Butte County Inmate Records
The local custody contact is the Butte County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Dave Hansen. The official Butte County contact directory lists the sheriff at 256 W. Grand Ave., Arco, Idaho 83213, P.O. Box 130, phone (208) 527-8553 ext. 0, email dhansen@buttecountyid.us. Emergency Management shares the same building address and phone extension in the county directory. The City of Arco police page routes non-emergency law-enforcement calls to the Butte County Sheriff's Department and directs emergencies to 911.
The official source gap is significant. The research did not locate a Butte County web roster, jail booking search, app-only custody lookup, video visitation vendor, commissary vendor, money deposit system, or phone-call pricing page. That means a current Butte County inmate record should be verified by phone or in person before anyone travels, sends mail, places funds, or assumes a person is still held locally. Court charges and hearings are separate from custody status and should be checked in iCourt or with the courthouse.
Butte County Sheriff's Office / Jail Contact
256 W. Grand Ave.
Arco, ID 83213
P.O. Box 130, Arco, ID 83213
(208) 527-8553 ext. 0
Sheriff Dave Hansen, dhansen@buttecountyid.us
How to Search Butte County Inmates
There is no official Butte County jail roster portal to open. Use a custody workflow instead. First, call the sheriff to ask whether the person is currently held in Butte County and whether the information is releasable. Second, check whether the person has moved into state custody, probation, or parole under the Idaho Department of Correction. Third, search iCourt for the related criminal case, charges, hearings, and court status. These are different records and can update at different times.
- Call the Butte County Sheriff's Office at (208) 527-8553 ext. 0 and ask for current custody or booking information that may be released.
- Ask whether the person is still held locally, was released, was transferred, or is under another agency's authority.
- Use the IDOC Resident/Client Search for state custody, probation, parole, or some discharged records.
- Use the Idaho iCourt Portal to check public criminal case status, charges, hearings, and eligible payment data.
- For arrest-to-charge context, compare custody information with Butte County arrest records and court charges.
The Idaho Department of Correction resident/client search is the main statewide custody source assigned in the image manifest.
IDOC results are not a Butte County jail roster, but they can explain why a person no longer appears in local custody or is under state supervision.
Butte County Inmate Search Fields
The only documented inmate-search field table in the research comes from IDOC because no official county roster fields were found. The IDOC search covers individuals on court probation or currently under IDOC jurisdiction, including incarceration, probation, and parole. It is useful when a Butte County defendant has been sentenced, transferred, placed on supervision, or discharged from IDOC jurisdiction. It does not confirm a current Butte County jail booking.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resident/Client Search | Database search | Unspecified | IDOC says the database covers individuals on court probation or currently under IDOC jurisdiction. |
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Search by individual name; exact first and last field labels were not captured in the accessible source. |
| IDOC number | Text | Optional or unspecified | Use if known; exact field label was not captured. |
| Search button | Button | Yes to submit | Returns IDOC information, not county jail bookings. |
The Idaho State Police Sex Offender Registry is another public-safety source, but it is not an inmate roster. The research captured registry searches by name, city, county, zip, and map, with adult and juvenile databases searched separately. Registry status, custody status, and court charge status are separate categories.
Butte County Custody Record Fields
No official Butte County sample inmate profile was available from a county jail roster. If the sheriff can release custody information by phone, in person, or through a public-record request, the likely useful fields are the ones a family member, attorney, or records requester needs to identify the person and next step. The research identifies these as fields likely obtainable if releasable, not as fields visible on a public county page.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Full name | Identity of the person held or booked, if releasable. |
| Booking date or time | When the person was booked into local custody, if available for release. |
| Custody status | Whether the person is held, released, transferred, or not in Butte County custody. |
| Charge description | The arrest or booking charge description, which may differ from formal court charges. |
| Bond | Any releasable bond amount, no-bond hold, or court appearance requirement. |
| Court date | Known court date if connected to a Butte County criminal case. |
| Arresting agency | The agency connected to the arrest or booking record. |
| Release status | Whether the person has been released, posted bond, transferred, or remains held. |
Medical or mental-health status, protective custody details, juvenile data, active investigation material, victim information, and security classifications may be restricted. If the case includes an outstanding warrant, use official warrant verification rather than treating a custody call as a full Butte County warrant search.
