Adults arrested in the county land in the Moffat County Detention Facility. It's at 800 West 1st Street, Craig, CO 81625. Staff at the jail answer at 970-824-4498.

Open VINELink (Moffat County) to start. If the name is missing, give it some time or call 970-824-4498. For updates when a person is moved, sign up on VINELink.

We could not locate an online warrant list for this sheriff. Staff with the sheriff's office may confirm if there is an open warrant. Number: 970-824-4495.

The state docket search shows set court dates by county. Want to surrender? Call an attorney ahead of time.

• Judge's call: in a Craig case, a judge sets the bond type and the dollar figure.
• Bond hearing timing: Colorado statute expects bond to be set about 48 hours after someone is brought to the jail, for most cases.
• PR bond: sometimes the court lets the person go on only a signed promise to return.
• Cash bond: you pay the entire amount, and the court can keep it if a date is missed.
• Going through a bondsman, the cost is a premium — Colorado sets the top rate of 15 percent with $50 as a minimum.
• Using land: a Colorado property can guarantee the bond if its equity tops 150 percent of the bond.
• Conditions: a judge can require pretrial check-ins or staying away from certain people.
• Paid but still inside? Another case may stop the release.
• Failing to appear: a missed date can mean a warrant; the bond is lost.
• Ask first: call 970-824-4498 to ask for the posted bond.

For payment steps, open the Moffat County bail page.

The court usually first meets people kept in custody at a first advisement hearing. State charges from this county are heard at the Moffat Combined Court, 1198 West Victory Way, Suites 200 and 201, Craig. The clerk can be reached at 970-824-8254.

Usually, a public defender is available when a judge decides they cannot afford one. The local defender office can be reached at 970-879-0645.

Visits need to be booked beforehand, and some are by video. Phone 970-824-4498 ahead of a visit; hours shift. Help: visiting and remote visits.

No one can call in: the inmate places every call. Paid accounts cover phone time and messages. Guides: phone accounts, messages, tablets.

The jail store sells snacks, soap and writing supplies. Pick whatever way the detention center accepts. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Label each letter using the inmate's legal name plus the booking number if you have it. Skip glitter, stickers or tape. Read the mail rules.

Juvenile court takes charges against minors. Many held teens go from Moffat to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. Parents may ring the sheriff's office at 970-824-4495 and ask where the youth went.

A health emergency? Call 970-824-4498 — ask to reach the medical unit, and share any diagnosis. Have the drug name and dose handy when calling.

Any federal arrest that starts in Moffat County won't go through the local courts. The case goes to the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue, Suite 309, Grand Junction, CO 81501; its clerk answers at 970-245-5396. Soon after the arrest, the charged person goes before a U.S. magistrate judge for the first hearing date.

Federal court has no bail chart. In place of that, a federal judge runs a formal detention hearing and decides if the arrested person can leave before trial and under which conditions. For the time being, many federal defendants stay in a nearby jail working with the Marshals Service. To ask their location, ring the Marshals at 970-243-5210. For prison time, the Federal Bureau of Prisons takes over (the BOP). Then its BOP inmate locator displays where the defendant was sent.

First: During booking, fingerprint scans go to national systems that ICE can search.

Next: If ICE wants to step in, it issues an immigration detainer using Form I-247A to the Moffat jail.

Then: That detainer requests as many as 48 extra hours after the time of release. Those hours run nonstop, including holidays and weekends.

But: Colorado's law, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, spells out that a jail can't hold a person past release only because ICE sent a detainer. So Moffat County must free them at the normal time except if another legal reason exists.

Finally: Officers from ICE may come at release time to take the arrested person into custody. Otherwise, the detained person simply leaves.

Loved ones can locate a detainee at the ICE online locator; type an A-number or a name, and the birth country.

The Aurora contract detention center lists 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010 and 303-361-6612 for family questions. It can't pass calls to detainees.

Field office: the Denver ERO field office handles Colorado and Wyoming. it's at 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111, phone 720-873-2899.

A Colorado prison term starts with some time in county jail before state pickup. The first stop is a CDOC reception center for classification. Staff check security rating, medical needs, mental health and programs.

The final move is a move to a facility that fits the rating and needs. The CDOC search displays the prison after intake; see state prisons in Colorado for more.

Moffat mugshots show online only if Moffat posts a roster. VINELink (Moffat County) covers custody status but not pictures. News crews seeking a mugshot that is not public may reach out to the Moffat County sheriff's office at 970-824-4495.

An ICE booking photo must be requested on ICE's online FOIA form, and ICE must agree.

Mugshots taken in federal cases are kept away from the general public and reporters. There is one exception: the Marshals Service, which photographs people jailed on federal charges, is allowed to share such a photo for a wanted person, when it would help take them into custody or warn individuals, or if there is a threat to public safety that is immediate.

• County jail: Moffat County Detention Facility, 800 West 1st Street, Craig, CO 81625, 970-824-4498
• Victim alerts: VINELink
• Finding an ICE detainee: locator.ice.gov
• Bond timing: most often inside two days after booking
• Public defender: 970-879-0645
• Court: Moffat Combined Court, 1198 West Victory Way, Suites 200 and 201, Craig, 970-824-8254
• Federal cases: Grand Junction's Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, 400 Rood Avenue, 970-245-5396

• Craig Police: 970-824-6501
• Moffat County Sheriff's Office: 970-824-4495

Places without a police department are covered by sheriff's deputies. Call 911 in emergencies.