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Lewis County Jail Records Online

The official Lewis County inmate records starting point is the Lewis County Jail roster application. It serves as the public front door for the current roster, recent bookings, completed releases, and a release calendar. The landing page gives important limits before a search begins. Scheduled release dates may change, the jail tries to provide the most accurate information available but does not guarantee full accuracy, and staff will not answer questions about exact release times or more release-date details. For a person who may have left custody, the completed-release tab is the official place to check whether a release occurred within the last 24 hours.

The roster is for the adult Lewis County Jail in Chehalis. It is operated by the Lewis County Sheriff's Office Corrections Bureau under Sheriff Robert R. Snaza. It is not a state prison search, a federal inmate locator, an immigration detainee locator, or a public juvenile file. Adult arrests, court remands, short local sentences, warrants, municipal cases, and other-agency holds may appear while the person is in Lewis County Jail. Once a person transfers to the Washington State Department of Corrections, a federal custodian, or another agency, the county roster may stop being the right source.

The official roster screen was captured in the image below from the current Lewis County Jail roster.

The roster view matters because the Lewis County record is built from expandable rows, not a broad search form with many filters.

Use Lewis County Jail Roster

The Lewis County jail roster answers the practical question, how do I find someone in the Lewis County jail, with a table-driven workflow. The current roster and bookings pages both use a filter line under the table headers. The filter label is "Filter List by Last Name." Start with the last name only, because the researched interface did not show a separate first-name box, date-of-birth field, wildcard rule, or search button. If a surname is common, compare the jail number, booked-at time, and charge rows before treating the match as the right person.

1. Open the roster landing page and read the release-date disclaimer before relying on custody or release information.
2. Select Jail Roster for people now in custody, Bookings for newly booked people, or Completed Releases for releases from the last 24 hours.
3. Use "Filter List by Last Name." Type the surname first, then compare the jail number and booked-at time if more than one person appears.
4. Open or expand the row. Charge rows may list separate courts, arresting agencies, bond types, bond amounts, warrant or citation numbers, and descriptions.
5. Use the Register link when a custody-status alert is needed. Lewis County routes each listed person to VINELink through the offender ID.
6. If the person is missing, check completed releases, call the jail, search WA DOC, then use BOP, ICE, VINELink, or a Sheriff's public-record request as the facts require.

The Lewis County bookings list is useful when a person was recently arrested but the family has not yet confirmed whether the booking has moved into current custody. It uses the same last-name filter style and exposes similar charge and bond rows. The completed releases page is narrower. It shows names, release times, and released-to destinations, but it does not show charges, bond data, mugshots, or a date of birth.

Lewis County Roster Fields

The Lewis County inmate records search fields are simple, which is why the row details matter. The roster page does not ask for a date of birth, race, sex, case number, or housing unit. It filters a visible list by last name, then depends on the table row and expanded charge rows to supply the identifiers. The jail number is especially useful because Lewis County mail rules require the inmate name and ID number on the outside of mail.

Because there is no separate first-name or booking-number search field in the public roster table, spelling matters. A hyphen, middle name, or name-order difference may affect how fast the row appears. If the roster filter does not show a match, the next checks are the bookings tab, the completed-release tab, and the jail information phone line.

Lewis County Inmate Profile

A Lewis County inmate record is a compact custody record. It identifies the person by name, jail number, booking time, and charge-level detail. It is strongest for charge, court, bond, hold, and VINELink notification work. It is not a full booking packet. The researched roster did not show mugshots, date of birth, height, weight, race, sex, eye color, hair color, housing pod, fingerprints, projected release date, medical status, or a booking narrative.

Each charge row should be read on its own. A person may have one row with a cash amount and another with no bail, a DOC hold, a U.S. Marshals path, or another-agency hold. A single bond amount does not always mean the person can be released.

Lewis County Access Chain

When the roster does not answer the question, the Lewis County access chain moves through official channels in order. The first fallback is the Corrections/Jail phone line at (360) 748-9241, which county material lists as available around the clock for jail divisions. The jail lobby is open 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. For public records, the Sheriff's Office Records Division counter is at 345 W. Main Street in Chehalis and is open Monday through Friday except holidays, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Formal records requests go through the Sheriff's records process, not the roster table. The Lewis County Sheriff's Office records page names Public Records Manager Casey Mauermann as the public records officer, lists publicrecords@lewiscountywa.gov and (360) 740-2674, and links the county public-records portal. The official form has a Jail checkbox and lets requesters provide a case, ticket, or booking number. The form also states that basic arrestee information includes last, first, middle initial, date of birth, date and time booked, date and time released, manner of release, and cause of confinement. Only the most recent incarceration date information is provided free under RCW 70.48.100.

No official Lewis County Sheriff's Office jail-roster mobile app was located in the researched official sources. The public online custody tools are the jail roster, bookings list, completed releases page, VINELink links, and the records-request process.

