Moses Lake 72 Hour Booking
Moses Lake 72 Hour Booking records show who the Moses Lake Police arrested in the past three days. The city is in Grant County, central Washington, and arrests are moved to the Grant County Jail in Ephrata. The Sheriff there keeps the public booking log. You can search by name and find out when a person was booked, where they are held, and what charges they face. This page maps out the city police, the county jail, the court, and the public records you can pull for any recent Moses Lake arrest.
Moses Lake Booking Snapshot
Moses Lake Police and Booking
The Moses Lake Police Department is at 411 S. Balsam Street, Moses Lake, WA 98837. The phone is (509) 764-3886. Officers cover the city itself and parts of the surrounding area. When they make an arrest, the suspect is moved to the Grant County Jail in Ephrata, the county seat. Moses Lake does not run its own long-term jail. The county handles intake, holding, and the public roster.
The Moses Lake Municipal Court works out of the same Balsam Street location, with a court phone of (509) 764-3741. Court staff handle city ordinance cases and traffic matters. They do not run a jail roster. For booking info, you need the county side. Records requests for police reports, however, do go through the city. The two systems work in tandem but the data lives in different places.
Searching Moses Lake Booking Records
Start with the Grant County Sheriff. The Sheriff manages the jail in Ephrata and keeps the booking log for the whole county. Recent bookings, including any from Moses Lake, show up there. The roster lists names, booking dates, charges as filed at intake, and the housing site. You can usually search by last name or scan the recent arrest list for a date range. Active inmates are flagged.
The Grant County Jail intake also feeds the WASPC statewide system. The JBRS booking system gathers booking data from agencies across Washington and gives a rolling view of recent jail entries. This is helpful when a person was arrested in Moses Lake but transferred quickly to another county on a hold.
Below is the Grant County Sheriff's office page, the agency that runs the jail in Ephrata where Moses Lake arrests go. See the live page at the Grant County Sheriff site for current jail info.
That same Sheriff handles every Moses Lake booking once the city police drop off an arrestee at intake.
Note: Moses Lake bookings appear under the Grant County Sheriff's roster, not on a city site, since the jail is run at the county level.
What a Moses Lake Booking Record Shows
The booking line is short. It tells you the name, date of birth, booking date, the holding facility, and the charges as written by the arresting officer. It does not show a verdict. It does not show a plea. The roster is just an intake log. State law on jail registers, RCW 70.48.100, requires every jail in Washington to keep this kind of daily record and make most of it open to the public.
Charges shown at booking are not the final word. The Grant County Prosecutor reviews each file and decides which counts to bring in court. Some charges get dropped. Others get added based on what the report shows. The right way to read a 72 hour booking record is as a snapshot of intake, nothing more. The court file picks up the story after that.
Bail amounts on the roster are set at first appearance. They can change at later hearings. If you see no bail listed, the person may be on a hold from another agency or waiting for a judge to set the amount.
Public Records in Moses Lake
To get the full police report from a Moses Lake arrest, file a request with Moses Lake Police Records at (509) 764-3886. The city follows the rules in RCW 42.56, the Public Records Act. The agency will respond within five business days, usually with an estimate or a release. Big requests can take longer. Body cam video and audio always take more time to redact.
For the jail side of the file, including booking sheets and intake logs, file with the Grant County Sheriff. The Sheriff also handles requests for warrant info and active in-custody data. State criminal history searches go through the Washington State Patrol. The Patrol charges a small fee for a name based search and handles fingerprint based requests as well.
Some details on a booking record can be redacted. Victim contact information stays out of public copies. Juvenile records are sealed under RCW 10.97, the Criminal Records Privacy Act. The MRSC public records guide walks through which fields agencies can withhold.
Court Records and Statewide Tools
Once charges are filed, you can pull case info from the state court system. Misdemeanors go to Moses Lake Municipal Court or Grant County District Court. Felonies go to Grant County Superior Court. The Washington Courts site has a public case search for most courts. The Odyssey portal covers courts on that case management system. The Find My Court Date tool shows upcoming hearings by name.
For people sent to state prison after a conviction, the DOC inmate search is the official source. Active warrants out of state corrections show up in the DOC warrant search. Federal cases run on PACER. The umbrella group for the booking feed is WASPC.
For high level cases that trigger community notification, see RCW 4.24.550. That covers the rules on what local agencies must release about certain offenders. Most Moses Lake bookings will not fall under that section.
Grant County Booking Records
Moses Lake is the largest city in Grant County. All city arrests run through the Grant County Jail in Ephrata. For more on the county system, hit the Grant County booking page.
Nearby Cities
These cities are in or near Moses Lake. Each one books arrests through a county jail.