This is a private reference site, not a San Miguel County office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain official booking records. Use the government office that holds the record or controls the custody decision.
Where to Start
San Miguel County Sheriff's Office and San Miguel County Jail
Sheriff Dan Covault
684 County Road 63L
Telluride, CO 81435
Phone and 24-hour custody line: 970-728-1911
The county jail page lists 970-728-1911 as the 24-hour, 7-day number for inmate custody questions. The research did not locate a separate jail records-unit email or a full public lobby schedule. For inmate funds, county materials state that cash or money order must be posted in the lobby between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. That money-posting window should not be treated as the hours for every jail service.
Use the channel that matches the record or custody question:
- For a person who may be in the San Miguel County Jail, start with jail inmate records and confirm urgent custody questions by calling 970-728-1911.
- For booking photographs or photo-release questions, review jail roster mugshots and use the county open-records process if no photo is posted.
- For formal charges, hearing dates, and case events after a booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search.
- For facility details, use the San Miguel County Jail page in the footer and confirm visitation or money rules before traveling.
- For a person sentenced to state prison, use the Colorado Department of Corrections inmate locator rather than the county jail list.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, the U.S. Marshals Service District of Colorado for federal pretrial routing, or ICE's Online Detainee Locator System.
For non-posted county records, San Miguel County uses its open-records page and online request form. CORA requests generally receive a response within three working days unless an allowed extension applies. The county posts one free hour of staff time, then $41.37 per hour, with payment required before records are produced. Jail, arrest, booking, and mugshot records may also be reviewed under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act.