Elbert County Booking Reports

Elbert County booking reports are handled by the sheriff's office based in Kiowa. This sprawling rural county sits east of the Denver metro area and covers more than 1,800 square miles of open prairie and rolling hills. The Elbert County Sheriff's Office manages all bookings for the county, which has a small population spread across a large area. If you need booking data from Elbert County, the sheriff is your main point of contact. There is no online inmate search tool for this county, so most requests go through a phone call or written request. Both statewide tools and direct contact with the sheriff can help you track down what you need.

Elbert County Sheriff Booking Records

The Elbert County Sheriff's Office is the sole agency that handles bookings in this county. When someone gets arrested by any law enforcement in Elbert County, the sheriff's office processes the booking. Staff take fingerprints, log charges, and create the booking report. The office sits in the town of Kiowa at 751 Ute Avenue. You can call them at 303-621-2027 for questions about any booking record. The sheriff's office has a small jail used for short-term holds. Many people who are booked in Elbert County end up getting transferred to a larger facility in a neighboring county if they need to be held for a longer period.

Since Elbert County does not have an online inmate lookup tool, you will need to reach the sheriff's office by phone or in person. The records staff can tell you if someone was booked, what the charges were, and the current status. Walk-in requests are accepted during normal business hours. For written requests, you can send a letter or email to the sheriff's office. The Elbert County Sheriff's Office website has contact details and some general info about the department. The staff is used to fielding calls about booking records and can usually give you basic information fairly fast.

Note: Elbert County has a small detention facility. Inmates held for longer stays may be transferred to another county jail.

Statewide Search Tools for Elbert County

Even though Elbert County lacks its own online booking search, Colorado has statewide databases you can use. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation runs an online criminal history check at cbirecordscheck.com. This tool costs $6.85 per search and pulls arrest and booking data from across all 64 Colorado counties, including Elbert. It shows charges, case dispositions, and other criminal justice data tied to a person's name and date of birth. This is often the fastest way to find a booking record from Elbert County without making a trip to Kiowa.

The CBI criminal history check screenshot below shows what the search portal looks like.

CBI data comes from records submitted by agencies across the state, so it may take a few days for a brand new Elbert County booking to show up in their system.

You can also use VINE to check on an inmate's custody status. VINE is free and lets you sign up for alerts. If someone booked in Elbert County gets released or moved, you get a call, text, or email. The toll-free VINE phone line is 1-888-263-8463. Select Colorado and then search by name. VINE works for most county jails across the state. The Colorado Department of Corrections offender search is another tool, though it only covers people sentenced to state prison. If an Elbert County booking leads to a state prison sentence, that person will show up in the CDOC database.

Request Elbert County Booking Records

Colorado law gives the public the right to access booking reports. The Criminal Justice Records Act, found at C.R.S. § 24-72-301 and related sections, says that records of official actions must be open for public inspection. This includes booking reports from the Elbert County Sheriff's Office. You can make a request in person, by phone, or in writing. The agency has 3 business days to respond once they get your request.

Under C.R.S. § 24-72-302, arrest records include the name of the person arrested, the charges filed, the arresting agency, and the date and location of the arrest. Elbert County booking reports contain all of this information. The first hour of staff time spent finding and pulling your records is free. After that first hour, the sheriff's office can charge up to $41.37 per hour for research time. Copies cost $0.25 per page. These fee limits are set by state law and apply to all counties in Colorado. Most simple requests for a single booking record will not go past the free hour.

You must sign a statement saying you will not use the records for direct business solicitation for money. This is a standard part of any criminal justice records request in Colorado.

Note: If the sheriff's office denies your request, you can challenge that denial in court or reach out to the Colorado Attorney General for help.

Booking Photos in Elbert County

Booking photos taken at the Elbert County jail are public records under Colorado law. However, C.R.S. § 24-72-305.5 makes it a crime to publish booking photos online and then charge a fee to take them down. Anyone who does that faces a misdemeanor charge and fines up to $1,000. This law covers all Colorado booking photos, including those from Elbert County. You can still request a copy of a booking photo through the sheriff's office as part of a records request.

Sealed records will not appear in any search. Colorado courts can seal certain arrest records under specific conditions. The CBI also seals records when no charges are filed within a set time. If an Elbert County booking record has been sealed by a court order, neither the sheriff's office nor CBI will release it. This applies to both the booking data and the booking photo.

Nearby Counties

Elbert County borders several other counties. If you are not sure which county handled a booking, check the location of the arrest. The county where the arrest took place holds the booking report.