Clark County, Indiana Inmate Search

Call the Clark County Sheriff’s Office at (812) 283-4471 to confirm whether someone is currently held at the Clark County Jail in Jeffersonville. The Sheriff’s Office runs the county jail and maintains booking records, which are public under Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act (Ind. Code § 5-14-3). If you have a booking number — typically noted on an arrest citation or release paperwork — have it ready before you call.

Looking for someone booked tonight? See Clark County section 3 — If someone was booked tonight for phone-first contact info.

How to find an inmate in Clark County

Clark County does not publish a confirmed public online jail roster at this time. The direct path is a phone call to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office at (812) 283-4471. Staff can confirm custody status, facility location, and — if a booking number is available — pull the record faster. The jail lobby at the Jeffersonville facility is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., but custody-status calls are handled around the clock.

If you have a booking number from an arrest citation or court paperwork, give it to the officer when you call. Booking numbers are assigned at intake and appear on the arrest paperwork given to the person booked or to a bondsman. Without a booking number, last name and date of birth are the standard search fields. For court case records tied to a Clark County arrest, Indiana’s statewide portal MyCase searches Circuit and Superior Court filings by name across all 92 Indiana counties, including Clark.

1. Call (812) 283-4471 and ask for jail records or custody status.
2. Provide the person’s full legal name and date of birth (or booking number if available).
3. Ask for the current housing location and whether a first appearance has been scheduled.
4. For case filings, search by name at MyCase after booking is complete.

What the roster does (and doesn’t) show

Juvenile records are excluded from public custody information in Indiana. A person under 18 booked through the juvenile system — including through the Clementine B. Barthold Juvenile Detention Center in Clark County — will not appear in any public-facing roster or phone inquiry. Sealed records and federal detainees held at the Clark County Jail under an ICE contract are similarly outside the scope of what the Sheriff’s Office will confirm to the public. Federal custody is tracked separately through federal systems, not through county records.

For adults in county custody, the Sheriff’s Office phone inquiry covers current housing status, booking date, and whether a bond has been set. It will not show charges that have been expunged under Indiana’s Second Chance Law (Ind. Code § 35-38-9), and it will not reflect a release that occurred within the last hour or two — processing takes time after physical release. If you’re reading this because someone was just booked tonight, the section below is for you.

If someone was just booked tonight

Tonight’s fastest path is a call to the (812) 283-4471 — the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. That’s a hard night, and the phone is the right first move. The line is staffed around the clock for custody questions, so the time doesn’t matter.

One thing to know right now: the person who was booked has the right to make a phone call, and they may not have made it yet. Booking processing takes time — fingerprinting, paperwork, and intake screening all happen before that call is allowed. You may not hear from them for a few hours. That’s normal, not a sign something has gone wrong.

Bond is set at first appearance in Indiana, which typically happens within 24 to 72 hours of booking. Calling the Sheriff tonight confirms custody and can tell you whether a first appearance has been scheduled — but the officer cannot tell you the bond amount before the judge sets it. That part comes later, and waiting for it is the hard part.

Visitation is not available on the night of booking. The Clark County Jail begins visitation the following day, and hours are set by the Sheriff’s Office. Call (812) 283-4471 in the morning to confirm current visitation scheduling. The jail lobby is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for in-person inquiries.

Morning actions to take: call the Clark County Clerk of Courts to ask about the case number once it’s filed; attend the first appearance if you can (it’s a public proceeding in Clark County Circuit or Superior Court); and if you need to find an attorney, the Indiana Roll of Attorneys search is at Indiana Roll of Attorneys attorney directory, and the Indiana Public Defender Council locator is at Indiana Public Defender Council. Confirm numbers and hours before visiting or calling any office.

If someone isn’t on the Clark County County roster

Why might someone not appear in a Clark County custody search right away?

A booking completed very recently — within the past several hours — may not yet be reflected in any phone or database query. Intake processing at the Clark County Jail takes time, and a person physically in custody can be invisible to records staff until paperwork clears. That’s the most common explanation when a search comes up empty.

• State prison transfer: If the person was sentenced or transferred to state custody, search the Indiana Department of Correction offender lookup at Indiana DOC Offender / Incarcerated Locator. IDOC holds people serving sentences of more than one year.
• Released before you searched: Bond may have been posted, or the person may have been released on recognizance. A release can happen quickly after booking, and the roster won’t show a current hold.
• Held in a neighboring county: Arrests near county lines sometimes result in booking in Floyd, Scott, or another adjacent Indiana county. Call the sheriff’s office in the county where the arrest occurred.
• Federal custody: Federal charges route through the U.S. Marshals Service, not the county jail. Federal detainees held at Clark County Jail under an ICE contract are tracked separately and do not appear in standard county custody inquiries.
• VINELink notification: Register for automated custody-status alerts at Vinelink. VINELink notifies you when custody status changes, so you don’t have to keep calling.

If you can’t find them in Clark County

A nationwide records search may help fill gaps that local portals often leave — including holds in another Indiana county, an out-of-state facility, or federal custody that Clark County’s records will never display. The tool below is designed to search across multiple jurisdictions and may surface records not visible through county-level inquiries alone.

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Clark County inmate search — resource guide