Butte County Jail Roster Overview
No official Butte County online inmate roster, booking report, or public jail search form was located on the county site or in the Idaho Sheriffs' Association directory of Idaho jails. The directory lists Butte County Jail with Sheriff and Jail Administrator Dave Hansen, a phone number, an email address, and an 8-bed rated capacity, but it also lists no separate jail website. That makes Butte County different from larger counties where current bookings appear on a vendor roster.
The best first step for a current Butte County inmate record is direct contact with the Butte County Sheriff's Office. Staff may be able to confirm limited custody information by phone, or they may require a written public-records request for copies. A web search that returns nothing should not be treated as proof that a person was not booked, released, or transferred. It may only reflect the county's lack of a public roster.
Use Butte County Inmate Records
The county-level workflow is a fallback chain, not a single roster form. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date or date range, arresting area, and any case number or incident number. Then move from current custody to written records to court and correction locators.
- Call the Butte County Sheriff's Office at (208) 527-8553 ext. 0 and ask whether the person is currently held, released, transferred, or in court.
- Use the physical sheriff address at 256 W. Grand Ave. in Arco only after calling first, because no detention lobby hours or visitor-entry page was published.
- Submit the county public-records form for releasable booking, intake, release, or booking-photo records if phone contact is not enough.
- Search Idaho iCourt for filed charges, hearing dates, case status, and public warrant activity after a case opens.
- Check IDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink only when state custody, federal custody, immigration detention, or release notification is the real question.
Butte County Roster Search Fields
Because no official Butte County web roster was located, there are no county roster fields to enter online. That is a source finding, not a missing step. The table below keeps the record clear and prevents the page from implying that a name box, booking number field, or facility dropdown exists for Butte County Jail.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | No official Butte County online jail roster or search form was located. |
For current custody, phone contact fills the role that a live roster would fill in another county. For copies, the county form's description field is the key search field. Use names, dates, agency, charge context, and case or incident numbers when known.
Butte County Inmate Record Fields
Idaho Jail Standards and Idaho jail law support the kinds of records created during booking, even though Butte County does not publish an online profile. A request for a full internal jail file may be narrowed or redacted, but booking, release, property, classification, and court-authority records explain what may exist behind the scenes.
| Field or Record Item | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking/intake record | Official admission record tied to the arrest and jail intake. |
| Court orders | Commitment, release, transport, or other judicial authority. |
| Photographs or digital image | Booking photo collected during jail intake under Idaho law and standards. |
| Fingerprints | Identification record collected during booking. |
| Property and money inventory | Personal items and funds received, stored, and returned. |
| Classification records | Custody, housing, separation, or program eligibility decisions. |
| Release records | Release time, authority, detainer checks, and property return documentation. |
Request Butte County Booking Records
Butte County's public-records request form is a one-page printed form directed to record custodians under Idaho Code section 74-102. It asks for the request date, the requester's first name, middle initial, last name, mailing address, phone number, and a clear description of the records sought. It also has checkboxes for records pertaining to the requester, merely examining records, and requesting copies. The signature block includes a mailing-list and telephone-list acknowledgment.
The form does not print a fee schedule, payment method, local ID rule, or local processing promise. Use Idaho Code section 74-103 for the state timing rule and ask the custodian how to submit payment if copies have a cost. Idaho Code section 74-124 may allow redaction or withholding of law-enforcement investigatory records when statutory harms apply.
| Record wanted | Suggested description | Likely office path |
|---|---|---|
| Booking record | Releasable booking or intake record for a named person booked on or about a date | Sheriff / records custodian |
| Release record | Release date, time, authority, transfer status, or bond release if available | Sheriff / records custodian |
| Booking photo | Booking photograph if releasable under Idaho public-records law | Sheriff / records custodian |
| Filed charges | Butte County case number and public hearing date | iCourt or courthouse |
Find County State Federal Inmates
Butte County inmate records can move across systems as a case moves. The county jail is for local arrest, pretrial custody, short county jail sentences, and holds. IDOC is for state prison custody, felony probation, and parole. BOP is for federal sentenced inmates. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. VINELink can provide notifications where the jail, court, or IDOC data feed supports them.
