Clallam County Booking Releases

Clallam County booking releases come from the Clallam County Correction Facility in Port Angeles. The sheriff's office runs the jail and keeps the daily jail register. The register lists each person held, the booking date, and the charges. You can ask for it through the public records office. This page walks you through how to find a Clallam County inmate, how to send a records request, and which state tools you can use as a backup. Booking releases here are public under state law and the sheriff is the keeper of the local jail log.

Clallam County Correction Facility

The Clallam County Correction Facility houses adults held for the sheriff and for the cities of Port Angeles, Sequim, and Forks. The jail offers phone, texting, email, and video visits in nearly every housing block. Outgoing calls are collect. Texting, email, and video visits need a prepaid account through InmateSales.com. Visits last thirty minutes and no more than one hour per day. Visiting rules are strict, so check the page before you go.

On site visits run by last name. A through K visit Saturday from 8 am to 11 am and 1 pm to 3 pm. L through Z visit Sunday at the same hours. Remote video visits are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1 pm and on weekends from 4 pm to 10 pm. People sentenced to ten days or less do not get visits. All visitors must show valid photo ID and be eighteen or older. Inmates booked into the jail show up in the daily jail register, which is the public source for Clallam County booking releases.

The jail facilities page has the full list of rules and visit times.

The page lays out call rules, visit times, and the dress code for anyone tied to Clallam County booking releases.

Clallam County Sheriff's Office

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Brian King. The office is at 223 E 4th Street, Suite 12, in Port Angeles. The phone is 360-417-2262. The non emergency dispatch number is 360-417-2459 and is staffed twenty four hours a day. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 am to 4:30 pm. Deputies handle patrol, civil process, and the jail. If a crime happened in city limits, the local police department is the right place to file a report. The sheriff handles the rest of the county.

The sheriff's office is the home of the records team that handles booking releases. Most simple records requests come back fast. Bigger ones take more time. The sheriff's office also takes anonymous tips through an online portal and lets people file non emergency reports online. Once a report is approved, you can print your own copy from email.

See the Clallam County Sheriff's Office homepage for full contact info.

The page lists the sheriff, the address, and the dispatch line you can call to ask about Clallam County booking releases.

Note: Clallam County deputies do most of their work in the field, so call ahead before you stop by the sheriff's office for a records visit.

Public Records and the Daily Jail Register

The Clallam County Public Records Request page is the official place to ask for booking and jail records. Many records are already online and free. The daily jail register is one of them. The jail register shows the inmate name, the booking date, the charges, and the offense info. Other records can be requested through the public records officer for the county or for the sheriff. The county follows the state Public Records Act, RCW 42.56, when it responds to requests.

To get a clean answer, write a clear request. Name the person. Give a date range. Say which kind of record you want, such as a booking log or a full arrest report. Vague requests get pushed back. The county tries to respond within the state's standard five business day window. Some larger files take longer.

The public records page also lists what is not handled by the public records office, so you can route your request to the right place from the start.

The page links to the daily jail register and to other forms used to ask for Clallam County booking releases or arrest reports.

State Inmate Tools

State tools are a strong backup. The Washington DOC Incarcerated Search covers people from Clallam County who are sent to state prison after a sentence. The free database lists name, age, DOC number, and current facility. The page also links to WA VINE for free alerts when an inmate's status changes. WA VINE is useful when you want to know about a release the moment it happens.

The Washington State Patrol WATCH is the right tool for a deeper background check. WATCH covers state wide convictions. An online name check costs eleven dollars. Mail and in person checks cost more. WATCH gives you a fuller picture than a single Clallam County booking release ever can.

Records Law Basics

The right to view the Clallam County jail register comes from RCW 70.48.100. The law says every jail must keep a public register with the basic facts of each booking. Other inmate file data is not as open. Booking photos are limited under the same statute. Routine release of every photo is not required by law.

Note: A written records request is the most reliable way to get older Clallam County booking releases that no longer show on the live jail register.

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