This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record.
Official Records Contacts
A San Juan County arrest can produce records in more than one office. Use the Sheriff for the local incident or arrest report, La Plata County for a detention booking sheet and mugshot, and San Juan Combined Court for the filed case and disposition.
San Juan County Sheriff's Office
1557 Greene Street
PO Box 178
Silverton, CO 81433
Non-emergency dispatch: 970-387-5531
Records email: sheriffconrad@sanjuancolorado.us
Fax: 970-387-0251
Put “Records Request” in the subject line. The research-specific records page lists this address; verify it when submitting.
La Plata County Sheriff's Records
La Plata County Detention Center
742 Turner Drive
Durango, CO 81303
Records phone: 970-382-7017
Fax: 970-259-4595
Use the current criminal-justice records form and select “Booking Sheet/Mugshot.” Confirm current delivery instructions and fees first.
San Juan Combined Court
1557 Greene Street
PO Box 900
Silverton, CO 81433
Phone: 970-387-5790
Email: SanJuanClerk@judicial.state.co.us
Fax: 970-387-0295
Public hours: Monday noon to 4 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed noon to 1 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday closed. The court page routes urgent help to the La Plata clerk at 970-247-2304.
The correct route depends on the question:
- For a mugshot, booking record, current custody check, or recent arrest, start with the San Juan County records hub.
- For a possible local warrant, follow the court and counsel route on the Wanted Fugitives page.
- For a narrative account of local police activity, use the Sheriff blotter referral to The Silverton Standard & the Miner.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Colorado Department of Corrections inmate locator.
- For federal or qualifying immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator named on the county records hub.