Butte County Jail Contact
The research did not locate a separate official jail facility page, jail capacity statement, or visitor-services page. The confirmed local detention contact is the sheriff's office and jail contact at the same West Grand Avenue address. A caller should ask whether the person is physically held in Butte County, housed elsewhere, under IDOC jurisdiction, or held by a federal agency. Butte County's small local record-access area also places the sheriff near the courthouse and prosecutor, which can matter when a custody question also needs a court date or charge status.
Butte County Sheriff's Office / Jail
256 W. Grand Ave.
Arco, ID 83213
P.O. Box 130, Arco, ID 83213
(208) 527-8553 ext. 0
Published official notes: Sheriff Dave Hansen; official county contact directory.
The U.S. Marshals District of Idaho courthouse locations source was assigned in the manifest, but the capture failed and did not provide a usable image filename. Use that federal source only when custody may involve a federal hold or federal courthouse, not as a Butte County jail roster.
Booking and Court Status
Booking and court status answer different questions. Booking asks whether the person was processed or is still in custody. Court status asks what charges were filed, when hearings occur, whether a plea or judgment exists, and what conditions the court imposed. The official research says criminal case files may include the charging instrument, probable-cause documents when public, arraignment entries, pleas, motions, hearing entries, disposition, judgment, sentence, probation terms, fines, and payment status.
If a recent arrest has not yet appeared in a public court search, the sheriff may still be the first source for custody facts. If iCourt shows a case, the courthouse clerk can explain how to request documents that are not available online. For people sentenced into state custody or supervision, IDOC may become the better lookup path. These records can overlap, but none of them alone is a complete Butte County criminal history.
Note: Court charges can change after booking, so verify the filed charge record before relying on a custody description.
Butte County Visitation and Mail
Official Butte County sources did not publish a jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, inmate mail rules, commissary vendor, money deposit service, tablet program, or phone-call pricing. The safe path is to call the sheriff before visiting, mailing anything, or sending funds. Do not import rules from Butte County, California, Butte-Silver Bow, Montana, or unofficial Idaho jail pages, because those sources were excluded by the project instructions and do not establish Butte County, Idaho policy.
| Category | Schedule / Rule | Source Status |
|---|---|---|
| Public visitation | Not located in official sources. | Call sheriff or jail contact. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in official sources. | Call sheriff or jail contact; attorney visits may follow separate rules. |
| Video visitation | No official vendor located. | Verify by phone before relying on any vendor. |
| Visitor ID | Not located in official sources. | Ask what government ID is required. |
| Minor visitors | Not located in official sources. | Ask about parent, guardian, and age rules. |
| Not located in official sources. | Verify mail format, inmate name needs, and banned items. | |
| Money deposits | No official deposit service located. | Ask whether cash, money order, vendor deposit, or other form is accepted. |
| Commissary | No official vendor located. | Verify the current process with the sheriff. |
Before mailing anything, ask whether the jail requires a full name, booking number, facility label, return address, or special envelope format. Also ask whether books, magazines, photos, greeting cards, money orders, cashier checks, cash, and outside packages are accepted. A missing official schedule does not mean no visits exist; it means the rules were not published in the captured official source set.
State and Federal Custody Context
Some Butte County cases leave the local jail path. A person may be on court probation, in IDOC custody, on parole, discharged from IDOC jurisdiction, or held on a federal matter. IDOC is the official state search source documented for resident and client records. Federal cases are separate from Idaho iCourt and may involve the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, federal probation, the U.S. Marshals Service, or federal detention arrangements.
Local geography can also affect custody questions. Butte County is rural, with the courthouse, sheriff, prosecutor, clerk, and business center clustered in Arco. The Bureau of Land Management Craters of the Moon page is assigned in the image manifest as local context, not as a custody database.
The local setting helps explain why phone confirmation is important before a family member drives to Arco for a visit or custody question.
Butte County Jail Records Requests
Booking reports, incident reports, jail records, and other sheriff records not posted online should be requested from the sheriff under public-record procedures, subject to exemptions. Idaho public-record law gives a general right to inspect and copy public records unless a statute provides otherwise, while agency response duties are controlled by Idaho Code section 74-103. Law-enforcement records can still be withheld or redacted for investigations, juveniles, victims, medical data, safety, security, and protected personal information.
For court documents tied to the arrest, use the court system instead of the sheriff. Search iCourt for public case status, then use a courthouse kiosk or request records from the Butte County court clerk. For state criminal-history background records, use Idaho State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification. Each office holds a different record, and asking the right office first saves time.