Lookup St. Louis County Inmate Records

St. Louis County Jail Roster Overview

The official St. Louis County jail roster is a public PDF report, not a form-based search database. The sheriff's page links to a current roster and a 48-hour release roster. It says the roster is updated every hour and that people in jail intake may not appear until a booking number has been assigned. That local timing rule is one of the most important facts for a recent arrest. A missing name does not always mean the person is free.

The roster covers the county jail system, including the Duluth jail and custody handled through the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. The jail page says the county holds offenders from jurisdictions across St. Louis County, fugitives wanted in other states, fugitives wanted in other Minnesota counties, and prisoners from the U.S. Marshals office when held locally. It does not cover sentenced state prisoners after they move into Minnesota Department of Corrections custody. It also does not replace court records after prosecutors file charges.

The official current roster PDF source is shown in the manifest as the St. Louis County Jail Roster PDF.

The PDF format explains why a browser find search is more useful than looking for a county roster form with last-name and first-name boxes.

Use St. Louis County Inmate Records

Start with the official roster page instead of a third-party list. The county roster has no login and no fee. Search it the same way a public report is searched: open the PDF, use find, and verify the result against date of birth, booking number, location, and charge details. The 48-hour release roster is a separate PDF, so a person released quickly may disappear from the current roster but still appear in the release report.

1. Open the sheriff's jail roster page and select the current roster PDF for people still in custody.
2. Use Ctrl+F, Command+F, or the PDF viewer search tool to search the last name.
3. Confirm the entry with first name, middle name, suffix, date of birth, age, and booking number.
4. Read the location field before calling, because the county warns that some inmates may be housed in another jail.
5. If the person is absent, check intake timing, the 48-hour release roster, state DOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, and the records request route.

St. Louis County Roster Search Fields

Because the public roster is a PDF report, its "search fields" are really access points and visible record fields. The county does not publish a searchable jail database with separate input fields on the roster page. Use the PDF find tool as the name search, then treat the visible booking number and other values as identifiers for calls or records requests.

St. Louis County Inmate Profile Fields

A roster entry is a jail custody snapshot. It may show the charge entered during booking, but a prosecutor may later file different formal court charges. For court status, use Minnesota Court Records Online. For custody status, use the roster, the release roster, or the jail phone line. The roster is most useful when the reader treats each field as a clue, then confirms the person with the agency holding the record.

St. Louis County Inmate Access Channels

The full access chain is broader than the roster. Current county custody starts with the roster PDFs. Phone help goes through the St. Louis County Jail at 218-726-2345 or the Duluth Sheriff's Office at 218-726-2340. Public data requests for older booking records, arrest reports, booking photos if releasable, or records not shown online go through Central Records in Duluth. Minnesota VINE and Minnesota Haven are notification tools, not a replacement for the roster.

St. Louis County Jail Facilities

The main jail contact card matters because many roster questions still require a phone confirmation. The county also operates two Range 72-hour lockups that are short-term holding facilities, not separate public roster databases. NERCC and AJC are operated by Arrowhead Regional Corrections and have separate correctional roles. Do not assume every person arrested on the Range is immediately visible on the current PDF.

Booking Numbers and Intake Delay

St. Louis County does not publish a full intake manual, but the roster page gives the key timing rule: people may be in jail intake and not listed until a booking number is assigned. A practical sequence is arrest, transport to the jail system or short-term lockup, identity processing, booking number assignment, entry of charges or holds, and then public roster display. Medical and mental-health screening occur as part of custody operations.

After booking, communication and property rules matter. The jail page says property pickup requires calling 218-726-2345 first, and picture ID is required. Mail after March 1, 2025 uses TextBehind for regular unprivileged mail. Phone, texting, voicemail, and video services are tied to Reliance Telephone. The county did not locate a St. Louis County Sheriff's Office mobile custody app. Duluth Police has a tip app, but it is not a jail lookup tool.

St. Louis County Inmate Visiting Hours

Lobby kiosk visits at the St. Louis County Jail must be preregistered through Reliance 1 to 8 days in advance. The schedule below comes from the jail visitation research. Visitors should confirm current status before traveling because custody location, court movement, or facility operations can affect a visit.

Mail Phone and Funds

Regular mail for St. Louis County Jail inmates uses TextBehind. The address format requires the inmate's first and last name, LID, St. Louis County Jail, Minnesota, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. The LID is found on the roster. TextBehind copies or scans items and sends the copy to the facility. It does not accept legal mail, money orders, checks, gift cards, debit cards, credit cards, or cash.

Reliance Telephone handles calls, texting, voicemail, and video calling. The voicemail line is 218-409-8366. Stellar Services manages inmate funds, and the county links online deposits through JailATM. The county says deposited money first applies to fees owed before commissary or phone availability. For a released person or a transferred person, confirm custody status before sending funds.

The county mail and phone source is shown in the manifest as the St. Louis County jail communication page.

The communication page is a useful follow-up after a roster lookup because it explains how contact works once a booking has been found.

Request Older Inmate Records

Older or non-roster records go through the sheriff's public data request process. The Central Records Division processes and maintains crime and arrest records, traffic accident reports, citations, and related documents. All data requests are handled by the Duluth courthouse location, even though records divisions exist in three main locations. The contact is Central Records Division, Duluth Court House, 100 N 5th Ave W, Room 103, Duluth, MN 55802, phone 218-726-2340, email DSO.Records@StLouisCountyMN.gov, and fax 218-726-2171.

Use the county's data request form and be specific. Include the person's name, booking number if known, incident or case number if known, date, location, involved parties, and a plain description of the requested data. Delivery choices include email PDF copy and in-person inspection. Body-worn-camera requests require the appropriate BWC form. The Records Division classifies data under Minnesota Data Practices rules, so juvenile data, active investigative data, private data, and confidential data may be withheld or redacted.

County State Federal Inmate Records

Sentenced state custody is searched through MNDOC, not the county roster. The locator searches adults committed to the Commissioner of Corrections who are still under DOC jurisdiction, including people in prison and people released from prison but still under supervision. Search by name or six-digit MNDOC Offender ID. For federal prisoners, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. Minnesota VINELink and Minnesota Haven provide custody-status notification options.