Access Gunnison County Booking Reports

Gunnison County booking reports are held by the sheriff's office in the city of Gunnison. Located in the heart of the Western Slope, this county takes in a massive stretch of high mountain terrain including Crested Butte and the surrounding wilderness areas. The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office handles all bookings at the county detention facility. Booking records from Gunnison County are public under Colorado law, and you can request them from the sheriff. The county does not offer an online inmate lookup, so you will need to reach out by phone or in writing, or use one of Colorado's statewide search tools.

Gunnison County Sheriff Booking Records

The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office runs the detention facility and processes all local bookings. The office is at 200 East Virginia Avenue in Gunnison. Call 970-641-1113 for questions about booking records. When someone gets arrested in Gunnison County, they are brought to the county jail for booking. Staff take fingerprints, a booking photo, and record the charges and arrest details. The booking report is then filed and becomes a public record.

Gunnison County is large, stretching over 3,200 square miles. The town of Gunnison and Crested Butte are the main population centers. Western State Colorado University in Gunnison also adds to the local population during the school year. Arrests happen across the county, from the ski areas around Crested Butte to the ranching areas farther south. All of them get processed through the same sheriff's office in Gunnison. The Gunnison County Sheriff's Office website lists contact information and basic details about the department's operations.

Note: Crested Butte has its own marshal's office, but people arrested by Crested Butte marshals are still booked through the county jail.

Request Booking Records from Gunnison County

Phone is the fastest way. Call 970-641-1113 and ask for booking information. Provide the name and approximate arrest date. Staff can look it up in the system and tell you the basics. For a printed copy of the booking report, you will need to make a formal request. Colorado's Criminal Justice Records Act, starting at C.R.S. § 24-72-301, gives anyone the right to inspect official records of arrest. The sheriff has 3 business days to respond once the request is received.

You can also visit the office at 200 East Virginia Avenue during business hours. Under C.R.S. § 24-72-302, arrest records include the person's name, charges, arresting agency, and the time and place of arrest. The first hour of staff research time is free. After that, fees can go up to $41.37 per hour. Copies cost $0.25 per page. You must also sign a form saying you will not use the records for business solicitation for money.

Statewide Search for Gunnison County

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation offers an online criminal history check that covers all counties. Visit cbirecordscheck.com and pay $6.85 to search by name. The results show arrest records, charges, and dispositions from across Colorado, including Gunnison County. It takes a few days for new bookings to show up in the CBI system, but records from past months and years should already be there. This is one of the best ways to find a Gunnison County booking record without calling the sheriff's office.

The VINE system at vinelink.com is free and lets you track an inmate's custody status. Choose Colorado, search by name, and register for alerts. VINE covers most county jails in Colorado. You will get notified by phone, email, or text when the person's custody status changes. The toll-free VINE line is 1-888-263-8463.

The VINE search portal shown below lets you look up inmates across Colorado jails, including Gunnison County.

VINE is especially helpful when you just need to know if someone is still in custody at the Gunnison County jail or has been released.

Gunnison County Booking Photo Laws

Booking photos taken at the Gunnison County jail are public records. However, C.R.S. § 24-72-305.5 makes it a crime to post booking photos online and demand payment for their removal. Anyone who does this faces a misdemeanor charge and up to $1,000 in fines. You can still request a booking photo from the sheriff's office as part of a standard records request. The law is aimed at mugshot extortion, not at people who want a copy for legitimate purposes.

Records that have been sealed by a court will not come up in any search. Colorado allows record sealing in cases where charges were dropped, the person was acquitted, or the case meets other legal criteria. The CBI also seals records automatically when charges are not filed within a certain time frame. A sealed Gunnison County booking report cannot be released by the sheriff's office or found through a CBI search. If you think a record should be available but you cannot find it, sealing may be the reason.

Note: If the sheriff denies your records request, you can appeal through the courts or contact the Colorado Attorney General.

Nearby Counties

Gunnison County borders several other Western Slope and mountain counties. The county where the arrest took place keeps the booking report. Verify the arrest location if you are unsure which county to contact.