can grant a limited driving privilege to an eligible driver who has a substance abuse assessment. A refusal adds a separate 12-month NCDMV revocation (§ 20-16.2). A conviction revokes the license for one year on a first offense, and restoration requires a DWI assessment and completion of the recommended program (§ 20-17.6), and in some cases an ignition interlock (§ 20-17.8).
Authorized assessment and ADETS providers can be found on the NCDHHS provider list. The limited driving privilege guide walks through it.