This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, approve release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the appropriate agency below for those tasks.
Where to Ask for a Record or Custody Check
Dolores County does not operate a county jail. Start with the Dolores County Sheriff's Office for local arrest or dispatch questions, then use Montezuma County detention or records contacts when the person is being held locally.
Dolores County Sheriff
Sheriff: Don Wilson
Address: 409 N. Main Street, Dove Creek, CO 81324
Phone: 970-677-2257
Fax: (970) 677-2880
Email: dcdispatch@fone.net
Montezuma County Jail / Detention Division
Address: 730 East Driscoll Street, Cortez, CO 81321
Detention phone: (970) 564-4995
Montezuma County Sheriff Records
Address: 730 East Driscoll Street, Cortez, CO 81321
Records phones: (970) 564-4965 and (970) 565-8452
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 7 AM-5 PM; closed Fridays, holidays, and weekends
Records portal: Montezuma County Sheriff NextRequest
Dolores Combined Court
Address: 409 N. Main, P.O. Box 511, Dove Creek, CO 81324
Phone: 970-677-2258
Colorado public-record requests may involve the Colorado Open Records Act, C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq., or the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq., depending on the record.
- For a person held after a Dolores County arrest, use jail inmate records and the Montezuma detention phone.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and ask the records office about available criminal justice records.
- For charges or filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and contact Dolores Combined Court.
- For the local custody facility, see Montezuma County Jail / Detention Division.
- For a sentenced Colorado prisoner, search the Colorado Department of Corrections locator.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator; for immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.
- For custody notifications in Colorado, use VINELink Colorado.