Trace Lemhi County Jail Transfers

Lemhi County Transfer Destinations

Research identifies Idaho county jails as a possible temporary or contract placement category, not one named destination. Lemhi may move a person because of transport arrangements, a court appearance, available capacity, another county’s warrant, or an agency agreement. Guessing the receiving jail from distance can send a search to the wrong county.

The Lemhi release entry should name the disposition and destination when that information is releasable. Ask whether the person went to another Idaho county, IDOC, a juvenile authority, or a federal custodian. Once an agency is named, use its official current-custody system. A person who disappeared from any Lemhi view may still be confined throughout the move.

Confirm a Lemhi Jail Transfer

Call Lemhi County Jail at the non-emergency number and use direct wording: “Was this person released to the community or transferred, and which agency received custody?” Give a full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking dates, and case number. Staff may limit telephone disclosure, but the question avoids the common mistake of treating absence as release.

1. Confirm identity and approximate Lemhi custody dates.
2. Ask the sending jail for the recorded type, date, time, and receiving agency.
3. Contact the named receiving jail or use its official current-custody tool.
4. Search Idaho iCourt for the warrant, transport, commitment, or other order tied to the move.
5. Request written records from both agencies if the transfer chain or dates remain unclear.

Lemhi Transfer Records Contact

The sending record is held by the Lemhi County Sheriff/Jail. It can establish the person’s departure date, time, disposition, and destination or receiving agency when releasable. Submit the county public-records form when a phone answer is too limited. Identify the Sheriff/Jail as the department and request the booking and transfer entry.

The receiving record belongs to the destination jail. Ask that custodian for admission, booking, current status, and any later release or transfer. The two records should form a chain. Published Lemhi office hours are not transport or release hours.

Receiving Jail Lookup Limits

Idaho county jails do not all publish the same fields, schedules, or archive periods. One may have a current roster while another relies on phone or written requests. Use only the official receiving county source. A commercial county-themed page cannot establish the custody chain.

Current-custody tools show a snapshot. During transport, the sending record may close before the receiving system opens. Spelling, booking work, and data feeds can create a short gap. Preserve the time checked and call both custodians instead of concluding that the gap proves community release.

VINE can help when both agencies report to Idaho’s notification service. A transfer alert records an event supplied by a participant. It is not the legal transfer form, and its timing depends on jail-management data. Confirm the event with the sender and receiver.

Sending agency

The custodian that gave up physical control.

Receiving agency

The custodian that accepted the person.

Hold

A basis for keeping or transferring someone despite another release authority.

Remand

A court direction placing a person in custody.

Court Proof of Lemhi Transfer

The iCourt docket may explain a move through a warrant, commitment, remand, court date, probation matter, or later order. It does not always state the precise moment transport occurred. Pair it with the jail records. If a document is not available online, request it from the Lemhi County District Court Clerk at 206 Courthouse Drive, Salmon, 208-742-1673.

A “no results” response does not end the inquiry. The record may be sealed, confidential, excluded from remote access, misspelled, or not yet indexed. Idaho Court Administrative Rule 32 governs court access. Jail custody records and court documents have different custodians and exemptions.

For state commitment, switch to IDOC after the transfer. IDOC search can show status and location, but its daily data may lag. For federal pretrial custody, the U.S. Marshals Service may use a local or contract jail and has no BOP-style historic locator. The federal court docket and actual holding jail are then more useful.

After the Receiving Jail

The final step depends on what happens next. A receiving jail may later release the person to the community, move the person again, or deliver the person to IDOC or federal custody. Obtain that jail’s later disposition rather than asking Lemhi County to certify an event it did not process.

If the person later returns to Lemhi, a new Lemhi booking entry may begin. Do not splice separate stays into one continuous record without matching dates and case identifiers. Full name plus date of birth, booking dates, case number, and agency identifiers help keep records distinct.

The Lemhi County release search provides the jurisdiction switch for IDOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, and court sources. The core rule remains simple: each custodian proves its own part of the chain.

Written requests should follow that chain. Ask Lemhi County Jail for its departure entry and the receiving agency, then ask the destination jail for its admission entry and later disposition. Narrow terms reduce search work and mistaken identity. Include the full name, date of birth if known, approximate custody dates, booking date, and case number. Ask for electronic delivery, an advance cost estimate, and the legal basis for any redaction or withheld field.

Idaho public-record rules allow custodians to apply exemptions and certain actual labor or copying charges. The Lemhi County schedule and Idaho Code § 74-102 govern the county side, while the receiving county applies its own lawful process. A transfer request is not instant verification. For a recent move, use the phone and current-custody route first, then obtain the written entries for a durable record.

Transport can also create an apparent date gap. A Lemhi departure late one day and a destination booking on the next day does not by itself show a break in custody. Movement, booking intake, and website updates occur on different schedules. Keep both timestamps, identify the transport authority when available, and use a court or agency movement record to explain the interval rather than guessing.

Note: Record the exact agency wording because “released,” “transported,” “transferred,” and “discharged” describe different legal and physical events.