This is a private reference website, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a jail visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official Columbia County, Oregon and state or federal contacts below for those tasks.
Official Jail and Records Contacts
For current Columbia County Jail custody questions, start with the Sheriff's Office and jail contacts. For county records outside the jail roster, use the county custodian route.
Columbia County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Columbia County Sheriff's Office / Columbia County Jail
901 Port Avenue
St. Helens, OR 97051
- Jail general information: 503-366-4630.
- Sheriff reception, records, and civil: 503-366-4611.
- Fax: 503-366-4644.
- Non-emergency dispatch: 503-397-1521 or 800-696-7795.
- Records and civil hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed Sundays 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.; closed major holidays.
County Records Request Route
For county records not handled through a specific online portal, complete the Columbia County Records Request Form and send it through the custodian process.
- Email: jacyn.normine@columbiacountyor.gov.
- Fax: 503-397-7243.
- Mail: Custodian of the Records, 230 Strand, Room 331, St. Helens, OR 97051.
- Phone: 503-397-4322.
Use the resource that matches the kind of record you need:
- For a person currently in the county jail, use the jail inmate records guide and the Columbia County Jail roster.
- For booking photos that may appear on an inmate profile, review jail roster mugshots and Oregon's ORS 133.870 limits.
- For charges filed in court after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and Oregon Judicial Department resources.
- For facility details, use the Columbia County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Oregon state prisoner or ODOC hold, search ODOC Oregon Offender Search or VISOR.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP for federal prison records and ICE for current immigration detention lookup.