This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office for those services.
Official Knox County Contacts
The Knox County Sheriff routes immediate custody questions through the Jail Division and documentary requests through the Records Division. Published assignments can change, so use the linked official pages to verify a staff name or email before sending private information.
Knox County Sheriff's Office and Jail11540 Upper Gilchrist Road
Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Main: 740-397-3333
Jail Division: 740-399-3940
Jail fax: 740-392-7044
Records Division: 740-399-3904
The research did not establish fixed public counter hours for Sheriff Records. Confirm availability through the official Records Division page before visiting. The following routes match the kind of answer needed:
- For a past local release or release record, use the Knox County search and records path, then contact Jail or Records with the person's name and approximate booking date.
- For state parole, post-release control, or court probation, follow the separate parole and probation contacts.
- For a same-day custody change, see the 24-hour release procedure. Knox County does not publish an official rolling release feed.
- For a future prison date or notice, use the projected release date and VINELink check resources.
- For one custody system, choose its facility page from the footer. Each page points to the correct official locator or records custodian.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the ODRC Offender Search. ODRC and its Adult Parole Authority, not the Knox jail, control state-prison status.
- For federal prison, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For factually indicated immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.