| Custody question | Where to look | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Butte County jail custody | Butte County Sheriff's Office | No official online roster was found. |
| Filed charges or hearings | Idaho iCourt | iCourt does not prove current jail custody. |
| State prison, probation, parole | IDOC Resident/Client Search | IDOC is not a county jail roster. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP does not cover every federal pretrial situation. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ODLS does not search people under 18. |
| Release notifications | Idaho VINELink | VINELink is notification, not a complete roster. |
Butte County IDOC Search Fields
The IDOC Resident/Client Search is often the next step after sentencing or felony supervision. It accepts a last name or an IDOC number. Partial last-name searches need at least the first two characters, and partial IDOC number searches need at least the first three digits. The public result list may show IDOC number, last name, first name, middle name, birth year, and status.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Yes unless IDOC number is used | Partial searches accepted with at least two characters. |
| First Name | Text | No | Useful to narrow common names. |
| IDOC Number | Text | Yes unless last name is used | Partial searches accepted with at least three digits. |
| Search | Button | Not applicable | Runs the query. |
| Reset | Button | Not applicable | Clears the form. |
The IDOC detail page inspected in the research showed status, current physical location or supervision, age, supervising district, officer, phone number, data timestamp, offense, sentencing county, case number, status, and sentence dates. It did not show a public mugshot.
Butte County Jail Facility
Butte County Jail is the only local detention facility resolved from the facility map. It is operated by the Butte County Sheriff's Office. The facility is small, so the page should not be read like a large metro jail with public modules for housing units, online deposits, video visits, and daily booking photos.
Butte County Jail
256 W. Grand Ave.
Arco, ID 83213
(208) 527-8553 ext. 0
Mail: P.O. Box 130, Arco, ID 83213
The Idaho Sheriffs' Association lists a rated capacity of 8 and no separate jail website. Average daily population is blank in the directory. For a full facility-specific summary, use the Butte County Jail inmate lookup page.
Booking Process in Butte County
Idaho Code section 20-601 requires a person arrested and taken to county jail to complete the booking process, including photograph and fingerprints. Idaho Jail Standards describe booking as the official arrest record and admission process. That includes identity and age verification, arrest or commitment authority, proper papers, search, property inventory, charge recording, identifiers, fingerprints, photograph, medical and mental-health receiving screening, classification, and housing or release action.
Idaho Criminal Rule 5 requires an arrested defendant to be taken before a magistrate without unreasonable delay and no later than 24 hours after arrest, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. A jail booking charge may differ from the charge later filed by the prosecutor. For the filed charge path, use Butte County court records after jail arrest and iCourt.
Butte County Visitation Rules
Butte County did not publish an official jail visitation schedule, video-visit system, visitor approval process, dress code, or jail-specific lobby hours in the sources reviewed. The safe and accurate instruction is to call the sheriff before traveling. Ask whether the person is still held, whether visits are allowed for that person, whether approval is required, what photo ID is needed, whether minors can visit, and what entrance or waiting rules apply.
| Topic | Published Butte County detail | Supported action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not located | Call the sheriff before travel. |
| Video visitation | Not located | Do not assume video visits exist. |
| Visitor approval | Not located | Ask whether a list or background check applies. |
| Photo ID | Not located locally | Bring government photo ID unless told otherwise. |
| Attorney visits | Not located locally | Attorneys should contact the sheriff or court directly. |
Butte County Mail and Funds
No official Butte County jail mail format, commissary vendor, online deposit vendor, kiosk rule, phone vendor, tablet system, or fee schedule was located. Do not use a commercial deposit site unless the sheriff confirms it is authorized for Butte County Jail. Ask for the exact inmate-name format, whether a booking number or date of birth belongs on mail, which property is refused, whether legal mail has a separate process, and whether money is accepted in person, by mail, through a kiosk, or online.
Note: Confirm custody and local jail rules before sending money, mail, books, photos, or property to Butte County Jail.
Butte County Sheriff App Note
The statewide Idaho Sheriff Connect app is listed in the Apple App Store and Google Play. Store text advertises sheriff-office information, news and events, jail information, crime prevention, recruitment, firearm safety, and communication features. The research did not confirm a Butte-specific app-only roster, warrant search, mugshot gallery, or records request portal, so the app should be treated as a possible sheriff-information channel rather than a verified Butte County inmate search tool.