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Dolores County Released Inmates

A Dolores County release is a custody event, not a full case history. The person may leave the Dolores County Sheriff's Office / Dolores County Jail after bond is posted, a court order issues, a short sentence ends, charges are dismissed, or another agency takes custody. The public source set did not find a Dolores County online recent-release feed, so the strongest local route is direct confirmation through the sheriff's office, the Dolores Combined Court, Colorado VINE when the record is in the VINE network, or a narrow criminal-justice-records request.

The key point is the difference between released and not found. A person who is not on a current jail roster is not automatically released. The name may be misspelled, the booking may be restricted, the person may be in another county, the person may have moved to CDOC, USMS, BOP, or ICE custody, or the record may be sealed. A positive release record shows a release date, a release reason, and the agency or order that caused the custody change.

Dolores County Release Types

Release reasons matter because they point to different next records. A bond release means the person is out of the jail but still has a pending case. A time-served release means the jail term may be complete, while fines, restitution, probation, or court duties can remain. A transfer is different again: the person has left Dolores County custody but may still be confined by CDOC, USMS, ICE, another jail, or a hospital transport order.

Dolores County Release Record Fields

A Dolores County release record should be requested as a record of official action showing booking and release. That wording is important under Colorado's criminal-justice-records structure. It asks for the custody event rather than every report, narrative, or restricted file. The sheriff's office holds the local booking and release data, while the court record explains bond, dismissal, sentence, probation, mittimus, warrant recall, and final disposition.

For state prison records, CDOC may show the offender's corrections number, physical descriptors, mugshot, convictions, parole date, release date, or sentence discharge date when those fields apply. A CDOC record is not created by every local jail booking. It applies when the person entered the Colorado state corrections system.

Request Dolores County Release Records

The practical request starts with the Dolores County Sheriff's Office at 409 N. Main Street, Dove Creek, CO 81324. The sheriff listing sources give the phone as 970-677-2257. If staff cannot confirm a release by phone, ask for the process to request the booking and release record under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. Keep the request narrow and tied to a custody event.

1. Give the full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking date, and any case number.
2. Ask whether the person was booked into Dolores County, is still in custody, was released, or was transferred.
3. Request the release date, release time, release reason, charge or hold, bond type, and transfer destination if releasable.
4. If a booking photo is needed, ask whether it exists and whether the custodian will release it.
5. If the sheriff cannot release the detail by phone, ask for a written CCJRA request address or form and any cost estimate.

Colorado law allows reasonable criminal-justice-records fees and cost estimates, but the research did not find a Dolores County sheriff fee schedule for release records. Do not assume a fixed charge. Ask the custodian for the current amount before ordering copies.

Dolores County Record Law

Colorado uses two public-records lanes. CORA covers many general government records. Criminal-justice records are governed by CCJRA. C.R.S. 24-72-303 requires records of official action to be recorded and open for inspection. C.R.S. 24-72-304 gives custodians discretion over other criminal-justice records, subject to restrictions.

Sealing and expungement should be treated as access boundaries. They do not support a blanket promise that every booking or photo stays visible forever, and they do not prove that every public copy disappears from every place. For a Dolores County record, start with the agency that owns the record: sheriff for booking and release data, Combined Court for docket and disposition records, CDOC for state offender data, and CBI for registry records.

Dolores County Court Release Orders

Court records often explain a release when the jail list cannot. The Dolores Combined Court is at 409 N. Main, P.O. Box 511, Dove Creek, with phone 970-677-2258 and email DoloresClerk@judicial.state.co.us. Its public hours are Monday and Tuesday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Wednesday closed, Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and Friday closed.

That schedule is a real Dolores County release angle. A bond order, warrant recall, dismissal, plea, sentence, or probation order may be visible first in the court record, yet the court counter is not open every weekday. When release turns on a court action, use the docket search and CoCourts first, then contact the clerk during posted hours if the public record is incomplete.

CoCourts provides Colorado court-record searches and a Register of Action. The statewide docket search requires at least one filter in addition to date, so a case number, party name, county, or court filter helps narrow the result.

Find Dolores County Released Inmates

The best search path depends on where the person was held. A recent local jail release starts with the sheriff. A state prison release starts with CDOC. A probation question starts with the court case and the Dove Creek probation office. A federal custody question belongs to BOP, USMS, or federal court. An immigration custody question belongs to ICE ODLS. Mixing these systems creates false negatives.

1. Call the sheriff and ask whether the person is in custody, released, or transferred.
2. Check Colorado VINE for a custody-status event or release/transfer notification path.
3. Search the Dolores Combined Court docket for bond, sentence, dismissal, warrant, probation, or mittimus events.
4. Use CDOC when the person was sentenced to state prison, paroled, or discharged from a state sentence.
5. Use BOP, ICE ODLS, and USMS only when federal or immigration custody may apply.
6. Request the official release record if online systems do not answer the question.

For a same-day or last-few-days query, the Dolores County Jail Releases: 24 Hours page explains the local feed absence and the immediate fallback route. For a state sentence timing question, use the Projected Release page.

