Owyhee County Jail Roster
The official online starting point is the Owyhee County Sheriff's Office jail page, which links to "View the Jail Roster." The inspected roster was a PDF titled "Owyhee County Sheriff's Office Current Inmate Booking & Rel. List, by Name," with a report line dated 09/29/25. It is not a form-based database. It is a static PDF list, sorted by inmate name, and it does not require a login, fee, CAPTCHA, or account.
That matters for search behavior. A person looking for Owyhee County inmate records will not type a name into a county search box on the roster page. The practical search method is to open the PDF, then use the browser or PDF viewer find command to search by last name. The roster can confirm that a name appears in current county jail custody and can provide a booking number, but it does not publish a full profile for each person.
The successful manifest capture for the official Owyhee County Jail page shows the local roster, warrant, visitation, mail, and jail-history source used for this roster page.
The screenshot is useful because Owyhee County places roster lookup, warrant information, and jail service rules on the same sheriff jail page rather than in separate public databases.
Use Owyhee County Inmate Records
The Owyhee County roster PDF is best used as a current-custody check. If a name is present, copy the booking number before calling the jail, checking court records, or sending a written request. The booking number format observed in the PDF is a two-digit year followed by "BK" and three digits, such as 25BK294. Names appear in a last-name-first style, so spelling, aliases, middle names, and initials can affect what the find command catches.
- Open the Owyhee County Sheriff's Office jail page and use the roster link published there.
- Open the linked PDF list. The county may update the roster by uploading a new PDF rather than by changing a live search result.
- Use the browser or PDF viewer find command and search the last name first. Try alternate spellings if the person is not found.
- Read the line carefully. The visible public fields are name, booking number, next release, and final release.
- Write down the booking number before contacting the jail, court, or records office because it is the most specific public roster identifier.
- If the person is not listed, use the phone, in-person, records-request, IDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, and app fallback channels described below.
Note: A missing name on the PDF does not prove that no Owyhee County custody event exists.
Owyhee County Roster Fields
The roster has output columns, not user-input fields. It lists the report scope and current public booking fields, but it does not provide name boxes, filters, sort controls, profile links, or export buttons. Release values may be masked in the PDF. One inspected entry showed a real time and date in the release columns, which means those columns can display specific values when the jail publishes them.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate Name | PDF list column | n/a | Last, First Middle or initial format, sorted by name. |
| Booking# | PDF list column | n/a | Observed format is YYBK###, such as 25BK294. |
| Next Release | PDF list column | n/a | Time format can appear as HH:MM:SS or masked as **:**:**. |
| Final Release | PDF list column | n/a | Date format can appear as MM/DD/YY or masked as **/**/**. |
| Report scope | PDF criteria | n/a | All location levels, judicial statuses, institutional classes, security classes, and billing agencies. |
Owyhee County Inmate Record Fields
The public Owyhee County jail roster does not act like a full inmate profile. It does not show mugshots, charges, bond, housing, booking date, arresting agency, date of birth, physical descriptors, court date, warrant number, or case number in the inspected PDF. Those details must be confirmed through court records, the sheriff/jail line, an in-person inquiry, or a written records request when the record is public and not exempt.
| Field | What It Shows | Owyhee County Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate Name | Current listed inmate name | Alphabetized by last name in the PDF. |
| Booking Number | Jail booking identifier | Use this when calling or making a request. |
| Next Release | Next scheduled release time if shown | Often masked in the inspected roster. |
| Final Release | Final release date if shown | Often masked in the inspected roster. |
| Charges | Not shown | Check iCourt or contact the jail/court after filing. |
| Mugshot | Not shown | Booking photos are handled through records-request channels, not the roster PDF. |
| Bond | Not shown | Confirm release eligibility with the jail or court before paying anything. |
Owyhee County Jail Contact
When the PDF does not answer a custody question, the Owyhee County Jail and Sheriff's Office are the local confirmation point. The facility is the only detention facility found in official sources inside Owyhee County. It holds pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, court commits, and rented beds for other counties or the State of Idaho when space is available.
Owyhee County Jail
20381 State Highway 78
Murphy, ID 83650
208-495-1154
Operator: Owyhee County Sheriff's Office
Jail Administrator: Sgt. James Vincent
Call before relying on the PDF for release timing, bond eligibility, a hold from another agency, or a person who may have just been booked. For an in-person inquiry, use the sheriff/jail address in Murphy. For warrant confirmation, the county's warrant notice specifically says to call dispatch at 208-495-1154, option 2.
Request Owyhee County Booking Records
The sheriff's public records request form is the fallback for booking records, reports, photographs, dispatch records, and other sheriff records that do not appear on the roster. The form says requests to examine or copy public records must be in writing. It asks for the requester name, mailing address, phone number, record type, and details such as date, time, location, names, date of birth, Social Security number if known, and incident specifics.
Submission options listed in the research are email to twbailey@co.owyhee.id.us, fax to 208-495-1259, mail to Owyhee County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Tabetha Bailey, P.O. Box 128, Murphy, Idaho 83650, or phone contact at 208-495-1154 ext. 1104. The form says to allow at least five business days. Idaho Code 74-103 sets the state public-record response framework, including three working days or notice and production within ten working days for Idaho residents when more time is needed.
