Olympia 72 Hour Booking
Olympia 72 Hour Booking records track arrests made by the Olympia Police Department in the past three days. Olympia is the state capital and the seat of Thurston County. The county runs the main jail at 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, on the west side of town. When city police make an arrest, the suspect is moved to that facility for formal booking. The Sheriff keeps the public roster online, and you can search by name to see who is in custody, the listed charges, and the booking date. This page covers the system end to end.
Olympia Booking Snapshot
Olympia Police Department
The Olympia Police Department is at 900 Plum Street SE, Olympia, WA 98501. The phone is (360) 753-8300. The department patrols the city, the downtown core, the waterfront, and the area around the state capitol campus. When officers arrest someone, the next stop is the Thurston County Jail. Olympia does not run its own long-term jail. The county handles intake for every city in the area, including Lacey and Tumwater.
The Olympia Municipal Court is at the same Plum Street address, with a court phone of (360) 753-8440. The court handles city ordinance and traffic matters. Felonies and major cases go to Thurston County Superior Court. Knowing which court has the file matters when you want to follow a case past intake. The booking record is the first step. The court file is the rest.
Below is the Olympia Police Department site that runs every Olympia arrest. Visit the live page on the City of Olympia site for current contact info.
From there, every arrest moves to the Thurston County Jail for formal intake.
Thurston County Jail and 72 Hour Booking
The Thurston County Jail is at 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502. The phone is (360) 786-5500. The jail handles intake for all of Thurston County. Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater all feed into this one facility. That makes it the central source for any 72 hour booking record in the area. The Sheriff keeps an online roster of in-custody inmates and recent bookings.
To search the roster, go to the Thurston County Sheriff site. You can enter a first or last name and pull up matches. Each entry shows the booking date, the housing unit, the charges as listed at intake, and the bail. Olympia arrests show up under the city police as the arresting agency. Use that field to filter Olympia bookings out of the wider list.
Here is the Thurston County Sheriff site that runs the jail and the public roster. Check the Thurston County Sheriff page for live roster and booking info.
That same office handles in-custody lookups for every Olympia arrest.
Note: The jail roster is updated often through the day, so most Olympia bookings show within hours of intake at Lakeridge Drive.
What Olympia Booking Records Show
The booking line is short. It shows full name, date of birth, booking date and time, the housing site, the charges as written by the arresting officer, and the bail. It is not a verdict. It is a log entry. State law on jail records, RCW 70.48.100, requires every jail in Washington to keep this kind of register and to make most of it open to the public.
Charges shown at booking can shift. The Thurston County Prosecutor reviews each file and decides which counts to file in court. Some get dropped. Others get added. The right way to read a 72 hour booking record is as a snapshot of intake, not a final result. The court docket picks up the story after that. Bail may also change at the first hearing in front of a judge.
Some fields can be redacted. Victim contact info is removed. Juvenile data is closed under RCW 10.97, the Criminal Records Privacy Act. Most adult booking lines, though, are open to anyone who asks.
Public Records in Olympia
To get the police report from an Olympia arrest, file a request with Olympia Police Records at (360) 753-8300. The city handles requests under RCW 42.56, the Public Records Act. Plan on five business days for a first response. Big requests take longer, especially anything with body camera or dash camera video.
For jail records, including booking sheets and intake logs, file with the Thurston County Sheriff. The Sheriff is the main custodian of jail data in the county. For court records, the Thurston County Superior Court Clerk handles felonies and the Olympia Municipal Court handles city cases. The MRSC public records guide walks through what stays public and what can be withheld.
Booking data also feeds the WASPC statewide pipeline. The JBRS booking system gathers daily intake numbers from agencies around the state. The umbrella group is WASPC, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs.
Court Records and Statewide Tools
Once charges are filed, the case shows up in court. Use the Washington Courts site for a free public case search. The Odyssey portal covers courts on the Odyssey case management system. The Find My Court Date tool shows upcoming hearings by name, which is the fastest way to confirm a court date.
For state criminal history, the Washington State Patrol handles name and fingerprint based searches. For people sent to state prison after a conviction, the DOC inmate search is the official source. Active state warrants show up in the DOC warrant search. Federal cases run on PACER. Community notice cases follow the rules in RCW 4.24.550.
Thurston County Booking Records
Olympia is the seat of Thurston County, and the county jail is right in town. For more on the county booking system, see the Thurston County booking page.
Nearby Cities
These cities are close to Olympia. Each one books arrests through a county jail nearby.