The San Miguel County Jail serves as the jail, at 684 County Road 63L, Telluride, CO 81435. Ring 970-728-1911 for the jail staff.

Try San Miguel on VINELink first. A fresh arrest may not appear for a few hours. VINELink can send a text or call if the person leaves custody.

No public online warrant lookup for the county turned up when we looked. To check a warrant, contact 970-728-1911.

The Colorado Judicial docket shows upcoming hearings by county. Prior to turning yourself in, it helps to call a lawyer.

• Who decides: a judge sets the terms.
• How fast: most people held in Telluride should get a bond review within 48 hours after they arrive.
• PR bond: release after signing a pledge to come to San Miguel court.
• Cash: someone posts the total amount.
• Surety bonds: state rules set a fee cap at 15%, with $50 as the floor.
• House as bond: a Colorado property may secure the bond if its equity reaches 150 percent of the bond.
• Extra rules: getting out may come with pretrial supervision, keep-away orders or other limits.
• Still held? A hold from elsewhere can block release.
• Missed court: a skipped date leads to a warrant and can cost the bond.
• Exact figures: the Telluride jail at 970-728-1911 can share the bond amount.

Visit the bail page for more detail.

A judge first sees the arrested person at a first appearance hearing. State cases are heard at the San Miguel County court, 305 West Colorado Avenue, Telluride. Phone the court at 970-369-3310 with case questions.

Free counsel is possible: the court reviews income and then may assign the State Public Defender. The defender office answers at 970-249-4791.

Book visits ahead and bring a photo ID. Hours and rules shift, so call 970-728-1911 first. Details: visits and remote visits.

Only the inmate can place calls. Set up a prepaid account to pay for calls. Guides: calls, messaging, tablets.

Funds you send let them buy commissary such as food and toiletries. Use whatever way the lockup takes. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Label each letter with the person's real name; add a booking number when you may, then the jail's mailing address. Skip stickers, glitter and tape. See the jail mail page for current rules.

Juvenile court handles charges involving anyone under 18 in most cases. San Miguel teens who are held may stay at the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. To locate a teen, a parent should reach 970-728-1911.

Make sure the detention center at 970-728-1911 knows about urgent medical needs, like diabetes, prescriptions or suicide risk. Have the prescription label ready to share.

Any federal case that starts in San Miguel County won't go through the state courts. Federal court dates are at the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue, Suite 309, Grand Junction, CO 81501 — the clerk's office answers at 970-245-5396. Shortly after being arrested, the defendant goes before a U.S. magistrate judge for a first hearing.

Federal judges skip the bail chart. In place of that, the court calls a detention hearing to weigh whether the arrested person can leave until trial and with which conditions. Until then, lots of federal defendants are kept in a local lockup in a deal with the U.S. Marshals. For which jail, contact the Marshals on 970-243-5210. If there is a sentence to prison, the BOP, the federal prison system, steps in. Next, the BOP inmate locator displays where the one held was sent.

First: During booking, fingerprint scans are sent to national systems that ICE can see.

Next: If ICE decides to act, it lodges a hold request on Form I-247A to jail staff.

Then: The request calls for up to 48 more hours past when the defendant would go free. The clock runs straight through, including weekends and holidays.

But: Colorado's statute, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, states Colorado jails cannot keep a person past release just because ICE asked. So San Miguel County has to let them go once the county case allows except when a court order applies.

Finally: ICE officers may come as the person leaves to take custody. Otherwise, the person is released.

To check ICE custody, use the online detainee locator — search by A-number or name and birth date plus home country.

Some Colorado ICE detainees end up at the Aurora center, per ice.gov. Location: 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010; number 303-361-6612.

Field office: Denver's field office handles this state and Wyoming; its address is 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111; call 720-873-2899.

A state prison sentence usually means a wait in the county jail until state transport arrives. First comes a CDOC intake center. Staff look at custody level, health, mental health and programs.

Then, the inmate moves to a facility that matches that rating. CDOC's offender search lists their prison; our Colorado state prisons page lists addresses.

There are no San Miguel mugshots online because San Miguel has no public roster. Use San Miguel on VINELink to check custody; it has no photos. Journalists looking for a mugshot that isn't public may contact the San Miguel County sheriff's office at 970-728-1911.

Any ICE mugshot has to be sought at the ICE FOIA records page; then ICE decides.

Federal jail photos are never given to ordinary people and the press. One exception applies: the U.S. Marshals Service, which takes federal booking photos, may release one to catch a fugitive, warn the public, or meet an urgent safety threat.

• Jail: San Miguel County Jail, 684 County Road 63L, Telluride, CO 81435, 970-728-1911
• State court: San Miguel County court, 305 West Colorado Avenue, Telluride, 970-369-3310
• Public defender: 970-249-4791
• Federal cases: the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building in Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue — 970-245-5396
• ICE locator: detainee search
• Notices of release: VINELink (free)
• When bond is set: most often inside two days of reaching jail

• Telluride Marshal: 970-728-3818
• San Miguel County Sheriff's Office: 970-728-1911

Outside town limits, deputies handle calls. In an emergency, call 911.