One online list covers the jail and Geiger. Try this order:

1. Open the roster in any browser.
2. Enter the family name alone. Too many rows? Narrow it with a first name.
3. Also test nicknames, a former surname or a middle name.
4. Click the matching row and copy the booking details onto paper.
5. Return in an hour if the entry looks stale.

Phone Detention Services at 509-477-2278 for anything the list leaves out.

Common reasons:

• Still being processed. Fingerprints and a records check come before a name goes up.
• Back home. A ticket, a cash bond, a written promise or a court order may have sent them home.
• Spelling. One wrong letter hides a record.
• Held elsewhere. A police holding cell, a different county, a federal agency or the state could have them.
• A minor. Teens are taken to a youth facility instead.

Detention Services at 509-477-2278 can check. If you know which police agency made the arrest, its number is in our last answer.

Detention Services runs two adult buildings. Phone either one.

• County Jail, 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-2278. This is the booking site for county, city and contract prisoners. The U.S. Marshals have also placed federal detainees here.
• Geiger Corrections Center, 3507 S. Spotted Road, Spokane, WA 99219, 509-477-3259. It is a minimum-security campus for lower-risk adults.

The county's research shows no separate city jail and no jail rented from another county. Arrested in a different county? Browse the statewide jail directory.

We could not confirm that the roster has any mugshots, so call 509-477-2278 to check. Washington's jail records law keeps booking photos private. Detectives can still use them, and only photos of people convicted of sex crimes can be shared.

• To seek a photo, write to the arresting department. For deputies, dial 509-477-2240.
• ICE holds its own photos. Its records request form is the way in.
• Photos from a federal arrest are not shared with the public. Only the U.S. Marshals Service may release one, for example to catch a fugitive.

VINE costs nothing and sends messages at any hour. It is run by WASPC, the state's law enforcement association. It follows city jails, county jails and state prisons, and its data refreshes several times an hour.

• Sign up through VINELink or phone 877-846-3492.
• Juvenile lockups are not tracked.
• Hearing dates are not included. Ask a court clerk.

Detention Services, 509-477-2278, can also tell you if someone has walked out.

Local judges follow state court rules that lean toward letting a person go home on a signed pledge. Strings or a bond need solid cause: a flight risk, witness tampering or violence. The judge must pick the gentlest tool that works and weigh what the person can pay. Cash-only bail is illegal.

• A judge should see the person before the courts close on the next court day. Felony defendants appear on a jail video screen.
• Certain domestic violence arrests keep the person locked up until a judge rules. A no-contact order is common.
• Bonds go to the court that set them during its open hours. At night and on weekends the jail takes them, so phone 509-477-2278 first.
• Before you hire a bond agent, check the state license through the Department of Licensing, and have every fee written down.

Read the bail guide for each step, plus the state bail laws overview.

Try the free statewide court case search. It reads city, district and superior court records and shows which court holds the paperwork. Brand-new cases may lag by a few days.

• Misdemeanors from deputies and small towns: District Court clerk, 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-4770.
• Misdemeanors within the city limits: Municipal Court, same building, 509-625-4400.
• Felonies: County Clerk, 1116 W. Broadway Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-2211.

The Prosecuting Attorney decides what to file for felonies and county misdemeanors. Visit 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, or phone 509-477-3662.

Yes, when the person cannot pay. The person asks during the opening hearing, and the judge reviews their means. Public benefits, a very low paycheck, or no way to afford a private attorney can each qualify.

• Public Defender Office, 1033 W. Gardner Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201, 509-477-4246, for county cases.
• City of Spokane Public Defender, 824 N. Monroe Street, Spokane, WA 99201, 509-835-5955, for city court.
• Pretrial Services, 1116 W. Broadway Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-3988, helps with applications.

Cheney and Airway Heights hire contract attorneys. Their clerks can say who has the case.

The county lists a visiting policy, but we could not verify days, hours or dress rules. A wasted drive helps nobody. Phone 509-477-2278 and put these four questions to staff:

• Do visits happen in person, on video, or both?
• Which building is the person in?
• Which ID is accepted?
• Are there age or clothing limits?

Our visiting guide adds first-timer tips.

