Nevada inmate search

In Nevada, 17 counties and several city jails share local custody. The location of the offense decides where police take someone.

Within the southern part of Nevada, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department runs Clark County Detention Center. An arrest by its officers sends the person to the county facility or to the Las Vegas City Jail Which jail handles the booking comes down to the exact jurisdiction of the crime.

Cities nearby also operate their own detention centers Separate facilities include the North Las Vegas Detention and Corrections Facility, the Henderson Detention Center, and the North Valley Complex. When your family member doesn't show up in the county jail, the nearest city jail is the next place to check.

No single statewide jail roster exists in Nevada, so local facilities are where you search. The Clark County Detention Center roster stays online around the clock. Enter any of these 3 details to search:

• 2 or more letters of the person's last name
• Inmate ID number
• The case number from Justice Court

Use the Clark County inmate lookup to see whether the person is in custody right now. Throughout the day, it gets updated periodically. Anyone under 18 won't appear on the list. People held in protective custody are hidden as well; that's separate housing that keeps an inmate safe

During the booking process, new arrivals won't show up online right away. When the arrest took place in the last few hours, phone the jail yourself instead of waiting for the site.

Nevada's state prison system is run by the Nevada Department of Corrections, or NDOC. NDOC's online search tool covers only those serving state prison sentences

A person arrested tonight won't show up in the NDOC database. New arrestees are first taken by police to a county jail or a city jail While waiting for court or release, they stay in that local jail. Someone enters NDOC custody only after conviction and sentencing to state prison

When police have just arrested your family member, look at the local jail roster instead Only turn to the NDOC lookup for a person who has already received a state prison sentence.

Nevada VINE lets you track an inmate's custody status anywhere in the state. It costs nothing and doesn't ask who you are. It brings 17 counties together with city detention centers plus the state prison system, all in one place

If you want to speak with someone right away, call 888-268-8463. Live operators answer the line 24 hours daily, 7 days a week Notification signup is something they can help with, and they can also check an inmate's status.

It was the Nevada Attorney General's office that set up the system. State law now puts the program's subcommittee duties with the Nevada Committee on Domestic Violence.

Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 178 allows release without bail, at a pretrial release hearing held no later than 48 hours after arrest, or by posting bail Until fingerprints show who they are, unidentified arrestees cannot post bail.

You can pay the full bail directly, or go through a bail agent; Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 697 regulates those agents A bail bond means an insurance company guarantees the defendant will show up in court For posting the bond, the bail agent charges a fee, and that's the premium you pay.

According to the Nevada Division of Insurance, the premium must equal 15 percent of the bond amount, but it can never drop below $50 Agents may not charge renewal premiums, nor other fees beyond actual expenses The Clark County jail's bail window stays open 24 hours a day, and it charges a $50 filing fee