Search Boulder County Booking Reports

Boulder County booking reports are compiled by the sheriff's office into a Daily Listing Report that anyone can view online. The county sits along the front range of the Rocky Mountains and has a population of roughly 330,000 people. All arrests made within Boulder County end up at the county jail, where staff process bookings and log the details into the system. This page covers every method you can use to find booking reports in Boulder County, from the sheriff's website to statewide search tools. The Records Division handles questions about older bookings and other requests for arrest data.

Boulder County Sheriff Booking Records

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office manages all jail bookings and keeps the records that come out of them. When a police officer or deputy makes an arrest anywhere in Boulder County, the person is taken to the county jail for processing. Jail staff take fingerprints, snap a booking photo, and enter all the details of the arrest into the records system. That data becomes part of the booking report. The sheriff's office then compiles a Daily Listing Report from this information and posts it on the county website for public access.

You can reach the Boulder County Sheriff's Records Division at 303-441-3600 for questions about booking reports or to ask for records that are not on the website. The Boulder County Sheriff's website has links to the jail page, booking reports, and other services. The jail itself is run by the sheriff's office and serves all cities and towns in Boulder County. If a local police department like Boulder PD or Longmont PD makes an arrest, that person still goes through the county jail booking process. The booking report is held by the sheriff, not by the city police.

The sheriff's office is the single place to go for all booking data in Boulder County. City police can share arrest reports, but the actual booking record lives at the county level.

Boulder County Daily Listing Report

Boulder County posts a Daily Listing Report on its website that shows recent bookings at the county jail. You can find it at bouldercounty.gov/safety/jail/listing-and-booking-reports/. The report is free to view. No login is needed. It pulls data straight from the sheriff's booking system and shows who was booked, the charges, and other basic details. This is the fastest way to check recent arrests in Boulder County without making a phone call or visiting an office.

The Boulder County booking reports page on the county website shows the Daily Listing Report compiled from data maintained by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.

The listing updates as new bookings come in. It covers people who were recently processed at the jail. For older booking data or records that have dropped off the daily report, you need to contact the Records Division at 303-441-3600. Staff can look up past bookings and provide copies. Under C.R.S. 24-72-302, arrest records include the name of the person, date of birth, the arresting agency, the charges, and the date and place of the arrest. Boulder County booking reports contain all of this.

Note: The daily listing only covers recent bookings. For records from weeks or months ago, call the Records Division directly.

Mugshots and Body Cam Footage in Boulder County

Booking photos and body worn camera footage are not part of the Daily Listing Report. If you want a mugshot or body cam video from a Boulder County arrest, you have to submit a records request to the sheriff's office. The county website notes that requests for case reports, mugshots, or body worn camera footage should go through the formal records request process. Call 303-441-3600 or check the sheriff's website for the request form.

The Boulder County jail page has details on how to submit these requests and what to expect in terms of timing. Under C.R.S. 24-72-305.5, booking photos in Colorado are public records. But the law also makes it illegal to post mugshots on a website and charge people a fee to take them down. Anyone caught doing that faces a misdemeanor charge and fines up to $1,000. This applies to Boulder County mugshots just like any other county in the state. The law was put in place to stop so-called mugshot extortion websites from profiting off public records.

Response times for records requests vary. The sheriff's office will let you know if there are any fees tied to your request.

Track Inmates in Boulder County

VINE is a free tool you can use to track the status of someone held at the Boulder County jail. It stands for Victim Information and Notification Everyday. Register at vinelink.com, pick Colorado, and search by name. Once you register, VINE sends you alerts by phone, email, or text when the person's custody status changes. This could be a release, a transfer, or any other status update. The toll-free number is 1-888-263-8463. Anyone can use VINE. It is not limited to crime victims despite the name.

For a broader search beyond Boulder County, the CBI Internet Criminal History Check pulls arrest data from across all of Colorado. It costs $6.00 per search. Results show arrests statewide, not just from one county. The Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search covers state prison inmates but not county jail bookings. Use CBI for arrest history and VINE for current jail status in Boulder County.

Request Boulder County Booking Records

If the Daily Listing Report does not have what you need, make a formal records request to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. Colorado's Criminal Justice Records Act gives you the right to inspect booking reports and arrest records. Under C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq., records of official actions like arrests must be open for inspection. The sheriff's office has 3 working days to respond to your request. They can take up to 7 more days for large or complex requests.

The first hour of research and retrieval time is free under Colorado law. After that, the agency can charge up to $41.37 per hour for staff time. Paper copies run $0.25 per page. You must sign a form that says you will not use the records for direct business solicitation for monetary gain. Call the Records Division at 303-441-3600 to start a request. You can also visit the sheriff's website to find the request form and submission instructions.

Sealed records will not show up in any search or request. Colorado allows people to petition a court to seal certain arrest records. The CBI also seals some records on its own when no charges are filed within a year after the arrest. If a Boulder County booking record has been sealed, it will not appear in the daily listing, a CBI check, or a records request response.

Note: Sign the non-solicitation statement before submitting your request, or the sheriff's office may not process it.

Cities in Boulder County

Boulder County covers several cities along the northern front range. All arrests in these cities are booked through the Boulder County jail. The booking report stays with the sheriff's office no matter which city police department made the arrest.

Other towns in Boulder County include Louisville, Superior, Nederland, Lyons, and Ward. Arrests in those areas also go through the Boulder County Sheriff's Office booking process.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Boulder County. If you are not sure which county holds a booking report, check where the arrest took place. The county of arrest keeps the record.