• Baltimore County Detention Center, 720 Bosley Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, 410-512-3400.
• Release terms are set at the Towson, Essex or Catonsville commissioner station.

People arrested inside Baltimore City are held by the state at Central Booking downtown, not in Towson.

Call the custody verification hotline, use VINELink, call 410-512-3200 at any hour, or search Case Search. A very recent arrest may need several hours to appear.

A commissioner sets the first terms, and a judge reviews them the next court day. Read our Baltimore County bail guide for steps and phone numbers.

The Sheriff's Office in Towson, 410-887-3151, serves court warrants countywide, and county police at 410-887-2222 can help with a police case. Ask with the full name and birth date. The Sheriff does post a list, but it covers child support warrants only.

The clean way to end a warrant is to turn yourself in at the detention center, 720 Bosley Avenue, Towson. A lawyer can often arrange the time so the person sees a commissioner fast. When the warrant is only for missing court, the issuing clerk might reschedule: Circuit Court at 401 Bosley Avenue, 410-887-2601, or District Court at 120 E. Chesapeake Avenue, 410-512-2000.

Searching the Judiciary's online case records will turn up filed charges and hearing dates. It will not tell you whether a warrant is waiting, and sealed cases with an open warrant are hidden until it is served.

Right after Towson booking, a commissioner picks among recognizance, conditions, a secured bond or holding without bail. Bosley Avenue detainees still inside get a District Court bail review next session. Dial 410-512-3200 to confirm whether terms were met. Our the bail set page explains paying and refunds.

Bosley Avenue releases are posted to VINELink, which sends free updates. Look the person up, then register a phone number or email; you will hear about a release or a transfer, which matters for victims and for families arranging a ride.

Within a day of arrest, at the Towson, Essex or Catonsville District Court station that handles the area. The commissioner goes over the charges, possible penalties, counsel and public defender help, then decides release. Anyone still held after that goes before a District Court judge for bail review at the court's next session. See our court process page.

District Court in Towson, 410-512-2000, Essex, 410-512-2300, or Catonsville, 410-512-2500, handles first appearances and most misdemeanors. The Circuit Court, 401 Bosley Avenue, takes felony and jury cases, 410-887-2601. These are separate from Baltimore City's courts, even for addresses near the city line.

Eligibility is decided by a commissioner on form DC-099; bring charging papers and proof of income. Then contact the county public defender at 200 Washington Avenue, Towson, 410-324-8900. If the person won't qualify, the county's corrections site says the Baltimore County Bar Association can help find a lawyer; outside the county, the Maryland State Bar Association at 410-685-7878.

The Department of Corrections keeps detailed custody information off its website and won't give it by phone; it points families to Maryland Judiciary Case Search. Case Search does not show where someone is held right now, and fresh arrests may take hours to show up. For fast custody confirmation, call 410-512-3200. Got only a Towson summons or must-appear citation? Attend its preliminary inquiry, or within five business days when no time appears on it.

The Towson detention center books visits through the county corrections website. Call 410-512-3400 with questions, and see our visiting guide for what to bring.

• Bosley Avenue allows outgoing calls only, and they are recorded; see our phone account guide.
• Tablet text messages may be available; see our messaging page.
• Letters must show the person's full name; see our mail page.
• For money, use our deposit guide and commissary page.

Towson's jail keeps booking images off the web. Requests go to the Department of Corrections at 410-512-3400 or the arresting agency. ICE booking photos must be requested through ICE's FOIA office. Federal booking photos are not released to the public or the press, except that the U.S. Marshals Service may publish one while looking for a fugitive.

Yes, and then the Towson jail is not the right place to ask. Charges by FBI, DEA or ATF agents go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on Lombard Street (clerk 410-962-2600; Greenbelt 301-344-0660). Detention is argued before a magistrate. Baltimore-based Marshals, 410-962-2220, house federal defendants in contract jails pretrial; the BOP inmate locator covers people already sentenced.

1. Fingerprint checks may prompt ICE to lodge Form I-247A at Bosley Avenue.
2. Its request: up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). A county bond posted in Towson won't lift it.
3. Agents can arrive during those hours. No pickup means release.
4. ICE chooses the facility afterward. Use the ICE detainee locator. The ICE Baltimore Field Office is at 31 Hopkins Plaza, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-637-4000.

The Towson detention center says that once a transfer happens, DPSCS answers. Use the DPSCS locator or call 410-339-5000, and check our Maryland prisons directory.

Usually not. Most youth cases go to the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, 217 E. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-230-3100. Older teens charged with certain violent crimes can be charged as adults.

It is part of the county Department of Corrections, along with the Detention Center, Community Corrections and Alternative Sentencing. Some defendants are released while awaiting trial on level 3 pretrial home detention, monitored by the department. Pretrial Services answers at 410-512-3241.

The Bosley Avenue jail's website lists mail, visit and money steps under 'Schedule a Visit, Send Mail, Etc.' Use our mail page, money page and commissary page for details. People sentenced to state prison are moved to a DPSCS facility; after that, ask DPSCS at 410-339-5000. For belongings left at booking, ask 410-512-3200 how pickup works.

The Sheriff's Office in Towson does not phone people to collect money, and no Maryland court, sheriff or jury office calls to collect a fine or warrant payment over the phone or through a payment app. If someone calls from what looks like the Sheriff's number asking for money, dial the Sheriff's Office on Bosley Avenue yourself at 410-887-3151. Report it to the Attorney General's hotline, 410-528-8662.

• Baltimore County Police Department, 700 E. Joppa Road, Towson, MD 21286, 410-887-2222 (Alternative number: 410-887-2214).
• Baltimore County Sheriff's Office, 401 Bosley Avenue, Towson, MD 21204, 410-887-3151.
• Maryland State Police, Golden Ring Barrack R, 8908 Kelso Drive, Essex, MD 21221, 410-780-2700.
• Maryland State Police, JFK Memorial Highway Barrack M, 15 Turnpike Drive, Perryville, MD 21903, 410-537-1150, for I-95.

Baltimore County has no incorporated towns, so places like Dundalk, Catonsville and Owings Mills are all patrolled by county police. Emergencies: 911.