The Sheriff's list shows who is inside the Greenville jail right now. Follow these steps:

1. Go to the roster page on any phone or computer.
2. A code box may come first. Type the characters it shows, and the names will load.
3. Find the line that tells when the list last refreshed. The page redoes itself every thirty minutes.
4. Type the last name. No luck? Switch to the first name, a nickname or another spelling of the name.
5. Jot down what the row shows, like the charge and the booking day, to read aloud when you call.

Still nothing? The front desk at 937-548-2020 can confirm if the person is inside.

A blank result does not prove someone is free. Consider each of these:

• The paperwork is slow. Booking can take hours, and the page catches up only twice an hour.
• A police station first. Town officers may keep someone at their own desk before driving to County Home Road.
• A ticket instead. Plenty of people leave the scene with a court date on paper.
• Out already. A bond, a written promise to return or a ruling from the bench could have freed them.
• Somewhere else. A nearby county, the state prison system or federal agents could have them.
• Younger than 18. The adult building does not take children.

Phone 937-548-2020 and ask where the person is now.

The Darke County Correctional Facility at 5185 County Home Road, Greenville, OH 45331, is the only adult lockup we found for this county. Its 36 beds sit just outside town. Greenville officers, village police, deputies and the Highway Patrol all deliver their arrests here. It houses pretrial detainees as well as inmates finishing short local terms. The phone is 937-548-2020.

Someone arrested near a county line, or moved later, might be in a nearby county. Each of these has its own page on our site:

• Miami County Incarceration Facility
• Preble County Jail
• Shelby County Correctional Facility
• Mercer County Jail
• Montgomery County Jail

A federal detainee can be placed in any jail under contract to the U.S. Marshals. The Sheriff's staff can steer you.

The roster page we looked at is a plain list, and no booking photos showed on it. To find out if a mugshot can be handed over, ask the Sheriff's Office at 937-548-2020. Citizens may request many arrest papers under the state's records law, R.C. 149.43.

Some websites ask money to take mugshots down. Do not fall for it. Ohio makes it a first-degree misdemeanor for any publisher of booking photos to demand or accept pay for removal (R.C. 2927.22). A person who was harmed may sue for $10,000 or more.

• A photo taken by immigration agents has to be requested from ICE on its public records form.
• The public cannot get booking pictures from a federal arrest. Only the Marshals Service may release one, for example when it is trying to catch a runaway suspect.

There is. Ohio VINE is a free program from the Attorney General's office. Its coverage reaches jails, state prisons and youth centers, and it can send a call, a text or an email after a release, transfer, escape or death.

• Register at VINELink.
• Or phone 800-770-0192, a line that stays staffed around the clock.

Alerts can lag behind real events. Confirm with the Greenville jail at 937-548-2020.

For lesser crimes, the court keeps a price list called a bail schedule. A judge, magistrate or clerk can use it, so a person might leave before seeing the bench. Without a matching entry, a jailer may be able to decide. On a felony, only the bench decides the amount, through a judge or magistrate.

A person still in custody gets that bail review at the latest on the second court day after being arrested. Under R.C. 2937.011, judges pick conditions as light as possible while still getting the person to every hearing. Choices include a signed promise, ten percent down in cash (ninety percent comes back when every term is met), a bond purchased through a licensed bail agent, land or stocks pledged to the court, or the whole amount in cash.

Ohio allows payment at only three kinds of sites: a courthouse, a municipal or township hall, or a jail. The jail division at 937-548-2020 can say which door to use. The Municipal Court at 504 South Broadway, Suite 7, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7340, must accept credit cards for bail.

Bail agents must hold an Ohio license and can only charge the rate on file. Walking into the jail or court to find customers is not allowed for them. To ask about an agent, call the state insurance department at 800-686-1526. For the bigger picture, read our bail page or the overview of Ohio bail law.

Begin with the roster row or a call to the jail. Once a case is opened, its file lives with the court clerk.

• Misdemeanor, traffic or OVI: Municipal Court clerk, 504 South Broadway, Suite 7, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7340.
• Felony: Clerk of Courts, 504 South Broadway, Suite 10, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7335.

Use the name from the ID and add the birthday. In felony cases the county Prosecuting Attorney picks which counts move forward. Ask the Clerk of Courts for that office's contact details. Curious about a law? Look it up in Ohio's online code.

Raise your hand at the first hearing and say you cannot afford counsel. A short form about income follows, and the judge decides who qualifies.

The local public defender is at 507 South Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-548-1157. Statewide records show this county relies on a nonprofit contract and on lawyers the court picks, so the judge might name a private attorney instead.

Hiring your own lawyer is always allowed. With a felony, move fast.

Visitors sit in booths for face-to-face talks. The posted schedule and rules are:

• Sundays, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
• Wednesdays, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and again from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m.
• Every inmate gets two 15-minute visits a week.
• Guests aged 16 and older must show photo ID.
• An inmate may approve four names at most, and that list changes on Fridays.

