This is a private reference site, not a jail, court, sheriff's office, or records counter. We cannot confirm custody status, approve release, post bond, retrieve official booking records, or speak for any agency. Use the official offices below for those actions.
Where to Check for Custody or Records
For Multnomah County jail questions, start with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. The jail information line at (503) 988-3689 is answered 24 hours a day. MCSO administrative and public records mail goes to 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 350, Portland, OR 97214. The main phone is (503) 988-4300, TTY is (503) 988-4500, emergency calls go to 911, and non-emergency dispatch is (503) 823-3333. Public records requests may be emailed to prr@mcso.us or mailed to MCSO Communications Unit, Attention Public Records Request, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 350, Portland, OR 97214.
Facility contacts are Multnomah County Detention Center, 1120 SW Third Avenue, Portland, OR 97204, (503) 988-3689; and Multnomah County Inverness Jail, 11540 NE Inverness Drive, Portland, OR 97220, (503) 988-5060. For court file copies, contact Multnomah County Circuit Court Records at 1200 SW 1st Ave, Room 3315, Portland, OR 97204, (971) 274-0570, or MUL.Records@ojd.state.or.us. The court records counter is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; phone hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4:00 p.m.
Use the list below to route the question to the right public source.
- For someone held in a Multnomah County jail, use jail inmate records guidance and the MCSO PAID roster.
- For booking photos and Oregon limits on public mugshot posting, review jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, case events, or court copies after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Circuit Court records office.
- For location-specific phone and address details, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Oregon state prisoner, use the Oregon Department of Corrections offender search.
- For federal custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Oregon custody notification also runs through VISOR.