This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve official booking records. Contact the agency or court that controls the record.
Official Whatcom Contacts
For an immediate County custody question, begin with the jail or the official roster. For Sheriff reports or a formal records request, use the records route. The following contact details come from the County’s published Sheriff and corrections information.
Public Safety Building, entered off Prospect Street
311 Grand Avenue
Bellingham, WA 98225
Reception: 360-778-6600
Jail: 360-778-6500
Sheriff records: 360-778-6670
Non-emergency dispatch or deputy contact: 360-676-6911
Administration and records: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Jail public desk listing: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Jail-record requests may be sent through the County’s online, mail, in-person, email, or fax routes. The published jail-record fax number is 360-778-6451. The County determines release of jail material under the applicable law.
- For current County custody, use the official roster or call the jail.
- For a selected booking or release date, use the County’s date-based jail data pages.
- For a Sheriff report, use the Sheriff public-record request process and provide a case number or enough detail to locate it.
- For a court outcome, contact Whatcom Superior Court or District Court rather than the jail records office.
- For a state-custody matter, use Washington DOC’s Incarcerated Search and its records process.
- For a federal or immigration custody question, use the separate official BOP or ICE locator.
The home page links each County and state route with its correct custody boundary. Questions about this private site can be sent through the contact method provided by its operator, but official record questions must go to the originating office.