Clallam County Booking Lookup
Clallam County 72 hour booking records cover everyone held at the corrections facility in Port Angeles during the past three days. The Clallam County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and the records office. The county does not host a full live online roster, so most people call or send a written request. This page walks you through how to find Clallam County 72 hour booking records, who to contact, what state law says about jail data, and which related court tools tie a booking to a court case on the Olympic Peninsula.
Clallam County Jail Snapshot
Sheriff's Office and Jail Contacts
The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is at 223 E. 4th Street, Suite 5, in Port Angeles. The records line is (360) 417-2459. The corrections facility shares the same building. The jail phone is (360) 417-2570. The jail has roughly 120 beds and serves arrests from the Sheriff, the Port Angeles Police Department, the Sequim Police Department, the Forks Police Department, and the State Patrol. Call the corrections line for current custody info on a recent inmate.
Clallam County does not run a full live web roster. For a recent booking, the phone is the fastest path. Records staff can confirm if a person is held, share basic charge data, and tell you when the booking happened. For older records, you need to send a written public records request. Many smaller Washington counties handle booking data this way, since the cost of running a 24/7 web roster is high for a small jail.
The Olympic Peninsula has limited online sheriff tools, so the State courts and statewide systems cover a lot of the gap. The next sections walk through both routes.
The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs runs JBRS at WASPC JBRS, a statewide booking feed that pulls in data from county jails across Washington.
How to Submit a Records Request
Send a written records request to the Clallam County Sheriff's Office Records Division. Include the full name of the person, the date of birth if you know it, an approximate date of incarceration, and a clear list of records you want. The office must respond within five business days under RCW 42.56, the state Public Records Act. The first reply may be the records, a follow-up question, or a time estimate.
Booking info is open under RCW 70.48.100. That law lists the basic facts a jail must release on demand: name, charges, bond, booking time, and the holding facility. Some details are pulled from the public copy. Victim contact info is shielded by RCW 4.24.550. Nonconviction data has separate rules under RCW 10.97.
Note: Always include a phone number or email in your request so the records clerk can ask quick follow-up questions and avoid a delayed response.
Local Police That Use Clallam County Jail
Several city police agencies book arrestees into the Clallam County jail. The Port Angeles Police Department is at 215 S. Lincoln Street and can be reached at (360) 452-4545. The Sequim Police Department is at 609 W. Washington Street, with the phone number (360) 683-7227. The Forks Police Department is at 180 S. Forks Avenue and uses (360) 374-6254. Each agency keeps its own incident records, but jail booking data lives with the Sheriff.
The Clallam County District Court at 223 E. 4th Street handles misdemeanors. The Superior Court at the same address handles felonies, civil cases, family law, and juvenile matters. Both courts feed into the statewide court tools that cover Washington.
Statewide Court and Inmate Tools
For a court case tied to a booking, the Washington Courts public site lets you search by name across most counties. The Odyssey Portal hosts case files for courts on the new platform. The Find My Court Date tool shows scheduled hearings statewide. Use these alongside a Sheriff records request to get the full picture of an arrest and the charges that follow.
For a state criminal history search, the Washington State Patrol WATCH system holds the rap sheet. Prison data sits at the DOC inmate search. State warrants live at the DOC warrant search. Federal court files for the Western District of Washington that covers Clallam are on PACER. The MRSC guide at MRSC public records is a good primer on what local sheriffs can and cannot release.
Fees for Booking Record Copies
Fees follow the standard Washington schedule. Letter-size copies are about $0.15 per page. Larger pages cost more. Audio and video files are billed at the actual cost of reproduction. Certified copies carry an extra fee. Call the records line at (360) 417-2459 for the current rates. Some agencies waive small fees, so it never hurts to ask.
For broader law enforcement data on the Olympic Peninsula, the WASPC main site is the place to start. WASPC links to JBRS, sex offender registry tools, and state-level reports that fill in the gaps when a county jail does not run a public roster.
Tip: If a phone call to the jail does not turn up the inmate you expect, send a written request the same day, since names sometimes get logged with a different spelling or alias.
What Shows on a Clallam County Booking Sheet
A typical Clallam County 72 hour booking sheet has the inmate's full legal name, the date of birth, sex, race, and basic physical info. It lists the booking number, the booking date and time, the arresting agency, and each charge with the bond amount. If the person is out, the release date shows up too. Many sheets also show the assigned court and the case number, which ties the booking back to the District or Superior Court file in Port Angeles.
News outlets on the Olympic Peninsula often request the daily booking log for community reporting. Family members ask for it to track a relative through the system. Bail bond agents read it to find new clients. Lawyers use it to confirm a client's custody status. Each of those uses is allowed under the Public Records Act, since booking data is open under RCW 70.48.100.
The Sheriff also handles fingerprint and identification work under RCW 36.28A.040, which sets some of the data sharing rules for county sheriffs across Washington. Those records have their own access rules and are not part of a standard 72 hour booking sheet, but they tie into the larger criminal records picture for the county.
Note: Each booking sheet ties to a single arrest event, so a person with multiple recent arrests may have several booking entries that you need to read together.