This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, approve a release, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official offices and lookup systems below for those requests.
Where to Check or Request Records
Owyhee County Sheriff's Office and Owyhee County Jail
20381 State Highway 78, Murphy, ID 83650
Mailing: P.O. Box 128, Murphy, ID 83650
Phone: 208-495-1154
County main phone: 208-495-2421
Fax: 208-495-1173
Dispatch: staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
Sheriff: Larry Kendrick
Jail Administrator: Sgt. James Vincent
Sheriff public records requests
Written request form required by the local process
Email: twbailey@co.owyhee.id.us
Mail: Owyhee County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Tabetha Bailey, P.O. Box 128, Murphy, Idaho 83650
Fax: 208-495-1259
Phone: 208-495-1154 ext. 1104
Local form instruction: allow a minimum of five business days. Idaho public-records law uses a 3 to 10 working-day response framework depending on availability.
Owyhee County Prosecutor
Christopher Topmiller, Prosecuting Attorney
17082 Basey St., Murphy, ID 83650
Phone: 208-495-1153
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; closed noon-1:00 p.m.
Use the following paths based on the type of custody or record you are trying to confirm.
- For a person in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the sheriff's roster or phone line.
- For booking photographs or mugshot availability, review jail roster mugshots and use the sheriff records request process when needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Idaho iCourt, and the Owyhee court offices in Murphy or Homedale.
- For local facility details, use the Owyhee County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Idaho prisoner, probationer, or parolee, search the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINELink is available as a notification resource.