Staff at 509-477-2278 can explain deposits for the building that holds the person. The county's contact list shows a cashier window that runs day and night, except noon to 1:10 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.

A deposit is not bail. It pays for calls and store items. Anyone who offers to free the person for a gift card or phone-app payment is lying, so end that call and dial the jail. See the money page and commissary page for more.

Calls out are normal in jails, but vendors and prices differ. Phone 509-477-2278 to learn which provider serves the building and how to open an account. Never pay a caller who finds you first.

Setup help lives on our phone page and email page.

The county has a mail policy, yet its page gives no street address or envelope format. Hold your letter. Phone 509-477-2278 and learn the address, what belongs on the envelope and which items get refused. Keep your mail guide handy.

Staff at 509-477-2278 can point you to the property window. Learn who may collect, what ID to bring and what hours apply. Cash, cell phones and clothing taken at booking are normally handled there.

Never drop items at the entrance. If release is near, ask what comes back with the person.

Dial 509-477-2278 and ask to speak with health services. Share:

• Current illness or injury
• Daily medicines
• Allergies
• Mental health needs

The person should also turn in the facility's own written health request form. For a crisis outside the jail, dial 911.

The Sheriff's Office (509-477-2240) and city police departments serve warrants. Phone the Sheriff with a name. If a clerk's line is easier, try it. Next, look up the case on the court case search, or reach the District Court clerk through 509-477-4770. A lawyer can help you clear it, and the court that signed it must be contacted. Felony records sit with the County Clerk, 1116 W. Broadway Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260. District and municipal clerks work from 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260.

Check the court guide, then confirm with the clerk.

• Superior Court, felonies and juvenile files: 1116 W. Broadway Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-5790.
• District Court: 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-4770.
• Spokane Municipal Court: 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-625-4400.
• Cheney Municipal Court: 611 2nd Street, Cheney, WA, 509-498-9231.
• Airway Heights Municipal Court: 13120 W. 13th Avenue, Airway Heights, WA, 509-244-2773.

Your paperwork names the court. If it does not, any clerk can sort it out.

Federal cases from Spokane go before the Eastern District of Washington court, which sits at 920 West Riverside Avenue, Room 840, Spokane, WA 99201. Its clerk is at 509-458-3400.

• A detention hearing under 18 U.S.C. 3142 decides release or custody.
• U.S. Marshals, 920 West Riverside Avenue, Suite 200, Spokane, WA 99201, 509-842-1400.
• For a federal defender, the clerk can point the way.
• Once sentenced, search the BOP inmate locator.

An ICE detainer (Form I-247A, 8 CFR 287.7(d)) asks a jail to notify ICE and keep a person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released. Search with the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

• Seattle Field Office, 12500 Tukwila International Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98168, 206-277-2000.
• Northwest ICE Processing Center, 1623 E J St SE, Tacoma, WA 98421, 253-396-1611.

Under the Keep Washington Working Act, a Washington jail cannot keep someone solely over a civil immigration warrant or detainer. State law also rules out local 287(g) deals.

Sentenced adults go through a Department of Corrections intake step. A few wait in the local jail before the move, so phone 509-477-2278 for timing. After the transfer, use the DOC incarcerated individual search.

DOC headquarters is 7345 Linderson Way SW, Tumwater, WA 98501, 360-725-8213. Our state prison page has more.

Juvenile Court, a division of Superior Court, serves anyone younger than 18 from its complex on North Adams Street in Spokane, with intake at 509-477-4742.

The Juvenile Detention Center shares that site and answers around the clock at 509-477-2462. Once held, a child gets a judge's review inside 72 hours, weekends and holidays excluded.

Any of these can say who made the arrest.

• Sheriff's Office: 1100 W. Mallon Avenue, Spokane, WA 99260, 509-477-2240. Valley Precinct: 12710 E. Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA 99216. Crime Check: 509-456-2233.
• Spokane Police: 509-625-4100.
• Spokane Valley Police: 12710 E. Sprague Avenue, Spokane, WA 99216, 509-477-3300.
• Cheney Police: after hours 509-498-9230.
• Airway Heights, Liberty Lake, Medical Lake: go through Crime Check.

For State Patrol, use the WSP contact page to find the nearest district office.