Find 24 Hour Booking in Lee County

Lee County 24 hour booking records track people booked into the county jail over the last day. The Lee County Sheriff in Marianna runs the jail and keeps the roster for the whole county. The county sits in the Delta and is one of the smaller counties by population. Most arrests come from the Marianna Police Department or the sheriff's own deputies. This page lays out how to find Lee County 24 hour booking records, who to call, and what a booking sheet holds.

Lee County Sheriff and Booking Records

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is at 15 E Chestnut Street in Marianna, AR 72360. The phone is (870) 295-4500. The fax is (870) 295-7711. The front office runs Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The jail runs 24/7. Booking never closes.

The sheriff is the main source for 24 hour booking records in Lee County. The booking log holds the name of each person taken in, the charge, the bond, and the date. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-103, those are public records. You can see them. You can get a copy for 25 cents a page under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105(d). The jail will not give you a copy over the phone but staff can read the list to you.

Lee County is a small agency. Calls are answered by the dispatcher or the duty clerk. Be ready to give the full name of the person. If you do not have the name, ask for the booking list for a date range. Most clerks will read the day's bookings on the spot. If not, file a short written request with the FOIA rule in mind.

Lee County Jail Information

The Lee County jail is small and holds people for a short time. Many inmates are moved to nearby counties with more beds. If the booking was done in Lee County but the person is now elsewhere, the sheriff will still have the original booking sheet. Ask for the record at the point of the original booking.

The jail has a standard in-take process. An officer brings the person in. The booking clerk types in the basic facts. A photo is taken. A fingerprint scan is run. The person is held until bond is posted or until a court date. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 16-85-502, a first appearance is held within 72 hours of the booking in most cases. The charges and bond are public from the moment the booking is logged.

Visits, calls, and mail are handled by the jail staff. A family member should call the jail first to set up a visit. Rules change with court orders and with staffing. Bond info for the person can be given by phone. A bond can be posted in cash, by a surety company, or on property.

Here is the Arkansas Counties Association directory. Use it to find contact info for any sheriff in the state, not just Lee County.

From the Arkansas Counties Association site you can link to the Lee County page for the latest contact info.

Marianna Police Department

The Marianna Police Department covers the city of Marianna, which is the county seat. The main phone is (870) 295-2925. Marianna PD handles city calls and makes a large share of the arrests in the county. When an officer books a person, the jail at the sheriff's office in Marianna is where they go.

The city agency keeps its own arrest report. It is the report written by the officer at the scene. That report is often closed while the case is open under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105(b)(6). But the 24 hour booking record held by the sheriff stays public. So you can ask the sheriff even when the city report is closed.

Some arrests are made by the Arkansas State Police or by federal agents. Those bookings may still end up at the Lee County jail. The booking log is the same. Call the sheriff for the record.

Search Lee County 24 Hour Booking Online

Lee County does not run a live online roster at this time. The fastest online tool is the state court system. Cases that flow out of a booking show up on the state court site once filed.

Here is the Arkansas CourtConnect search page. Use it to pull a case by name for any county in the network.

The Arkansas CourtConnect tool shows the case style and charge code. It does not show the booking sheet or mugshot. For those, call the sheriff.

Another online tool is VINELink. It sends free alerts on custody status. Sign up with a name and a phone or email. VINELink also lets you see the current location of the person if the jail feeds data to it.

How to Request 24 Hour Booking Records

A FOIA request in Lee County follows the same rules as the rest of Arkansas. You can call, email, or stop in. No form is needed. The Arkansas FOIA Handbook says a citizen needs only make a verbal or written request.

Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105 gives the custodian three business days to reply. Fees are 25 cents per page for paper copies. Mail in requests may add postage. A certified copy may run a few dollars. Staff time cannot be charged.

If the sheriff denies the request, you have options. Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-107 lets you sue in circuit court. The judge can rule in days. The Attorney General's FOIA page runs a hotline at (501) 682-2007 for quick help.

Statewide Tools for Booking Info

A few state tools back up the local search. The Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search is for state prison only. It does not list county jail bookings.

The Arkansas Crime Information Center holds the central criminal history for the state. Its online name check runs $22 per search. ACIC is run by the Department of Public Safety and feeds court and law enforcement systems across Arkansas.

The Arkansas Division of Community Correction tracks probation and parole. Lee County cases that end with probation or parole flow into this system. The search is free and works by name.

The Arkansas Sex Offender Registry is a public list of people who must register. It does not show daily booking info but it is one of the most used public search tools in the state.

What a Lee County Booking Sheet Holds

A 24 hour booking sheet from the Lee County jail holds the core facts of the arrest and the in-take. The fields are close to standard across Arkansas. Most sheets list the same data.

The sheet lists the full name, date of birth, sex, race, height, and weight. It also lists the booking number, the date and time, the arresting agency, and the address of record. Charges are listed with Arkansas Code cites. Bond type and amount are on the sheet. A mugshot is kept with the file in most cases. Under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105(b), these basic facts stay public even while the case is open.

Some fields are closed. Juvenile booking sheets are closed under Ark. Code Ann. § 9-27-309. Medical notes and social security numbers are redacted. The FOIA Handbook tells custodians how to handle those rules. A clean copy with those fields blanked out can still be released without a problem.