Clinton County 72 Hour Booking Search

Clinton County 72 hour booking records are maintained by the Sheriff's Office in Plattsburgh. Located in the northeastern corner of New York near the Canadian border, Clinton County handles arrests through its county jail on McCarthy Drive. The county covers Plattsburgh and several smaller communities in the North Country region. Finding someone who was recently booked in Clinton County involves checking with the jail directly, using online inmate search tools, or filing a records request with the Sheriff's Office. This page walks through each of those options.

Clinton County Sheriff and Jail

The Clinton County Sheriff's Office is at 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Call (518) 565-4700 for the main line. The jail phone is (518) 565-4705. The Sheriff operates both the law enforcement division and the corrections facility where all 72 hour bookings in Clinton County are processed.

Clinton County sits along Lake Champlain and borders Canada. Its location means the Sheriff sometimes works with U.S. Border Patrol and other federal agencies on arrests near the border. People picked up by any law enforcement agency in the county, whether that is the Plattsburgh police, state troopers, or federal agents, end up at the county jail on McCarthy Drive for booking. The intake process creates the 72 hour booking record with all the standard details.

Clinton County is also home to two state prisons: Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora and Lyon Mountain Correctional Facility. These are run by DOCCS and are separate from the county jail. People serving state sentences go to those facilities. The county jail holds pretrial detainees and those serving short sentences on local charges. If you are looking for someone who was just arrested, the county jail is where they would be. State prison inmates can be found through the DOCCS inmate lookup.

How to Search 72 Hour Booking Records in Clinton County

Call the Clinton County Jail at (518) 565-4705 to check on a recent 72 hour booking. Staff can tell you if someone is in custody. You need the person's full name. Date of birth is helpful. The jail is staffed around the clock. For detailed records or copies, call the Sheriff's main number at (518) 565-4700 during business hours.

VINELink covers Clinton County and provides online inmate searches. You can look up someone by name and see if they are in custody at the county jail. The system lets you register for alerts so you know when someone's status changes. This is a free service available to anyone.

The DOCCS Inmate Lookup covers people in state prison. If someone from Clinton County was sentenced and transferred to Clinton Correctional in Dannemora or any other state facility, they show up there. The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator handles federal inmates, which can be relevant given Clinton County's proximity to the border and occasional federal arrests. The New York State Courts website can help with case details after arraignment.

The Clinton County Sheriff's Office website provides information about jail operations and law enforcement in the county.

Contact the Sheriff at (518) 565-4700 or the jail at (518) 565-4705 for questions about specific bookings.

FOIL Requests for Clinton County Bookings

You can request 72 hour booking records through New York's Freedom of Information Law. Public Officers Law Article 6, Sections 84 through 90 covers this. Write to the Clinton County Sheriff's Office at 25 McCarthy Drive, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. Your request should include the person's name, the approximate date of the booking, and what records you want. Be specific to get a faster response.

The Sheriff has five business days to respond. Booking records are generally public. Some information may be redacted under Correction Law Section 9. That does not block the whole record. It just means certain details about the inmate may be withheld. The name, charges, booking date, and bail information are typically provided. If your request is denied, you can appeal within the agency and then to the Committee on Open Government.

The DCJS FOIL page has guidance on requesting state-level criminal records. The State Police FOIL page handles records from state trooper arrests, which are common in Clinton County given the state police presence in the North Country.

What Clinton County 72 Hour Booking Records Show

A Clinton County booking record includes the person's full name, date of birth, and physical description. It lists the charges at the time of arrest, the arresting agency, and when the arrest happened. The booking number is a unique identifier for each event. Bail info is added once set by the court. The record shows which court handles the case, whether Plattsburgh City Court, Clinton County Court, or a local town court.

Federal holds can show up in Clinton County booking records more often than in some other counties because of the border proximity. An immigration detainer or a federal warrant would be noted in the record. This means someone might be in the county jail even after posting bail on local charges if a federal hold keeps them there. The booking record is a snapshot. It reflects what was known at the time of arrest. Court records track what happens after that.

Record Sealing in Clinton County

Under CPL Section 160.50, booking records are sealed automatically when charges are dismissed or when the person is acquitted. This applies in Clinton County just like everywhere else in the state. Once sealed, the record cannot be accessed by the public. No FOIL request will produce it. The sealing happens without any action needed from the person who was arrested.

CPL Section 160.59 allows eligible individuals to apply for sealing of conviction records. The person files a motion with the court after their sentence is complete. Clinton County Court handles these motions locally. If granted, the booking record and all related records are sealed from public view. Youthful offender adjudications under CPL Section 720.35 are kept confidential from the start. If you search for a Clinton County booking and come up empty, sealing under one of these provisions may be the reason.

Cities in Clinton County

Plattsburgh is the county seat and largest city in Clinton County. Other communities include Peru, Chazy, and Rouses Point. No cities in Clinton County currently have a separate page on our site. All arrests in the county are processed through the jail on McCarthy Drive in Plattsburgh.

Nearby Counties

Clinton County is in the far northeastern part of New York. These neighboring counties share borders with it.