Lewis County Custody Compared

The Lewis County jail roster covers local jail custody. That usually means adults arrested by local agencies, people held on Lewis County Superior Court, District Court, municipal court, warrant, DOC, or other-agency rows, and people serving short local custody terms. State prison custody is different. After a felony sentence and transfer, the person may leave the county roster and appear in the Washington State Department of Corrections incarcerated search. The completed-release list has observed destinations such as DOC and WCC, which shows why a missing name may mean transfer rather than release.

The state and federal systems should not be searched as substitutes for the county roster. They answer different custody questions. If a person was just booked in Chehalis, start with the county roster and bookings list. If the case has moved past sentencing or the release list says transfer to prison, use WA DOC next.

Lewis County Jail Facilities

Lewis County has one adult county jail for the public roster, plus separate juvenile custody settings that should not be confused with adult inmate records. The adult Lewis County Jail is the facility for the roster, bookings, completed releases, bail, HomeWAV visits, JailATM deposits, SmartJailMail, and most adult custody records. Lewis County Juvenile Detention is a county juvenile court facility. Green Hill School is a state Juvenile Rehabilitation secure facility operated by the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

Lewis County Booking Records

Lewis County's public pages do not publish a full internal booking manual, but the roster and Corrections Bureau material show the public path. An arresting agency brings the person to Lewis County Jail, or a court remands the person into custody. The Booking/Transport Division handles booking and release during normal business hours, and custody staff also perform booking, release, and transport duties outside those functions. Once jail records are entered, the booking can appear on the bookings page or current roster with name, jail number, booked-at time, charge rows, bond fields, court codes, agency codes, and VINELink registration.

Classification is part of the local custody process. The Administrative Division includes a Classification Deputy who reviews risk scores and criminal history so inmates are housed in a way that fits safety and security needs. Lewis County contracts with NaphCare for medical services and Cascade Mental Health for mental-health counseling and treatment. Medication drop-off must be arranged through jail medical, and most medication is not accepted without medical authorization.

Release timing is one of the few detailed timing rules in the jail material. If an inmate is released by courts, bail, or bond after 7:00 AM, release generally occurs at 11:00 AM or between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM. If bond or bail release occurs after 4:30 PM, processing and release occur after 8:00 PM. The roster landing page also says general release times can range from 0530 to 2000 hours. Staff do not provide exact release-time answers, so the completed-release page is the official post-release check.

Lewis County Jail Visits

Lewis County Jail visitation is handled through HomeWAV visitation. Visitors should create an account as early as possible because approval can take up to 72 hours, not including weekends or holidays. New accounts use multi-factor authentication, and the account name must match the visitor's photo ID. Visitors must upload a photo ID and a front-facing photo. Video visits are recorded, and the jail can stop or revoke visits for disruptive conduct, inappropriate conduct, improper dress, or rule violations.

The visitation screenshot below comes from the county's Lewis County Jail visitation information.

The schedule is separate from roster access. A name on the roster does not itself approve a visitor or reserve a time.

Lewis County Inmate Contact

Regular inmate postal mail, except legal mail, money orders, books, court documents, bank statements, and publications, is routed to Lewis County Jail, Inmate Name - ID Number, PO Box 9122, Seminole, FL 33775-9122. Legal mail, money orders, court documents, books, bank statements, and publications go directly to the facility at 28 SW Chehalis Avenue, Chehalis, WA 98532. The inmate name and ID number must be printed clearly on the envelope or postcard. Mail missing both is returned to sender.

The Lewis County inmate contact page says regular postal mail is scanned and made available on inmate kiosks. After electronic processing, regular mail is destroyed and not available. Released inmates can use SmartInmate or SmartJailMail with their inmate number and password to download photos, messages, and postal mail. The jail does not pass routine messages to inmates, except for verifiable emergencies. Inmates make calls through HomeWAV, and calls are recorded and monitored unless a privileged attorney path applies.

Lewis County Inmate Funds

Lewis County uses JailATM for commissary and inmate financial accounts. Online deposits require a JailATM account, a Visa or MasterCard payment, the state and facility selection, and at least three characters of the inmate's last name or the inmate ID. JailATM support is listed at 870-627-5476. Money orders may also be sent or delivered to the facility, but the money order must be separate from letters, and "MONEY ORDER" should be written on the outside of the envelope.

The debt rule is important for families. If an inmate has medical fees or debt from a prior incarceration, 80 percent of incoming funds placed on the account will be taken to recover costs until the balance is paid. If a debt remains when the person is released, remaining commissary funds are kept to satisfy debt. Unpaid debt after incarceration can be sent to a collection agency. Inmate account details cannot be discussed with the public, so family members should ask the inmate whether debt exists before sending funds.