Clallam County Booking Reports

Clallam County booking reports come from the Clallam County Sheriff's Office and the Clallam County Corrections Facility in Port Angeles. The corrections facility processes thousands of bookings each year. The county also runs an online jail register that lists current inmates with the booking date and the charges. For older booking records, the county uses the NextRequest portal for public records requests. The portal is open to anyone, and the staff respond on a set schedule. Both the live register and the request portal cover the same jail.

Clallam County Sheriff Booking Records

The Clallam County Sheriff's Office is the lead law enforcement agency for the county. The office runs the corrections facility and posts the daily jail register on its public site. The register is the part of the booking file that state law makes open. Per RCW 70.48.100, the public can see the inmate name, the booking date, the charge text, the offense date, the bail bond data, and the arresting agency. All other inmate file content is confidential by default.

The sheriff's main public-facing page lists the office's services and a path to the jail register. Visit the Clallam County Sheriff page for the main hub. The page links out to the corrections facility, the records request portal, and the public-facing jail data. The sheriff's office also handles civil process, court security, and patrol work in the unincorporated parts of the county.

The sheriff page is the easiest entry point. From there you can reach the corrections side or the records side in one click.

Clallam County Corrections Facility

The Clallam County Corrections Facility opened in 1980. The building was constructed in 1978 and 1979 and was originally designed for 72 inmates. The facility now operates with a bed capacity of 120. A special detention unit was remodeled to add a chain gang and inmate worker housing. In 2009 the facility processed over 3,000 bookings. The booking range covered everything from a Minor in Possession charge to Murder in the First Degree.

The jail business phone is 360-417-2458. Jail Records sit at 223 E 4th Street, Suite 12, Port Angeles, WA 98362, with a phone of 360-417-2360 and a fax of 360-417-2499. The mailing address for inmates is the inmate's name plus 223 East 4th Street, Suite 20, Port Angeles, WA 98362. The jail has strict mail rules. Mail must come from USPS only. Standard first class letters only. No certified or registered mail. Letters must be on white or yellow lined paper, with black or blue ink, no more than 10 pages and 4 photos. All mail is scanned and copied to plain paper, with the originals kept until release.

Visits at the jail are video only. You can schedule them through InmateSales.com. Visits are limited to 30 minutes at a time and no more than 60 minutes per day. Visitors must be 18 or older with a valid photo ID, or under 18 with a birth certificate and a parent or guardian present. The dress code is enforced. One free on-site visit per week is allowed for approved visitors. For more on the facility, see the Clallam County Jail Facilities page.

The jail facilities page has the full set of mail rules, visit rules, and contact lines.

Public Records Request Process

Clallam County uses a system called NextRequest to track and respond to public records requests. You can submit requests through the Public Records Center, by email, or by phone at 360-417-2423. Sheriff's Office records can also be requested through the Public Records Center, in person at the office, or by phone at 360-417-2432. The Public Records Officer is Jesse Major. The Deputy Public Records Officer is Jennifer Lindquist at 360-417-2234.

The county must respond within five business days under RCW 42.56, the Washington Public Records Act. The first response may be the records, an estimate of when they will be ready, or a clarification request. To request the kind of jail and non-medical inmate records that are not on the daily register, you complete the online form on the request portal. Birth and death certificates, autopsy reports, and court records have separate request paths.

The records request page is at clallamcountywa.gov/971. It has links into the NextRequest portal and the right contact lines for each type of record.

What Booking Reports Show

A booking report covers the basic facts of an arrest and the start of jail custody. The report lists the inmate's name, the booking date, the charge text, the bond, the next court date, and the arresting agency. Per RCW 70.48.100, those items are open to the public. The rest of the booking file is not. Medical records, mental health screens, and victim contact data fall under the privacy rules in RCW 10.97.

Confidential records may be released only to the inmate, to a person who has the inmate's written permission, or by a court order signed by a judge. That rule keeps protected health and victim data out of public view while still leaving the basic register open. The records team will redact those items before sending out a copy of any booking report.

Court and State Records Tied to Bookings

Each charge on a Clallam County booking report has a matching court file. Felony cases go to Clallam County Superior Court in Port Angeles. Misdemeanor cases go to Clallam County District Court or to a city municipal court. The Washington Courts case search at courts.wa.gov covers Superior Court files for the county. The page shows the docket, the case status, and the next hearing date.

For state-level criminal history checks, the Washington State Patrol runs the WATCH system at watch.wsp.wa.gov. WATCH is a fee-based name search of conviction data. For people in state prison, use the Washington DOC Offender Search. The DOC tool covers people held by the state Department of Corrections, not local jails.

Clallam County Jail Records Office

The Clallam County Jail Records office at 223 E 4th Street Suite 12 in Port Angeles handles most booking report requests by phone and walk-in. Call 360-417-2360 to ask about a record. The fax line is 360-417-2499. Staff can pull jail register pages from the past year. Older Clallam County booking reports may take a bit more time. The Corrections Facility was built in 1979 and now holds up to 120 inmates. In a recent year the jail processed over 3,000 bookings.

For the formal public records path, Clallam County uses the NextRequest portal. The county Public Records Officer is Jesse Major at 360-417-2423. Deputy officer Jennifer Lindquist can also be reached at 360-417-2234. Sheriff's Office records have a separate line at 360-417-2432. The county must reply within five business days under RCW 42.56. The first reply may be the records, an estimate, or a question. The full request page is at clallamcountywa.gov.

Note: The daily Clallam County jail register lists name, booking date, charges, bail bond info, and the arresting agency under RCW 70.48.100.

Mail and Visiting at the Clallam Jail

Mail to a Clallam County inmate must follow strict rules. Use USPS only. Send standard first class letters on white or yellow lined paper, written in black or blue ink. Letters can be no more than 10 pages with up to 4 photos. No certified mail. No packages, books, or magazines unless pre-approved. All mail is scanned and copied to plain paper, with the original held until release. Visits are video only through InmateSales.com. One free on-site video visit is allowed each week.

The jail business line is 360-417-2458 and the visiting line is 360-417-2438. All visitors must be 18 or older with a valid photo ID. A minor needs a birth certificate and a parent or guardian. Visits are 30 minutes at a time, up to 60 minutes a day. The dress code blocks revealing clothing. None of these rules change what shows on the public Clallam County booking reports list, but they help the family stay in touch while a case is open.