This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record.
Official Clay County Contacts
Choose the office by the question it can answer. Jail operations and property questions go to the correctional facility. Historical booking and release data go to Sheriff Records. Court orders and dispositions go to Court Administration. Juvenile information requires authorization and careful handling.
800 9th Street North
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-299-5163
Door 1 lobby; posted hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
911 11th Street North
Moorhead, MN 56560
218-299-5151
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; closed observed holidays
807 11th Street North
Moorhead, MN 56560
County directory: 218-299-5002
Verify current Judicial Branch hours before visiting
729 11th Street North
Moorhead, MN 56561
218-299-5150
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Use the home search and records coverage for a named released person or a Sheriff request. Post-release supervision belongs with Clay County parole and probation. A same-day question starts with the 24-hour verification steps; a future state-prison date starts with the projected-release page and MNDOC viewer. Facility pages in the footer separate adult jail, juvenile, state, federal-prison, and immigration or USMS routes.
- Use Sheriff Records for an adult county booking or release record.
- Use MNDOC’s public viewer for a sentenced state prisoner or supervised release.
- Use Minnesota Court Records Online for a court order, sentence, disposition, warrant, or probation event.
- Use VINELink for a county-jail custody check or alert, and MNDOC HAVEN for state-prison notices.
- Use BOP for a federal sentenced prisoner, PACER or USMS for federal pretrial custody, and ICE for immigration detention.