Why This Reference Exists
Colorado makes many jail, court, and inmate records available to the public, but the records do not sit in one database. Sheriff Dan Covault's office operates the local San Miguel County Jail for pretrial custody and short local sentences. CDOC uses a separate statewide locator for sentenced state prisoners. Federal sentenced prisoners, federal pretrial detainees, and immigration detainees use still different systems. This site brings those practical lookup routes together in one San Miguel County-focused place.
What You Can Use Here
The pages focus on the records people usually need after a local arrest or custody search.
- Guidance for jail inmate records, jail roster mugshots, and court records after a jail arrest.
- A facility page for the San Miguel County Jail, including the official address at 684 County Road 63L, Telluride, CO 81435, phone 970-728-1911, and visitation context.
- Steps for working with the county's PDF-based inmate list, the jail phone line, VINELink Colorado, and the CDOC inmate locator.
- Public-records context for booking records and booking photographs under Colorado's CORA and CCJRA framework, including the county's posted $41.37 per hour fee after the first free hour where a records request requires staff time.
Limits of This Site
This is a privately run information site. It is not part of San Miguel County, the San Miguel County Sheriff's Office, the San Miguel County Jail, CDOC, any court, or any local, state, or federal government agency.
- It cannot release, hold, move, or transfer anyone in custody.
- It cannot post bond, schedule visitation, or deposit inmate funds for a visitor.
- It cannot provide legal advice or interpret a criminal case for a defendant, witness, victim, employer, landlord, or family member.
- It does not control official jail, court, corrections, federal, or immigration records.
Official custody, charge, bond, release, and records decisions belong to the government agencies that create and maintain those records. This site is only a reference point for locating those resources.
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