Skamania County Booking Reports

Skamania County booking reports cover every adult booked into the Skamania County Jail in Stevenson, right across the Columbia River from Oregon. The Skamania County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and posts daily population data on the county site. You can search Skamania County booking reports by name, find a booking number, check charges, and see release dates. This page walks you through how to pull a booking report, how to get a copy of a jail record, and how to file a public records request.

Skamania County Sheriff Booking Reports

The Skamania County Sheriff's Office sits at 200 Vancouver Ave in Stevenson. Mailing address is PO Box 790, Stevenson, WA 98648. Phone is 509-427-9490. Fax is 509-427-4369. Sheriff David S. Brown runs the office with Undersheriff Pat Bond. The office has 35 deputies, with 16 dedicated to patrol. The county covers 1,684 square miles, most of it the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The Sheriff also runs the Skamania County Jail.

Under RCW 70.48.100, the jail roster is a public record open to anyone. The state law says the name of each person in jail, the hour and date of booking, the cause, and the hour and date of release are all open. Skamania County follows those rules.

The main state jail register law page explains the full set of rules that Skamania County must follow.

The county portal has an "I Want To" section that links right to Jail Daily Population and Jail Information. That is the fastest way to check the current head count at the Skamania County Jail.

Skamania County Public Records Requests

Some Skamania County booking reports take a public records request. Full incident files, body cam video, booking photos, and dispatch logs are not on the public daily population page. File your request with the Sheriff's Office at 200 Vancouver Ave in Stevenson. Under RCW 42.56, the Washington Public Records Act, the agency has five business days to respond. You do not need to say why you want the records.

Some data gets redacted under RCW 10.97, the Washington Criminal Records Privacy Act. Juvenile booking records and sealed cases are closed. Booking photos are held back unless they help an active case or the person is a registered sex offender. The Sheriff's records staff will tell you what you can get and what must stay closed.

Note: Skamania County also has a Superior Court Clerk in Stevenson who handles court records, not the Sheriff.

How to Find a Skamania County Inmate

Start with the name. Call the Skamania County Sheriff at 509-427-9490 to confirm a booking. Staff can tell you if the person is in the jail, the booking date, and the charges. The county is small so a phone call is often the fastest way to get a current booking report. The online daily population page shows the head count but not always each name.

Here are the main steps to pull a Skamania County booking record:

• Call the Sheriff's Office during business hours
• Visit the jail in person in Stevenson
• Check the daily jail population on the county site
• File a records request for older files

For state prison data, use the Washington DOC inmate search. Skamania County booking reports only cover local jail stays. Some Skamania County arrests involving drugs or wildlife offenses on federal land may move to federal custody, which is not on the county jail roster.

Skamania County Booking Reports and Courts

Every booking that leads to charges ends up in Skamania County District Court or Skamania County Superior Court. The Superior Court Clerk is Grace D. Cross. Her office is at 240 NW Vancouver Avenue, PO Box 790, Stevenson, WA 98648. Phone is 509-427-3770. Hours are 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday. Email is cross@co.skamania.wa.us.

Cross check a booking number against the court docket on the Washington Courts public case search. That shows the case number, hearings, and judge. The District Court handles misdemeanors. Superior Court handles felonies and family law. The jail booking record and the court docket together show the full picture of a Skamania County case.

Some Skamania County cases involve federal lands inside the Gifford Pinchot National Forest or the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. Those may tie into federal court in Vancouver or Portland, Oregon. A local booking report may still exist if the person was held at the county jail first.

Skamania County Cities and Sheriff

Stevenson is the largest city and the county seat. North Bonneville is the only other incorporated town. Both are served by the Skamania County Sheriff. There is no separate city police department in Skamania County. Every arrest in Stevenson, North Bonneville, or the rural stretches of the county ends up on the same Skamania County booking reports roster. The Sheriff also patrols the Columbia River Gorge and parts of the national forest. All of those bookings run through the jail in Stevenson.

Note: Because the Sheriff is the only booking agency, Skamania County booking reports cover the whole county from a single office.

Skamania County Sheriff and Jail

The Skamania County Sheriff's Office is at 200 Vancouver Avenue in Stevenson, the county seat. The mailing address is PO Box 790, Stevenson, WA 98648. The main phone is 509-427-9490. The fax is 509-427-4369. The Sheriff is David S. Brown. The undersheriff is Pat Bond. The office runs the Skamania County Jail and patrols a wide area. The county covers 1,684 square miles, with 28 of those being water. About 90 percent of the land is forest. Most of that is the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

The Sheriff's office has 35 deputies. Sixteen of those work in the patrol division. Other teams include K9, Collision Investigation, Marine Patrol and Divers, and Search and Rescue. The county sits on the south border of Washington along the Columbia River. The 2017 estimate put the population at 11,837. Read more on the Skamania County Sheriff site.

Skamania County Public Records and Court Files

The Skamania County government portal has an "I Want To" section that links to Jail Daily Population, Jail Information, and Public Records Request. The county handles concealed pistol permits, court fee payments, and code reports through the same portal. Use the Skamania County government portal to start a request. The Superior Court Clerk is Grace D. Cross at 240 NW Vancouver Avenue, Stevenson, WA 98648. The phone is 509-427-3770. Office hours are 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday.

State law under RCW 42.56 covers public records. RCW 70.48.100 keeps the jail register open. RCW 10.97 limits some criminal history data. File a request with the Sheriff for older booking reports. Note: Booking data here is small but well kept due to the size of the county.