Owyhee County Jail vs IDOC
Owyhee County inmate records cover local jail custody. They do not replace the Idaho Department of Correction Resident/Client Search, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or VINELink. These systems answer different custody questions. A person arrested in Owyhee County may start at the jail, then later move to state prison, federal custody, immigration custody, probation, parole, or release.
| Custody Question | Where to Look | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Current local jail custody | Owyhee County jail roster PDF | Best source for names and booking numbers in the county jail. |
| Immediate confirmation | Call 208-495-1154 or contact the jail in person | Use when the roster may lag or release timing is unclear. |
| Filed criminal case | Idaho iCourt Portal | Shows court records after filing, not all booking details. |
| State prison, probation, parole | IDOC Resident/Client Search | Covers people under Idaho Department of Correction jurisdiction. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | Used for ICE detainees or immigration transfer questions. |
| Custody notification | VINELink | Notification fallback, not a substitute for the county roster. |
Owyhee County State Custody
Once a person is sentenced to state prison or placed under IDOC jurisdiction, the county jail roster is no longer the main search path. IDOC says its Resident/Client Search covers people on court probation or currently under IDOC jurisdiction, including incarcerated residents, probation, and parole. The system is updated daily, but IDOC warns that location, status, scheduled termination date, and other details can change quickly.
The IDOC Resident/Client Search is a successful manifest source for statewide custody searches connected to Owyhee County inmate records.
Use IDOC when the person is no longer a county-jail detainee, when probation or parole status matters, or when a state prison mailing address has replaced the Owyhee County Jail mail path.
Owyhee County Jail Visitation
Owyhee County Jail visits are video visits through CTEL/InmateSales. The jail page says visitors must create an account before visiting, schedule at least 24 hours in advance, and cannot schedule more than one week in advance. Visits can be done from lobby kiosks at the Sheriff's Office or remotely from a computer or smartphone. People in Disciplinary Segregation are not permitted visits except attorney and clergy visits.
| Visit Type | Vendor / Channel | Schedule Rule | Location / Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video visit | CTEL / InmateSales, 877-998-5678 or inmatesales.com | Account required, 24 hours ahead, no more than one week ahead | Sheriff's Office lobby kiosk or remote computer/smartphone |
| Attorney or clergy visit | Jail exception category | Not published in the researched source | Exception for Disciplinary Segregation restriction |
Note: The county did not publish visit length, video-visit fees, lobby kiosk hours, child-visitor rules, or attorney scheduling details in the reviewed jail page.
Owyhee County Inmate Mail
Owyhee County Jail allows written letters and standard photographs, but the jail scans mail to a video kiosk for inmate viewing and places the physical mail in the inmate's property. Address inmate mail to the inmate name, PO Box 128, Murphy, ID 83650. Polaroids, stamps, envelopes, forwarded items, sexual or nude content, intimidation or harassment, gang material, plans that violate law or jail rules, and letters from other incarcerated inmates are barred unless jail administration approves inmate-to-inmate mail in advance.
Money deposits can be made through the kiosk at the Owyhee County Sheriff's Office, which accepts cash and Visa or debit cards. Money orders may be brought or mailed. Checks are not accepted, and cash by mail is not recommended. Commissary payments use JAILATM. Phone and communication-device accounts use CTEL/InmateSales at 877-998-5678 or inmatesales.com. Confirm custody before sending funds because the roster does not show release changes in real time.
Booking in Owyhee County
Booking is the intake process that creates a jail custody record. Idaho Code 20-601 says a person arrested and taken to a county jail must submit to the booking process, including a photograph and fingerprints. Idaho Code 20-602 requires county jails to use objective inmate classification and to separate male and female prisoners, with separate handling for juveniles processed as adults. Owyhee County does not publish housing unit names or a public classification chart on the roster.
- Booking number
- The identifier assigned to a custody event. Owyhee's public PDF showed the YYBK### format.
- Classification
- The jail safety process used to assign custody level and housing based on risk and facility security.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another county, state, federal, parole, probation, or immigration authority.
- PR release
- Personal recognizance release, which means release by court order based on a promise to appear, often with conditions.
Court commits have local rules. The jail page says they must bring valid picture ID and court-commit paperwork. For Owyhee County charges for Owyhee County residents, the jail charges a daily court-commit fee with a published limit. Out-of-county court commits are at the jail commander's discretion and should call ahead to schedule.
Owyhee County Sheriff App Option
The research found no dedicated Owyhee County Sheriff app. It did find the Idaho Sheriff Connect app on the Apple App Store. The listing advertises statewide sheriff news, events, jail information, crime prevention, and agency contacts. The App Store listing did not confirm an Owyhee-specific app-only roster or warrant search, so the official Owyhee roster source remains the sheriff's jail page and PDF.
The app listing is a successful manifest source and can help identify statewide sheriff communication features, but it should not be treated as the primary Owyhee County inmate records database.
The app is best read as an optional communication channel unless Owyhee County confirms a specific roster feature inside the app.