Search Multnomah County Inmate Records

Multnomah County Jail Roster

The official county lookup is MCSO Public Access Inmate Data, or PAID. It is the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office roster for current county jail custody, recent releases, emergency releases, and recent bookings. The portal is free to search. During research, public booking searches and public booking profile pages were accessible without a login, even though a login link appears on the portal.

PAID is a county jail tool. It covers people booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center or housed in the county jail system, including Inverness Jail. It is not the right tool for a sentenced Oregon prison adult in custody, a sentenced federal inmate, or a person held only by immigration authorities. Those searches use Oregon Offender Search, VISOR, the BOP locator, or ICE ODLS. The PAID notice also states that booking photos are no longer posted in the public jail information section because of Oregon House Bill 3273, though names and charges remain available.

The PAID search form is the first place to check a Multnomah County inmate record because it lets a user choose the custody window before opening a profile.

The form is most useful when the search type is chosen carefully, since current custody, recent release, and recent booking searches answer different questions.

Use Multnomah County Inmate Search

A Multnomah County inmate search can start with a full name, a partial name, or a broad search type. Common names should be narrowed with both first and last name when possible. A blank "Now In Custody" search returned a large result set during research, so broad searches are possible but not efficient for most users.

1. Open the MCSO PAID portal.
2. Enter the first name, last name, or both. Use both names for common surnames.
3. Choose the search type. Use "Now In Custody" for the current jail population, "Released Last 7 Days" for recent releases, or the booking filters for recent arrests.
4. Submit the search and review the result table. The visible result list shows the name and booking date.
5. Open the linked booking profile to review the SWIS ID, demographics, booking date, assigned facility, charge groups, bail fields, court case number, DA case number, and charge status.

For a person just arrested in Multnomah County, the PAID roster may be the first public record that appears. Court records can lag because the District Attorney must review the case and the court case must open. For the court side of the same event, use court records after a jail arrest once a case number or defendant name search works in OJD.

Multnomah County Roster Fields

PAID has a compact search form, but the search type menu carries much of the value. Multnomah County includes current custody, several recent booking windows, recent releases, and emergency releases. That emergency-release filter reflects the county's population-management framework, but it should not be read as proof that a specific release was forced.

Multnomah County Inmate Profile

The inspected PAID booking profile was a practical booking record, not a complete criminal-history file. It showed identifying information, arresting agency, facility assignment, charge groups, bail, and case identifiers. It did not show a mugshot, date of birth, cell or pod, court date, or warrant number in the inspected sample. The SWIS ID is especially important because Multnomah County uses it for jail mail and money deposits.

Multnomah County Access Chain

The full access path is broader than the online roster. The MCSO inmate-data FAQ says the jail information line at (503) 988-3689 is answered 24 hours a day, every day. For a new arrest that has not reached court, that line is the phone fallback. After a day or two, the same FAQ points court questions to Multnomah Court Information at (503) 988-3235. Warrant questions may also route through Multnomah County Courts at (971) 274-0545.

Older, certified, or non-online corrections records go through MCSO public records and the Multnomah County Public Records Center. MCSO lists corrections records that may be requested, including persons in custody, custody status, list of charges, booking photos subject to law, intake forms, property, classification information, jail phone calls, jail video calls, and some jail or courthouse video. Fees may be estimated before production, and Oregon public-records exemptions can apply.

No official MCSO app-only inmate roster was found in the research. Vendor systems do exist for related tasks: Securus for video and phone services, TouchPay for deposits, and VISOR for Oregon custody or supervision notifications.

The MCSO public-records page shows the GovQA route used when a booking record needs more detail than PAID displays.

That request path matters when a record is older, when a certified copy is needed, or when a booking photo request must be screened under Oregon law.

Multnomah County Custody Lookups

County jail, state prison, federal custody, and immigration custody are separate systems. A person held pretrial at MCDC or Inverness should be checked in PAID. A person sentenced to an Oregon prison may move to the Oregon Offender Search after transfer and classification. VISOR can help with custody or supervision notifications. Federal sentenced inmates are searched through the BOP inmate locator, while immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS.

Multnomah County Jail Contacts

The county jail system has two MCSO facilities. MCDC is the downtown booking and release hub inside the Justice Center. Inverness Jail is the larger Northeast Portland jail and the mail hub for all county adults in custody. Columbia River Correctional Institution is physically in Portland but is an ODOC state prison, so its records are not searched through PAID.

Multnomah County Booking Records

The booking path begins at MCDC. Law enforcement brings people there for intake, booking, holding, identification, health screening, and release review. The 2025 inspection materials describe a body scanner for contraband detection and facility clothing issue during intake. County classification staff then review risk, current charges, custody history, health and mental-health needs, protection needs, prior discipline, and PREA-related issues before housing is assigned.

Multnomah County materials state that arraignment is usually the next business day after an arrest. A felony case must be presented to a grand jury, and for an in-custody defendant that usually happens within five business days after first arraignment. Booking charges in PAID may differ from the charges filed later by the District Attorney. PAID can show the bridge fields that help match the two systems: court case number, DA case number, citation number, and charge description.

Multnomah County Visitation Rules

MCSO separates social visits from professional visits. Social visitors must be on the adult in custody visitor list, and minors must be listed too. Adults need current valid government photo ID. MCSO advises visitors to arrive 30 to 60 minutes before the session and at least 30 minutes before sign-up. Weekend social visiting can be affected by staffing, so call (503) 988-3689 before coming to MCDC or Inverness.

Multnomah County Mail and Funds

All regular adult-in-custody mail goes to Inverness Jail even when the person is housed at MCDC. The envelope should include "Inmate Mail," the booked first and last name, SWIS ID, 11540 NE Inverness Drive, Portland, OR 97220, and the sender's return address. Personal mail must use USPS and is opened and inspected. Legal mail must be marked "LEGAL MAIL" and is handled under separate rules.

Money deposits use TouchPay with MCSO Facility or pay location code 297204 and the person's SWIS ID. TouchPay kiosks are available at the Justice Center and Inverness. Online and phone deposits are also listed in MCSO materials. The public cannot call into the jail to speak with an adult in custody, but adults in custody can make calls through Securus. Personal calls are monitored and recorded, and three-way calls are not allowed.