The Booking Summary arrives as one long document. Work through it like this:

1. Tap the Booking Summary. Your browser shows it the way it shows any PDF.
2. Remember the twice-daily rebuild. A very recent arrest may trail behind.
3. Bring up the search box inside the PDF. On a laptop press Ctrl+F; on most phones, look for "Find" in the browser menu. Enter the surname.
4. Zero hits? Try a nickname, a looser spelling, a middle name, or the surname they used before marriage.
5. Copy down whatever the line shows. Reading it to jail staff helps them land on the right record.

When the file still comes up empty, Booking answers at 419-213-4962.

An empty result seldom means something has gone badly wrong. Usually it's one of these:

• The officers haven't handed them over. Paperwork or the trip to Spielbusch Avenue may still be underway.
• Intake runs long. LCCC screens each new arrival medically, inventories property, runs a body scanner, collects DNA, prints and photos, and sends them through Pretrial Services and Inmate Services interviews.
• The PDF hasn't refreshed. It catches up only every 12 hours.
• A transfer to Stryker. Check the CCNO inmate search.
• Already home. Posting bond, getting a citation instead of a cell, or a release order would each clear them out.
• A different agency's prisoner. Federal officers, the state or a neighboring county might have them.
• Younger than 18. Minors are taken to juvenile detention.

Main Control, 419-213-4425, can settle whether your loved one is inside.

Two adult jails take people from this county, and they serve different roles:

• LCCC, 1622 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-4945. This full-service adult facility is run by the Sheriff downtown. Its population is mainly pretrial, and a good share are charged with serious felonies. All fresh arrests get booked here.
• CCNO, 3151 County Road 2425, Stryker, OH 43557, 419-428-3800. It sits over in Williams County. Five member counties share it, and 170 of its beds are set aside for this county. CCNO also offers work release and takes U.S. Marshals prisoners. Phones there are staffed 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Moves from downtown to Stryker happen after booking. The LCCC Corrections Division line above can say which building your person is in right now.

Every LCCC booking includes mugshots, taken alongside fingerprints and a DNA swab. To learn if a copy can be released, phone the Sheriff's Office at 419-213-4900 and ask to be put through to Records.

Ohio's records law, R.C. 149.43, is what a family cites when asking the Sheriff for copies. Ohio also bans pay-to-remove schemes. R.C. 2927.22 says a person or website that puts out booking photos or arrest information can't seek or take a fee for deleting them. Violators commit a first-degree misdemeanor. Anyone wronged that way can file suit for $10,000 or more.

• Photos taken by ICE: request them with the ICE FOIA form.
• Photos from federal arrests: kept private. The U.S. Marshals Service may put one out, for instance while hunting a fugitive.

Ohio VINE comes from the state Attorney General's office and costs nothing. Besides alerts, a VINE search reveals whether a person is behind bars right now, and which building holds them. It tracks people in county jails and Ohio prisons, plus youth held by the Department of Youth Services.

• Register on VINELink or dial 800-770-0192, which never closes.
• Choose the person to follow. VINE can flag when they walk out, change facilities, escape or die.
• Each person needs a sign-up of their own.

VINE data can run a little late. Main Control at 419-213-4425 can back up any message you get.

Ohio judges must settle on the gentlest release conditions likely to bring someone back for court while keeping the public safe (R.C. 2937.011). Locally, that looks like this:

• Misdemeanor charges. Courts keep a bail schedule, so lots of people can pay a fixed sum with no judge involved. Municipal courts have to accept credit cards. A Toledo case is paid at the clerk's window, 555 North Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-936-3650, in business hours. Nights and weekends, Toledo bonds go to the Toledo Police Safety Building, 525 N. Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604. The Toledo clerk's after-hours service handles Maumee, Oregon and Sylvania bonds too.
• Felony charges. A judge or magistrate names the dollar figure, never a schedule. The Common Pleas Criminal Section processes these bonds on the third floor of 700 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-4480.
• Timing. Families who can't pay the schedule amount should know the clock: Ohio gives a held person a bail hearing within two court days.
• Ten percent deposits. Some bail can be covered by paying one-tenth to the court. Keep every condition and 90 percent of it is refunded at the end.
• Bail bond agents. Surety bonds may be written only by agents the Ohio Department of Insurance licenses. They can't solicit families on jail or courthouse property. Concerns go to the department's consumer line, 800-686-1526.
• Denial of bail. A judge may hold someone facing certain serious charges without bail, but the state must first win that point at a hearing (R.C. 2937.222).

Dollar amounts and property bonds are in our local bail guide. For Ohio-wide rules, JE keeps an Ohio bail laws page.

