Head to the Montrose County Jail at 1200 North Grand Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401. Call 970-252-4023 to reach the front desk.

Begin with Montrose County Inmate Search. No match? Recent arrests at the Montrose jail can lag a bit; call 970-252-4023 if you're worried. VINELink sends alerts if someone is released.

We could not find a public warrant search for the county. To learn about warrants, phone 970-252-4023, the sheriff's office.

The court docket page shows set court dates by name. If you plan to turn yourself in, call a lawyer before going.

• The amount after a Montrose arrest is set by a judge.
• Hearing time: most people jailed at the Montrose jail are due a bond review within 48 hours of arrival.
• Signature release: nothing is paid up front; your loved one signs and must return to court.
• Full cash bond: you pay the full amount; it may come back after the case ends.
• Agent fees are capped at 15% of the total ($50 minimum).
• Land bond: real estate in this state can cover the bond if the owner's equity comes to 1.5 times the amount.
• Extra rules: getting out can come with meeting a pretrial officer, no-contact orders or similar limits.
• Still held? Another case can delay release after bond is posted.
• Court no-show: an arrest order may follow, and the posted Montrose bond can be lost.
• Ask first: phone 970-252-4023 to ask about the current bond.

Full steps are on our Montrose bail guide.

A judge first meets people kept in custody at an advisement hearing. State charges are heard at the Montrose Combined Court, 1200 North Grand Avenue, Montrose. The clerk's office answers at 970-252-4300.

Colorado's State Public Defender takes clients who can't pay, once a judge approves. Call the public defender's office at 970-249-4791.

Visits need to be scheduled beforehand; some happen by video. Rules and hours can change, so call 970-252-4023 before you go. Help: visiting and video visits.

Inmates make outgoing calls but can't get outside calls. Paid accounts pay for calls and messages. See: calls, messages, tablets.

Commissary sells snacks, soap and paper. Pick whatever way the jail takes. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Letters should show the full name the lockup lists, their booking number and the facility's mailing address. Skip anything taped on. Check our page about mail first.

If the defendant is a minor, the case usually goes to a juvenile judge. Youth from Montrose County go to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. If your child was arrested? Call 970-252-4023 for details.

If someone needs mental health care, phone 970-252-4023 so medical staff hears about it immediately. Keep the prescription label ready to share.

A federal arrest from Montrose County does not remain in the county court system. Court dates take place at Grand Junction's Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, 400 Rood Avenue, Suite 309, Grand Junction, CO 81501; its clerk answers at 970-245-5396. Not long after booking, the person stands before a U.S. magistrate judge for a first appearance.

There's no bail schedule in federal court. In place of that, the magistrate judge schedules a detention hearing to figure out if your relative can leave before trial and with which conditions. Meanwhile, most federal prisoners are held in a local county jail under a deal with the U.S. Marshals. To find out their location, ring the Marshals on 970-243-5210. After a judge orders prison, the federal BOP system takes charge. From then on, the BOP inmate locator lists where they're held.

Step 1: As part of booking, fingerprints are checked in national databases ICE has access to.

Step 2: If ICE is interested, the agency issues an immigration detainer by way of Form I-247A.

Step 3: The I-247A seeks up to 48 extra hours past when the defendant would be released. That time counts nonstop, weekends and holidays included.

Step 4: Colorado's statute, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, spells out that a jail cannot keep someone longer only because ICE asked. So Montrose County has to let them go at the usual time except if a court order applies.

Step 5: ICE agents may come at release time and take custody. Otherwise, the one held goes free.

The fastest way to find someone is the online ICE detainee locator, searched by registration number or name and birth date and the birth country.

Some ICE detainees from this area end up in the Aurora center. Address: 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010; number 303-361-6612.

Contact ICE's Denver field office, 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111, at 720-873-2899.

Someone sentenced to state prison waits in the local jail for transport, which can take a while. Reception at CDOC sets security level.

Later, CDOC assigns the person to a prison that fits the rating. CDOC's offender search displays their prison after intake; our state prison page lists contact details.

Check the Montrose booking search for the person. The Montrose list is text only, with no mugshots. Reporters asking for a mugshot that isn't public may ask the Montrose County sheriff's office by calling 970-252-4023.

An ICE booking photo has to be sought at ICE's records request page; then ICE decides.

Booking photos from federal cases aren't released to the public and the media. Only one exception exists: the U.S. Marshals Service, which handles federal booking photos, can release a photo only to catch a fugitive, warn people, or stop a threat now.

• County jail: Montrose County Jail, 1200 North Grand Avenue, Montrose, CO 81401, 970-252-4023
• ICE locator: online detainee locator
• Free lawyer office: 970-249-4791
• Federal court: the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue, 970-245-5396
• Bond hearing: typically inside 48 hours of arrival
• State court: Montrose Combined Court, 1200 North Grand Avenue, Montrose, 970-252-4300
• Victim alerts: VINELink (free)

• Montrose Police: 970-249-9110
• Montrose County Sheriff's Office: 970-252-4023

Towns without a police department are covered by the sheriff's office. Dial 911 for emergencies.