Search Archuleta County Booking Reports

Archuleta County booking reports come from the sheriff's office in Pagosa Springs, a small mountain town in southwestern Colorado. The county is rural and covers a lot of land, but has a relatively small population. All jail bookings go through the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office. If you need to look up who was arrested or check on an inmate, the sheriff's office is your starting point. This guide explains how to get booking records from Archuleta County, what statewide search tools are available, and what Colorado law says about your right to access these files.

Archuleta County Sheriff's Office

The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office handles all booking records for the county. They run the jail in Pagosa Springs where people are booked after an arrest. Staff process fingerprints, photographs, and enter all the arrest details into the system. Once that is done, the booking report becomes a public record.

To get booking information, call 970-264-8430. That is the main sheriff line. You can ask about current inmates or request information on past bookings. If you want to go in person, the office is located in Pagosa Springs. Bring the full name of the person you are looking for. A date of birth helps too. The staff can usually look up records while you wait, though it depends on how busy they are that day.

Archuleta County does not have a website where you can search inmates online. For a county this size, that is not unusual. Many of the smaller counties in Colorado handle records requests by phone or in person rather than through a web portal.

Search Archuleta County Records Online

While the county itself does not offer online booking searches, there are statewide tools you can use. The VINE system lets you look up inmates in jails across Colorado, including Archuleta County. VINE is free. Just go to the site, choose Colorado, and type in the person's name. If they are in custody, the system will show their status. You can also register for notifications so you get an alert when something changes, like a release or transfer.

For a broader criminal history check, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation runs an online search tool. It costs $6.00 per search. You enter a name and get results that cover arrest records from all counties in the state. This is useful if you think someone may have been arrested in Archuleta County but are not completely sure. The CBI search pulls from every law enforcement agency in Colorado.

Note: VINE shows current custody status. For historical booking records, contact the sheriff's office directly.

Your Right to Archuleta County Booking Records

Colorado law gives the public access to booking reports. The Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, C.R.S. 24-72-301, states that records of official actions must be open for inspection. An arrest is an official action. So the booking report that comes from that arrest is a public document. The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office must let you inspect it if you ask.

The law gives the sheriff 3 working days to respond to your request. If it is a big request or needs extra time, they can take up to 7 more working days. You do not need to give a reason for wanting the records. The right to inspect is open to anyone. Under C.R.S. 24-72-302, arrest records include the name and date of birth of the accused, the date and place of the arrest, the arresting agency, and what charges were filed. A booking report from Archuleta County will have all of this.

VINE Notification for Archuleta County

VINE is especially useful in a county like Archuleta where there is no online jail roster. The system lets you search by name and see if someone is currently held at the county jail. If they are, you can register to get updates whenever their status changes. Alerts come by phone, email, or text. The service runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and it does not cost anything.

You can search VINE by visiting vinelink.com or by calling the toll-free line at 1-888-263-8463.

The VINE search page shows all participating Colorado jails. Select the facility or search across all facilities to find someone booked in Archuleta County.

Fees for Archuleta County Records

There are costs tied to records requests in Colorado. The good news is that the first hour of research and retrieval time is free. If the records you need take less than an hour to find, you pay nothing for the search itself. After that first hour, the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office can charge up to $33.58 per hour for staff time. Copies of records cost $0.25 per standard page.

You must sign a statement saying you will not use the records for direct solicitation of business for monetary gain. This is a requirement under the Criminal Justice Records Act. It applies to all records requests in Colorado, whether you are asking for booking reports from Archuleta County or any other county.

If you just need to know whether someone is in jail right now, VINE is free. If you want a full criminal history from the CBI, that is $6.00. For the actual booking report document from the sheriff, expect to pay only for copies if the search takes less than an hour.

Note: The sheriff's office can give you a cost estimate before they start pulling records. Ask for one if you are worried about fees.

Sealed Records in Archuleta County

Not every booking record stays public forever. Colorado has a process for sealing arrest records. If someone was arrested but never charged, the CBI may automatically seal that record after one year. This applies to arrests that happened after January 1, 2022. People can also petition a court to seal their records in other situations. Under C.R.S. 24-72-305.5, booking photos are public, but it is a crime to post them online and charge a fee for removal.

If a record has been sealed by court order, it will not show up in any search. The sheriff's office cannot release it. The CBI check will not show it either. This is true for Archuleta County records and all other counties in the state.

Nearby Counties

Archuleta County sits in the southwest corner of Colorado. If you are not sure which county handled a booking, check with the neighboring sheriff's offices listed below.