Main Control, 419-213-4425, can read out the booking charge. The court handling the case then holds the formal paperwork. Area courts:

• Toledo Municipal Court Clerk, 555 North Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-936-3650. Serves Toledo, Ottawa Hills and Washington Township.
• Sylvania Municipal Court, 6700 Monroe Street, Sylvania, OH 43560, 419-885-8975; choose the criminal and traffic menu choice. Serves Sylvania, Holland, Berkey and a group of western townships.
• Maumee Municipal Court, 400 Conant Street, Maumee, OH 43537, 419-897-7136. Serves Maumee, Waterville, Whitehouse and agencies working south of the Ohio Turnpike, deputies among them.
• Oregon Municipal Court, 5330 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616, 419-698-7010. Serves Oregon, Harbor View and Jerusalem Township.
• Clerk of Courts (Common Pleas felonies), 700 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-4484.

Felony charges are filed by the county Prosecuting Attorney, 700 Adams Street, Suite 250, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-4700. Lower-level cases usually belong to city prosecutors.

Here, the Toledo Legal Aid Society fills the public defender role. It covers Common Pleas plus municipal courts like Toledo and Sylvania. Find it at 555 N. Erie Street, Suite 248, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-244-8351, in the same building as Toledo Municipal Court.

1. At the earliest hearing, the person tells the judge that money for a private attorney just isn't there, and asks for appointed counsel.
2. A financial form follows, asking about pay and property.
3. The judge rules on eligibility. If Legal Aid has a conflict, a private attorney gets assigned.

If your loved one faced that first bail hearing alone and is still held, Ohio adds a second hearing two court days on. At that one, a lawyer is named for anyone who can't pay. Appeals often go through the Ohio Public Defender, 250 East Broad Street, Suite 1400, Columbus, OH 43215, 614-466-5394.

LCCC visits take place on a video screen; nobody touches. To get one on the calendar:

• First, your loved one must approve you as a visitor.
• Phone 419-213-4863 at least one day and at most six days out.
• The weekly limit is a single half-hour session, held Tuesday to Saturday. Start times range from 10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. Sundays and Mondays are closed to visits.
• Show up 10 minutes ahead carrying photo ID. Every visitor's name is run for warrants.
• No more than two people per visit. Kids visit only beside their parent or guardian.

CCNO in Stryker uses video too, from its lobby or from a home webcam, with advance booking. Its front office, 419-428-3800, has the latest schedule. Our visiting guide adds general tips.

For LCCC, the Sheriff points families to Access Corrections. Money placed there funds both commissary orders and phone use. Go to accesscorrections.com and pick this jail.

Balance questions are answered by commissary accounts, 419-213-4936, weekdays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Have the person's birth date ready, along with the spelling of their name.

At CCNO, deposits work only online or by phone with ConnectNetwork. Read our deposit guide before paying any fee. What the jail store sells is explained in our commissary guide. Please don't mail cash.

The Sheriff names ICSolutions as the phone provider at LCCC. Visit icsolutions.com to see how to receive and pay for calls from the jail. Funds on the Access Corrections account can also cover calling.

Tablets, messaging and similar services are questions for Inmate Services, 419-213-4985, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Jail calls can be recorded. Save every detail of the case for the attorney.

CCNO handles messages, photos and video sessions with a gettingout.com account. The basics are in our phone guide; for messages, see our email and texting guide.

For someone at LCCC, check with Inmate Services at 419-213-4985 before mailing. Get the right address, the envelope format, and what's allowed for photos, books and cards.

Wherever you send it, print the person's legal name clearly, include your return address, and choose plain white paper.

CCNO letters are addressed to Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131, along with the person's name and inmate number. Staff scan them for viewing on tablets. Packages ship to 3151 County Road 2425, Stryker, OH 43557, marked with the legal name plus booking number. Cash, checks, stamps and photos all stay out of CCNO mail. Our mail guide has more.

The only thing LCCC takes from families is clothing to wear at a court trial, and only after that trial has a confirmed date. Schedule the drop with Property at 419-213-4938. Deliver it to 1622 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Whatever a person carried at arrest is inventoried during booking. To collect it for them, call the Property line again and ask which form and ID they expect.

CCNO's front desk takes property in business hours, except for anyone sentenced to prison.

At LCCC, health care comes from a contracted medical provider. Phone the medical department at 419-213-4946 if the person is ill or hurt, or needs pills every day. Be ready to list each drug and dose, and who prescribed it, plus that doctor's office number.

• Dropping off medication, eyeglasses or braces needs medical's okay in advance. Carry photo ID.
• The person should flag any new symptom to a nurse or officer right away.
• Suicide fears or a mental health crisis should be reported to Main Control at 419-213-4425 right away, in plain words. Dial 911 for any emergency.

