This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or obtain an official booking file. Contact the government office that created or holds the record for an authoritative answer.
Official Shelby Records Contacts
For a current county-custody question, begin with the Sheriff’s official inmate search. For a booking record or an image request, use Records and Identification or the Public Records Request Coordinator. Published public-facing office hours are generally weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Confirm hours and payment requirements before visiting or mailing a request.
Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
201 Poplar Avenue, 9th Floor
Memphis, TN 38103
Main phone: 901-222-5500
Records and Identification
201–271 Poplar Avenue, Jail Annex, Room 10-06
Memphis, TN 38103-1945
Desk: 901-222-4944
Public Records Request Coordinator
Phone: 901-222-5656
Fax: 901-222-5657
Email: publicrecords@shelby-sheriff.org
Use the official SCSO inmate search for the county roster and the records-request page for the county process. Records and Identification explains its request form, identification, and fees at its official office page.
- For a local booking entry, follow the county roster and records-request path explained on the home page.
- For an outstanding-warrant question, check the sheriff’s official portal or call the Fugitive/Warrant Unit at 901-222-5620.
- For a Tennessee state offender result, use the TDOC Felony Offender Information Locator.
- For a federal inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator; it is a different custody system.
- For an immigration-custody question, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator or its published information line.