This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that keeps the record.
Official Butte County Contacts
For a current Butte County jail question, start with the Butte County Sheriff's Office because it operates the local jail. For court filings after an arrest, use Idaho iCourt or the Butte County courthouse contact. Public-records requests should be clear and specific because the Butte County form asks the requester to describe the record sought and select whether they want to examine records or receive copies.
Butte County Sheriff and Jail
Dave Hansen, Sheriff/Jail Administrator
256 W. Grand Ave.
Arco, ID 83213
Mailing: P.O. Box 130, Arco, ID 83213
Phone: (208) 527-8553 ext. 0
Email: dhansen@buttecountyid.us
County Administration
205 W. Grand Ave.
P.O. Box 737
Arco, ID 83213
Phone: (208) 527-3021 ext. 1
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Those administration hours are county-office hours from the official county information, not confirmed jail lobby hours. Call the sheriff's office before visiting for jail business, visitation, property, bond, or record pickup.
The Butte County public-records request form cites Idaho Code section 74-102 and asks for the requester's name, address, phone number, a clear description of the record, request type checkboxes for examining records or receiving copies, signature, date, and a mailing-list or telephone-list acknowledgment. The form reviewed did not list fees, payment methods, ID requirements, or a processing timeline.
Butte County Courthouse
326 W. Grand Avenue
P.O. Box 171
Arco, ID 83213
Phone: (208) 527-8259
Local court contact: Shelbi Carey, scarey@butte.idcourts.gov
Butte County Prosecuting Attorney
Steve Stephens
221 W. Grand Ave.
P.O. Box 736
Arco, ID 83213
Phone: (208) 527-3458
Email: prosecutor@buttecountyid.us
Legal assistant: Candy Bragg, legalassistant@buttecountyid.us
- For a person in the county jail, use the sheriff contact or review jail inmate records options.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and ask the records office what can be released.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Idaho iCourt.
- For facility details, use the Butte County Jail page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced Idaho custody, search the IDOC Resident/Client Search rather than a county roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE ODLS.