Confirm the day's plan at 937-548-2020 before driving out. Our visitor tips add more ideas.

Any person may put money in. It covers commissary buys, jail fees and medical fees. Phone 937-548-2020 to learn which payment choices are open and any limits. Keep the inmate's legal name handy.

Our deposit explainer lists the usual choices, and the commissary explainer shows what the funds can buy. Do not tuck bills into a letter.

The jail picks which phone and message tools inmates use. Ring 937-548-2020 and ask how a call gets to you, how much it costs, and whether text or video visits exist. Assume each call is recorded, unless staff say otherwise.

Keep case details for the attorney. See also the jail phone explainer and the jail email explainer.

Staff open and read every piece of mail. Put the person's full name on the front, followed by Darke County Correctional Facility, 5185 County Home Road, Greenville, OH 45331. Add your own return address.

Phone 937-548-2020 to learn if an inmate ID line is required and whether snapshots or books may go in. Our mailing tips cover general habits.

Belongings taken away at intake, such as a wallet or phone, wait in the jail's property room for the person's release day. If you plan to bring clothes or fetch items, call 937-548-2020 and ask who is allowed to take them, what ID to carry, and when the window is open. The building is at 5185 County Home Road, Greenville, OH 45331.

Ring 937-548-2020 and reach whoever handles health care there. Pass along the medicine, the dose, the doctor's name and any allergy.

Have the inmate also hand in a written health request to officers on the cell block. Dial 911 for a true emergency. If the person may hurt themselves, say that clearly to the jail.

Out in the farm country and small roads, deputies serve warrants. Inside towns, local officers do. Contact the Sheriff's Office, 5185 County Home Road, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-548-2020, or Versailles police, 937-526-3712, and offer the person's name and birthday. For case status, the Municipal Court clerk answers at 937-547-7340 and the Clerk of Courts handles felonies at 937-547-7335. To settle a warrant, see an attorney first and then return to the judge who signed it. The Municipal Court clerk sits at 504 South Broadway, Suite 7, Greenville, OH 45331.

Only the court that has the case holds its calendar. Have the legal name and birthday ready.

• Municipal Court (misdemeanors, traffic, OVI, first appearances): 504 South Broadway, Suite 7, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7340
• Common Pleas Court (felonies once a grand jury indicts): 504 South Broadway, 2nd Floor, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7325. The Clerk of Courts, Suite 10, answers at 937-547-7335.
• Probate and Juvenile Court (under 18): 300 Garst Avenue, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7350

Felonies begin in the Municipal Court for the early steps. Our court page traces every stage a case goes through.

Federal charges from here are decided at the U.S. District Court in Dayton, inside the Walter H. Rice Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 200 West Second Street, Dayton, OH 45402, clerk 937-512-1400.

1. At the first appearance a detention hearing picks release or custody until trial (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. The U.S. Marshals office in suite 108 of that building, 937-225-2917, can name the holding jail.
3. If money is short, a judge can assign the Federal Public Defender, 1 South Main Street, Suite 490, Dayton, OH 45402, 937-225-7687.
4. Track filings through PACER.
5. When the judge has sentenced them, the Bureau of Prisons locator can tell you the facility.

An ICE hold generally plays out like this:

1. ICE may deliver Form I-247A to the jail, a detainer that asks for a hold.
2. Under 8 CFR 287.7(d), the jail may keep the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. Search by name on the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
4. When that gives nothing, phone the ICE office closest to here at 9875 Redhill Drive, Blue Ash, OH 45242, 513-246-1471. Ohio's field office is at 985 Michigan Avenue, Suite 207, Detroit, MI 48226, 313-771-6601.

No signed Ohio statute on detainers turned up, and a 287(g) deal for this Sheriff is unconfirmed. The Sheriff's Office can answer that question.

Someone sentenced to prison reaches a state reception center first, and may wait in the Greenville jail beforehand. Call the jail to see which stage they are at.

• Use the state's prison and supervision offender search, typing a name.
• For visit and mail basics, open our Ohio prison overview.

Children and teens are never booked into the adult building. Their case goes to Probate and Juvenile Court, 300 Garst Avenue, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-547-7350.

Most teens are released to a parent. When a judge orders a child held, the county uses the West Central Juvenile Detention Center in Troy, whose control desk is 937-440-3485. Juv.R. 7 requires a judge to examine the hold quickly: inside 72 hours, or at the next session of court if that comes earlier.

Agencies serving the area include:

• Darke County Sheriff's Office, 5185 County Home Road, Greenville, OH 45331, 937-548-2020. Deputies respond across the county.
• Greenville: calls route through Sheriff's dispatch, 937-548-1103.
• Versailles Police Department: 937-526-3712. Ask that office for its walk-in address.
• Arcanum and Ansonia: officers there write tickets too. Dispatch can give the right number.
• Ohio State Highway Patrol: the post for these roads is listed in the Patrol's post directory.