This is a private reference site, not the Lorain County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court, ODRC, BOP, or ICE. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official offices below for those actions.
Where to Ask About a Lorain County Record
For local jail and sheriff records, start with the Lorain County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility:
Lorain County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility9896 Murray Ridge Rd
Elyria, OH 44035
- Main sheriff and jail phone: 440-329-3709
- Records Division: 440-329-3703
- Records and lobby hours: Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Public records policy contact hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Ohio public-records requests for sheriff records are processed under Ohio Revised Code 149.43.
Match the question to the record system before calling or submitting a request:
- For a person held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the sheriff Records Division.
- For booking photos shown with county jail entries, review jail roster mugshots and the sheriff public-records process.
- For charges, docket entries, or case activity after booking, use court records after a jail arrest. Lorain County Clerk Tom Orlando's office can be reached at 440-329-5624.
- For a specific local or state facility, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Ohio state prisoner, use the ODRC Offender Search. ODRC offender-search contact: P.O. Box 430, Columbus, OH 43216, 614-752-1161.
- For a federal inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.