CCNO asks people to request care on a written health triage form.

Deputies handle warrants countywide; Toledo officers and suburban departments take care of their own towns. Suspect there's a warrant? Dial the Sheriff's Office, 419-213-4900, and ask for Records. Toledo police pick up at 419-255-8443. Case details come from the Toledo Municipal Court clerk, 419-936-3650, for lower-level charges, or the Clerk of Courts, 419-213-4484, for felonies. Before you act on a warrant, a defense attorney's guidance comes first. Then call whichever court signed it to set a fresh date or a turn-in. You'll find the Clerk of Courts at 700 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604, and the Toledo clerk at 555 North Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604.

Every court keeps its own calendar. Call the right clerk; a birth date speeds things up:

• Toledo Municipal Court, 555 North Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-936-3650. Clerk hours: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
• Sylvania Municipal Court, 6700 Monroe Street, Sylvania, OH 43560, 419-885-8975, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Maumee Municipal Court, 400 Conant Street, Maumee, OH 43537, 419-897-7136.
• Oregon Municipal Court, 5330 Seaman Road, Oregon, OH 43616, 419-698-7010, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Common Pleas Court (felony trials), 700 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604. Reach the Clerk of Courts at 419-213-4484. Its third-floor Criminal Section keeps 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekday hours.
• Berkey Mayor's Court, 5817 N. Berkey-Southern Road, Berkey, OH 43504, 419-829-3810, for village citations.

Lots of first appearances are handled over video from LCCC. Our court guide traces a case from arraignment through trial.

Federal cases from here stay in Toledo, at the Ashley U.S. Courthouse, 1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-5500. That building is the Toledo home of Ohio's Northern District.

1. At the opening hearing in federal court, a judge weighs detention: jail until trial, or release under supervision (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Pretrial custody belongs to the U.S. Marshals Service, which sometimes uses CCNO. Its Toledo office, 1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Suite 313A, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-376-3094, can tell you where someone is being kept.
3. The Federal Public Defender, 617 Adams Street, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-259-7370, represents people without money for a lawyer.
4. After sentencing, try the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Immigration holds at LCCC tend to unfold in four steps:

1. Step one is Form I-247A. With this detainer, ICE requests that LCCC hold on to the person (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
2. Jail staff may keep them for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. That window lets ICE collect them.
3. ICE runs Ohio cases from its Detroit Field Office, 985 Michigan Avenue, Suite 207, Detroit, MI 48226, 313-771-6601. The nearest ICE office inside Ohio is 925 Keynote Circle, Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131, 216-749-9200.
4. After the handoff, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

The Sheriff's Office can explain its own working ties with ICE, 287(g) included, if you ring 419-213-4900.

Prison sentences begin at a state reception center. Staff there assess each new arrival, then choose a prison that fits. Until the transfer, the person may spend some time at LCCC.

• Look the person up on the Ohio offender search. Results cover state prisoners and people the department supervises after release.
• Our Ohio state prisons guide walks families through prison visiting and writing rules.

For transfer timing, ring the LCCC Corrections Division at 419-213-4945.

Kids under 18 stay out of LCCC. They go to the Juvenile Justice Center, 1801 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604, home of the Juvenile Detention Center. It provides short-term secure custody while a youth's case moves along. The Juvenile Court works in the same complex; call it at 419-213-6722.

• Ohio sets a short clock for a detention hearing: 72 hours at most, and sooner when a court day falls inside that window (Juv.R. 7; R.C. 2151.314). Without one, a parent takes the child home.
• Visits are limited to parents and legal guardians, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening, photo ID in hand.
• Surnames A through K: sign-in 5:30 to 5:45 p.m., visit 6:00 to 6:30. Surnames L through Z: sign-in 6:30 to 6:45, visit 7:00 to 7:30.

Not sure which department made the arrest? The LCCC booking desk, 419-213-4962, can tell you. Agencies that arrest people here:

• Sheriff's Office, 1622 Spielbusch Avenue, Toledo, OH 43604, 419-213-4900.
• Toledo Police Department, headquarters and Central District Station, 525 N. Erie Street, Toledo, OH 43604. Toledo police and sheriff's deputies use the same non-emergency number, 419-255-8443.
• Suburban and township departments: Berkey Village, Holland, Maumee, Oregon, Ottawa Hills, Sylvania City, Sylvania Township, Washington Township, Waterville, Waterville Township and Whitehouse.
• Park and port officers: Toledo-Lucas County Metroparks Rangers and Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Police.
• State officers: Ohio Department of Natural Resources wildlife officers, plus troopers of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. To find the post covering this area, use the patrol's local post finder.

Each suburban station's number sits on that department's own website, and the Sheriff's local agency list links to every one.