Moffat County Jail Records Overview
The Moffat County Sheriff's Office operates the Moffat County Detention Facility at the Public Safety Center in Craig. The detention page says the facility is responsible for sentenced prisoners and people awaiting trial, and it lists the jail phone as (970) 824-4498. That direct jail line is the primary public path for live Moffat County custody questions because no official current-inmate roster, booking report, or searchable custody portal was found on the sheriff CRIMEWATCH pages, county pages, or inmate-services page.
That gap matters. A public arrest post is not the same as a Moffat County jail roster. The CRIMEWATCH Moffat County arrest feed may show Craig Police Department or sheriff arrest posts, charge summaries, dates, agencies, and short incident notes. It does not prove that a person is still housed in the detention facility, released on bond, transferred, or held for another agency. A custody search should use the jail first, then records, court, and locator tools based on the type of custody.
The sheriff's inmate services page is still useful. It explains video visitation through HomeWAV, commissary deposits through JailATM and Summit Food Services, and Colorado bond-rights language. It does not give a name-search form. Readers who land there looking for inmate records should treat it as an operations page and use the jail phone or records unit for the actual lookup.
Use Moffat County Custody Channels
Because Moffat County does not post a public current roster, the search order should be practical and narrow. Start with the channel that can answer the exact question. Use the jail for live housing and bond basics, the sheriff records unit for copies or booking media, CRIMEWATCH for public arrest posts, and separate state or federal locators when the person is not in local county jail custody.
- Call the Moffat County jail at (970) 824-4498. Give the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, and arrest date if known. Ask whether the person is in custody, whether bond has been set, and whether a court date or booking number can be released by phone.
- Use the sheriff main line at (970) 824-4495 for bond payment inquiries when the question is specifically about bond. The remote bond payment page says this number is available for bond inquiries and that a deputy verifies the bond amount before online payment directions are given.
- File the sheriff Records Release Form for booking records, reports, media, or law-enforcement records that are not online. Completed forms may be emailed to records@sheriff.moffat.co.us, delivered in person, or mailed to the sheriff records unit.
- Check CRIMEWATCH for public arrest or incident posts. Use it only as a public feed, not as proof of current custody.
- Search VINELink Colorado for custody status and notification options where Colorado custody data is available.
- Use CDOC Offender Search, BOP Inmate Locator, or ICE ODLS when the person may be in state prison, federal custody, or immigration custody.
Search terms should be specific. A request for "all records" may slow review, while a request for a booking record for a named person, with arrest date and case number if known, matches the Moffat form much better. If the only known detail is a court date, use the Colorado Judicial Branch or Moffat Combined Court rather than treating the jail as the court file source.
Moffat County Roster Search Fields
Moffat County's official public sources do not expose a roster form with last-name, booking-number, housing-unit, or release-status fields. The useful search fields are therefore the details a caller or requester can provide. The same details also help separate a local jail record from a court case, a state DOC file, or a federal locator result.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Moffat County jail roster fields | N/A | N/A | No official public current-inmate roster or search form was located. |
| Jail phone lookup | Phone or in person | N/A | Call (970) 824-4498 with name, DOB or age, and arrest date if known. |
| Bond inquiry | Phone | As needed | Call (970) 824-4495 for bond payment inquiries only. |
| Records request lookup | PDF, email, mail, or in person | Varies | Use the Records Release Form; case number and precise request wording help. |
| CRIMEWATCH feed search | Site search and feed tabs | Optional | Can show public arrest posts but not present custody. |
The Records and Civil Service page states that records hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed weekends and holidays. Requests are processed in the order received and may not be filled at the counter when submitted.
The official Records Release Form page shows the public request route for Moffat County inmate records that are not posted online.
The form route is the right path for booking records, booking media, and releasable law-enforcement reports when a live custody phone call is not enough.
Moffat County Inmate Record Fields
A live public Moffat County inmate profile could not be inspected because no official roster was found. That does not mean the jail lacks records. Detention deputies create records during intake, and the sheriff records unit can review requests for releasable material. The public-facing limitation is that fields often found on other county rosters are not visible in a Moffat public database.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | May appear in CRIMEWATCH posts or records responses, but not in a located current jail roster. |
| Booking number | No public format located. Ask jail or records, and include a case number if known. |
| Booking date | Not exposed in a public roster. Arrest posts may show an incident or arrest date. |
| Charges | CRIMEWATCH can list accusations; jail charges and court charges should be verified with the jail or court. |
| Bond | No public roster bond field found. Call the jail or bond inquiry line. |
| Housing location | Not published in a located public roster. |
| Status or release | Use jail phone, VINELink, and court bond records; no public release-status roster was found. |
| Redactions | The records custodian may deny or limit inspection where law, court order, or public interest requires it. |
Useful request wording is plain and tight: "Booking record for the named person, date of birth if known, arrest date, Moffat County Detention Facility." For media, ask for "booking photograph or booking media associated with the known case number, if releasable under CJRA." Vague wording can make it harder for staff to identify the record.
