• After processing in Ocean City, adults go to the Worcester County Jail, 5022 Joyner Road, Snow Hill, MD 21863, 410-632-1300.

Search VINELink or phone the jail. Court data: Case Search.

Bail is often set at the Ocean City commissioner station, or later by a Snow Hill judge. See our bail guide.

The Worcester County Sheriff's Office posts a wanted persons list; for a full check, phone 410-632-1111. Town police in Ocean City, Berlin and Pocomoke City handle their own arrests.

A lawyer can arrange a surrender at the Joyner Road jail. Missed-date warrants are sometimes settled by the clerk granting a new date: Circuit Court, Room 104, One West Market Street, 410-632-5500; District Court, 301 Commerce Street, 410-219-7830, or Ocean City, 410-723-6935.

Filed charges and dates appear on the Judiciary's case search; warrants do not.

Ocean City or Snow Hill commissioners set terms after booking. Worcester detainees still held meet a Snow Hill or Ocean City judge next court day. Our bail in this county page explains paying.

Yes; the Snow Hill jail reports to VINELink, which sends free custody updates by phone, SMS or email.

At the commissioner hearing, the 24-hour Ocean City station, 6505 Coastal Highway, 410-723-6659, inside 24 hours, and again at a Snow Hill bail review, 410-219-7830, if needed. See court guide.

Traffic and misdemeanor dockets: 301 Commerce Street, 410-219-7830. Felony and jury dockets: Circuit Court, Market Street, 410-632-5500.

A commissioner reviews DC-099. Then contact 101 W. Green Street, 410-632-1951.

Snow Hill's courts post them; search the exact name on Maryland Judiciary Case Search. The Circuit Court clerk, 410-632-5500, has copies of filed papers. A Snow Hill must-appear ticket isn't the end: a preliminary inquiry follows within five business days unless a date is set.

Visiting at the Joyner Road jail is Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. There are no visits on Monday or Friday. Call 410-632-1300 to confirm before you drive. See our visitation guide.

• Joyner Road calls: our phone guide.
• Letters to P.O. Box 189, Snow Hill: our mail guide.
• Messages, where the Snow Hill jail allows them: our messaging guide.
• Deposits: our money page and commissary page.

Usually the agency that made the arrest decides; Snow Hill deputies answer at 410-632-1111. 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.

1. Joyner Road may receive ICE Form I-247A.
2. Requested: up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Bail in this county won't end it.
3. Officers may pick up in Snow Hill; failing that, Joyner Road releases.
4. ICE chooses placement. Use the ICE detainee locator. The ICE Baltimore Field Office is at 31 Hopkins Plaza, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-637-4000.

Then the Snow Hill courts drop out; those charges go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; clerk 410-962-2600 (Baltimore) or 301-344-0660 (Greenbelt). Detention is a magistrate's decision; federal defendants answer to the U.S. Marshals, 410-962-2220, who hold them until trial. Post-sentence, use the BOP inmate locator.

Not at Joyner Road; they are on the DPSCS locator; our Maryland prisons directory has details.

The Department of Juvenile Services has two intake offices: 203 River Street, Snow Hill, 410-632-0206, and 206 65th Street, Unit B, Ocean City, 410-723-6655. A detained boy is most often placed at Salisbury's Lower Eastern Shore Children's Center, 443-523-1526.

Hang up. Call the Sheriff at 410-632-1111. Report it at 888-743-0023.

Ask 410-632-1300; Joyner Road jail also handles property release.

Ocean City police take people to the Public Safety Building, 6501 Coastal Highway. Its Arrest and Detention Section handles booking, fingerprints, DNA samples, property and the first court appearance. A District Court commissioner works in the same building, 410-723-6935; the Snow Hill commissioner office is in the District Court building on Commerce Street, 410-219-7830. Lost or seized items held by the town's Property Section: 410-723-6611. General police line: 410-723-6610.

Yes. A District Court commissioner can issue an interim protective order at any hour, any day, at the Snow Hill or Ocean City office. A peace order, for someone you are not related to and do not live with, must come from a judge at the District Court clerk's office during business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In danger, call 911.

Yes. Since July 2018 the jail has run a pretrial supervision program for both the District and Circuit Courts. A judge can release someone to it instead of holding them until trial. Options include self-reporting, phone check-ins and GPS monitoring. The goal is to let people keep working, get drug, alcohol or mental health treatment, and stay at home while the case goes on. Ask the jail at 410-632-1300.

• Ocean City Police Department, 410-723-6610.
• Berlin Police Department, 410-641-1333.
• Pocomoke City Police Department, 410-957-1600.
• Snow Hill Police Department, 410-632-2080.
• Ocean Pines Police Department (community association), 410-641-7747.
• Worcester County Sheriff's Office, One W. Market Street, Room 1001, Snow Hill, MD 21863, 410-632-1111.
• Maryland State Police, Berlin Barrack V, 9758 Ocean Gateway, Berlin, MD 21811, 410-641-3101.

Places outside the towns, like West Ocean City and Bishopville, are covered by the Sheriff's Office and the Berlin barrack. Natural Resources Police, for coastal bays and state parks, 410-260-8888. Ocean City's non-emergency police dispatch, 410-723-6600. Emergencies: 911.