Dolores County CDOC Release Search

The Colorado Department of Corrections offender search is the main state record path for a released Dolores County defendant who entered state prison, parole, or sentence discharge. The live search form at CDOC offender search includes DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender fields. The state Find an Inmate service also describes the lookup as a search of the Colorado Department of Corrections database.

The Colorado Virtual Library notes that CDOC results may include name, age, corrections number, mugshot, ethnicity, gender, height, weight, eye and hair color, parole/release/discharge dates as applicable, and current convictions. That field set is useful for identity matching, but CDOC is not the right system for a person who only posted bond out of the Dolores County jail.

The CDOC offender-search form is shown in the captured source image below.

Use the state result as a state offender record, then pair it with the Dolores County court file when the case began locally.

Dolores County Recent Releases

No official Dolores County online 24-hour release feed, 72-hour release feed, current jail roster with a release window, or sheriff mobile app for releases was found in the research. That absence should not be filled with a guessed roster. Other Colorado counties publish release feeds, but those examples are not Dolores County records. Dolores County should be handled as a sheriff, court, VINE, and records-request workflow.

The comparison matters because a reader may expect a list after seeing larger Colorado counties. Larimer County publishes releases by day, Weld County has a daily released report, and Garfield County can show recent releases in a public inmate PDF. Those sources show that a feed is possible in Colorado, not that Dolores County offers one. For Dolores County released inmates, call the sheriff and ask for the release date, release reason, and transfer status.

The Dolores County Sheriff's Office public social presence was found on Facebook, but the research did not find a routine official release-photo or mugshot publication pattern there. Treat social posts as case-specific leads only when the post itself supports the fact.

Dolores County VINE And Supervision

Colorado VINE is available online and by phone at 1-888-263-8463. It can provide custody-status information and release or transfer notifications when the source agency sends a participating record. VINE is useful for a one-person custody check, but it is not a complete archive. A released VINE status should be treated as a notification event; official proof still comes from the sheriff, court, DOC, BOP, ICE, or another custodian.

Probation and parole are different post-release paths. Probation is a court sentence or condition supervised through the judicial branch. Parole is tied to release from a state prison sentence under CDOC and the Colorado State Board of Parole. Dolores County probation is part of the 22nd Judicial District, and the Dove Creek Probation location is by appointment only on the second Thursday of each month.

Probation

A court-ordered supervision term, often checked through the court case and probation office.

Parole

Supervision after state prison release, checked through CDOC and parole records.

Discharge

The end of a sentence or supervision term when the agency record shows completion.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that can change where a person goes after local release.

Dolores County Federal Releases

Federal and immigration custody are separate from Dolores County and CDOC records. A local release to USMS, BOP, or ICE can mean the person left the county jail without returning to the community. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. BOP says a past release date with no facility listed means the person is no longer in BOP custody, though supervised release or another system may still apply.

The ICE Online Detainee Locator System locates people currently in ICE custody or CBP custody more than 48 hours. USA.gov describes ODLS searches by A-number and country of birth or by name, country of birth, and birth date. USMS custody covers federal detainees from court-ordered custody until release, acquittal, conviction, or delivery to BOP. When the sheriff says "released to another agency," ask which agency received the person.

Getting Home After Dolores Release

Dove Creek release logistics should be treated as rural planning. The research found regional transportation resources, not a jail-release shuttle or an urban fixed-route stop at the jail. Montezuma County Public Transportation operates from Cortez with office hours and reservation hours, while Dolores County Senior Services / Pioneer Center is listed locally with transportation resources.

Those sources do not prove a release ride from the jail. They show why arranging transportation early matters for a Dolores County release. Families, counsel, or approved contacts should confirm the release status first, then ask the sheriff about property pickup and release timing before sending someone to Dove Creek.

Dolores County ID And Property

Property and identity questions after release belong to the agency that owns the issue. The sheriff is the local contact for jail property and booking or release data. The Dolores Combined Court is the path for docket or disposition errors. CDOC owns state offender-search and time-computation records. CBI owns sex-offender registry data for qualifying registrants.

If a record appears wrong, ask the custodian what correction process applies. Do not try to fix a court issue through the jail or a CDOC issue through the court clerk. A narrow request with the person's name, case number, booking date, and the exact field in dispute will usually be clearer than a broad complaint.

Dolores County Custody Lookup Table

Use the system that matches the custody path. A county jail booking, a state prison commitment, a federal sentence, and an immigration hold have different records and different custodians.

Dolores County Release Facilities

Dolores County's small population and rural geography shape release verification. USAFacts reported about 2,500 residents in 2025, and the research did not find a high-volume local jail data portal. The facility map therefore includes the local jail, court, probation office, state systems, VINE, registry, and federal or immigration systems that may receive a person after local custody ends.

• Dolores County Sheriff's Office / Dolores County Jail
• Dolores Combined Court
• Dove Creek Probation
• Colorado Department of Corrections offender search
• Colorado State Board of Parole / CDOC parole-board calendar
• Colorado VINE / VINELink
• Colorado Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry
• Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator
• ICE Online Detainee Locator System
• U.S. Marshals Service custody