Moffat County Jail vs Locators
Moffat County inmate records split by custody system. The county jail handles local pretrial custody, local sentenced jail time, booking, bond paperwork, and jail operations. CDOC handles sentenced Colorado state prisoners after transfer. BOP covers federal sentenced custody from 1982 to the present. ICE ODLS covers civil immigration detention. None of those tools replaces a Moffat jail phone call for someone arrested locally and booked recently.
| Custody type | Where to look | Use it when |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or short sentence | Moffat County jail, (970) 824-4498 | The arrest is recent or the person may still be housed in Craig. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search | The person was sentenced to prison or transferred out of county jail. |
| Federal prisoner | Federal BOP Inmate Locator | The case or sentence is federal, or a federal register number is known. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS or ICE Contact Center | The person may be held under civil immigration authority. |
| Custody notifications | VINELink Colorado | Notification or custody-status tracking is the main need. |
Custody distinction: CDOC, BOP, and ICE searches do not confirm current Moffat County jail custody. They answer different custody questions.
Moffat County Jail Facility
The facility map for Moffat County has one local detention facility. Official sheriff material identifies it as the county facility for sentenced prisoners and people awaiting trial. Craig Police Department arrest posts do not create a separate city jail; when detention is required, the county detention facility is the local jail identified in the official sources.
Moffat County Detention Facility
800 W. 1st Street, Suite 100
Craig, CO 81625
(970) 824-4498
Operated by the Moffat County Sheriff's Office; records/civil counter hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
The sheriff detention page lists 93 adult beds and 8 juvenile beds. Juvenile booking and custody information has stronger limits, so do not assume juvenile names, photos, or custody records are public because the facility has juvenile beds.
Moffat County Booking Records
Moffat County's detention-deputy job description gives local detail on the booking and intake process. Deputies take custody of inmates, conduct visual, pat, or strip searches as allowed by policy and law, prepare reports, enter information into the computer system, obtain criminal-history information, fingerprint and photograph inmates, assess people before incarceration, issue clothing and supplies, process mail, fill commissary orders, escort or transport inmates, and process releases.
Those steps create booking records even when a public roster does not exist. A booking record can reflect the arresting agency's information at intake. Court charges can later change after the 14th Judicial District Attorney reviews reports and files formal charges. For that reason, Moffat County jail records are useful for custody and booking facts, while Moffat Combined Court records control filed charges and case events after an arrest.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity entry, property handling, fingerprints, photo, and initial records.
- Classification
- Assessment used by jail staff to decide housing, supervision, and safety needs.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release based on a promise to appear and court conditions instead of cash payment.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another court, county, federal agency, or immigration authority.
Moffat County Visitation Records
The sheriff's detention and inmate-services pages state that all inmate visitation is conducted by video. HomeWAV is the named provider, and each housing area has terminals where one inmate at a time may visit with a friend or family member. The official pages reviewed did not publish a public in-person social visitation schedule, dress code, video visit length, remote fee table, or child-visitor rule.
| Visit type | Schedule | Provider or location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Not published in sheriff text | HomeWAV and housing-area terminals | Create a HomeWAV account and schedule a visit. |
| In-person social visitation | Not available per official page | N/A | The sheriff page says all inmate visitation is by video. |
| Attorney or professional visits | Not located | Call the jail | No separate public attorney-visit rule was located. |
The official Moffat County inmate-services page shows the video visitation and commissary instructions from the sheriff source.
Before scheduling, confirm custody status with the jail. A person who has bonded out, transferred, or moved to CDOC will not be available for county jail video visits.
Moffat County Inmate Funds
Commissary is provided through Summit Food Services, and the sheriff inmate-services page links JailATM for deposits. The source says account creation requires an email address, name, date of birth, address, and driver's license information. It does not publish deposit limits, minimums, kiosk options, phone-payment rules, or JailATM service fees in the sheriff text reviewed.
| Service | Provider | How to use | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissary deposits | JailATM / Summit Food Services | Use the sheriff's JailATM deposit link and create an account. | Not published in sheriff text. |
| Bond payment | Moffat remote bond process | Call (970) 824-4495 for bond inquiries and deputy verification. | Bond amount is required for release; the posted notice describes bond-fee limits. |
| Paper copies | Sheriff records unit | Use the Records Release Form when copies are needed. | The form lists $0.25 per page. |
| Electronic records or media | Sheriff records unit | Request audio, video, or media through records review. | The form lists a $20.00 electronic records/audio video line. |
Note: Confirm custody before sending funds, scheduling visits, or requesting bond payment directions, especially after sentencing or transfer.