This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull an official booking record. For those actions, use the government contacts below.
Official Contacts for Columbia County Records
Columbia County's sheriff, courts, and prosecutor remain in Dayton, but jail custody for Columbia County arrestees is handled by Walla Walla County Corrections after the March 2023 jail closure.
Columbia County Sheriff's Office
341 E. Main St., Suite 1
Dayton, WA 99328
Phone: 509-382-2518 or 509-382-1100
Fax: 509-382-4765
Emergency: 911
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed during the noon hour.
Sheriff: Joseph A. Helm.
Walla Walla County Corrections Department
300 West Alder Street
Walla Walla, WA 99362
Inmate information: 509-524-5430
Main office: 509-524-5431
Fax: 509-524-5481
Use this office for current jail custody questions about Columbia County arrestees held at Walla Walla.
Columbia County Superior Court / Clerk
341 E. Main Street, Suite 2
Dayton, WA 99328
Phone: 509-382-4321
Use this court path for felony case records, Superior Court files, Digital Archives access, and Odyssey Portal access.
Columbia County District Court
341 E. Main Street, Suite 4
Dayton, WA 99328
Phone: 509-382-4812
District Court handles misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, traffic, infraction, and Dayton Municipal Court matters. Records-request pickup is available after fees are paid during regular business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Columbia County Prosecuting Attorney
341 E. Main Street, Suite 5
Dayton, WA 99328
Phone: 509-382-1197
Fax: 509-382-1191
Prosecuting Attorney: Nickolas Ward. This office reviews law-enforcement reports and files formal criminal charges for Columbia County cases.
For a specific lookup need, start with the office that controls that record type.
- For someone currently in jail after a Columbia County arrest, use jail inmate records guidance and the Walla Walla inmate information line.
- For booking photos, first check what is available through jail roster mugshots, then request identifiable records from the agency that holds them.
- For formal charges, court dates, filings, and disposition after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact the correct Columbia County court.
- For facility-specific visitation, mail, phone, or commissary details, use the Walla Walla County Corrections Department page.
- For a sentenced Washington state prisoner, use the Washington State Department of Corrections incarcerated search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.