Douglas County Booking Report Search

Douglas County booking reports are maintained by the sheriff's office at the detention center in Castle Rock, about 30 miles south of Denver. The county runs a 518-bed jail facility where all local arrests are processed. You can search for current Douglas County inmates through an online inquiry tool or contact the records division for copies of past booking reports. This page explains each method, the fees involved, and what Colorado law says about accessing these records. Statewide tools like CBI and VINE also pull in Douglas County arrest data when you need a broader search.

Douglas County Sheriff Detention Records

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office operates the detention center at 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. This facility is part of the Robert A. Christensen Justice Center. It has 518 beds. When law enforcement makes an arrest anywhere in Douglas County, the person is brought here for booking. Jail staff take fingerprints, a booking photo, and record all the arrest details. That information becomes the booking report. It is a public record from the moment it gets created.

You can reach the Douglas County detention facility at 303-660-7550. The sheriff's main non-emergency line is 303-660-7505. For records specifically, call 303-660-7524 or email records@dcsheriff.net. The Douglas County Sheriff inmates page has links to the inmate search and other detention services. Below is the inmates page on the sheriff's website.

The detention center also provides video visitation through Securus. Onsite visits are free. Remote video visits cost $0.29 per minute. Visiting hours run daily from 9:45 AM to 2:15 PM and again from 3:45 PM to 8:15 PM. Two 30-minute visits per day are allowed.

Search Douglas County Inmate Records Online

Douglas County has an online inmate inquiry tool at cad.douglas.co.us. This tool uses the Tyler Technologies platform, also known as New World Systems. You can search by name to see who is currently in custody at the Douglas County jail. Results show charges, bond amounts, and booking dates. No account is needed. The search is free and open to anyone.

The online search covers people who are in custody right now. It updates as bookings and releases happen. If you need information on someone who was already released from the Douglas County jail, the online tool will not help. You would need to contact the records division at 303-660-7524 for past booking data. Under C.R.S. 24-72-302, arrest records include the arresting agency, the date and place of arrest, and the charges filed. Douglas County booking reports include all of this information and are considered public records.

Get Douglas County Booking Report Copies

For copies of Douglas County booking reports, contact the records division. Call 303-660-7524 or send an email to records@dcsheriff.net. The Douglas County inmate records page has information about submitting a request. You can also download a records request form from that page and submit it by mail or in person at 4000 Justice Way in Castle Rock. Below is the records page on the sheriff's site.

The Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act governs how the Douglas County Sheriff's Office processes these requests. Under C.R.S. 24-72-301, records of official actions like arrests must be open for inspection. The sheriff has 3 working days to respond to your request. An extension of up to 7 more working days is possible for larger requests. The first hour of research and retrieval time is free. After that first hour, fees of up to $41.37 per hour may be charged. Paper copies cost $0.25 per page. You must sign a statement saying you will not use the records for direct business solicitation for monetary gain. These are the same fee rules that apply across all Colorado counties.

Note: Email requests to records@dcsheriff.net tend to get a faster initial response than mailed forms for Douglas County booking reports.

Track Douglas County Jail Inmates

VINE works with the Douglas County detention center. Go to vinelink.com, pick Colorado, and search by the person's name. You can register for notifications by phone, email, or text. When the inmate's custody status changes, VINE sends you an alert. That includes releases, transfers, and other changes. The toll-free VINE phone line is 1-888-263-8463. The service is free and available around the clock.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office also has a page about VINE through its victim assistance division. That page explains how to sign up and what kinds of alerts you can get. VINE is not just for victims. Anyone can register to track an inmate at the Douglas County jail. It saves you from having to call the facility to check on someone's status.

Colorado Statewide Booking Searches

If you want to search beyond Douglas County, the CBI Internet Criminal History Check covers arrest records from every county in Colorado. It costs $6 per search. Results include the arresting agency, charges, and disposition when available. CBI will show Douglas County arrests alongside any other Colorado arrests on the same person. Juvenile records and sealed records do not appear in CBI results.

The Colorado Department of Corrections runs a separate search at doc.state.co.us/oss for state prison inmates. If someone was booked in Douglas County and later sentenced to state prison, CDOC will have their prison record. But the original Douglas County booking report stays with the sheriff's office in Castle Rock. These two systems track different stages. The county handles the initial booking. CDOC handles state prison.

Note: CBI searches cost $6 and show all Colorado arrests, while the Douglas County inmate search is free but only covers current custody.

Douglas County Mugshot Access

Booking photos from the Douglas County jail are public records. You can get them by contacting the records division. But there are rules about what you can do with them once you have them. Under C.R.S. 24-72-305.5, it is against the law to post booking photos online and then charge a fee to take them down. That is called mugshot extortion. Violating this statute is an unclassified misdemeanor with fines up to $1,000. This applies to Douglas County mugshots just like it applies to booking photos from any other Colorado county.

Some Douglas County booking records may be sealed. Colorado lets individuals petition a court to seal certain arrest records. The CBI also handles automatic sealing in some situations. If no charges are filed within a year of an arrest that took place after January 1, 2022, the CBI may seal it automatically. A sealed booking record from Douglas County will not show up in the online inmate search, a CBI background check, or any other public tool. Once sealed, the record is treated as if it does not exist for public purposes.

Cities in Douglas County

Douglas County includes several growing communities south of Denver. All arrests made in these cities result in bookings at the Douglas County Detention Center in Castle Rock. The sheriff's office holds the booking report regardless of which agency made the arrest.

Other towns in Douglas County include Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, and Larkspur. Bookings from all of these areas go through the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Nearby Counties

Several counties border Douglas County. If you need a booking report but are not sure which county handled the arrest, check the location where it happened. Each county runs its own jail and keeps its own booking records.