Benton County Recent Bookings

Benton County Recent Bookings are easier to track than many rural counties because the jail roster is built for active use. You can search by name, booking number, date range, or subject number, and the county gives you a current custody view instead of making you guess. That helps when you need a fast answer on a live booking, a bail amount, or the next court date. If you are not sure where to start, the roster, the records portal, and the county court contacts all point in the same direction.

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Benton County Recent Bookings Search

The official Benton County jail roster is the core tool here. The roster at co.benton.wa.us/pview.aspx?id=1803&catid=45 lets you search by name, booking number, date range, subject number, and in-custody status. That is a broader search set than many county pages offer. It helps when you know part of a name, but not the exact booking date.

The results can show a mugshot, booking data, charges with RCW citations, bond information, court information, housing location, and release details. That makes the Benton County Recent Bookings page useful as both a roster and a short record trail. If you want a second view of the same person, the county also keeps a separate roster line through the inmate inquiry page. Use that when the direct roster is busy or when you want a second screen path.

What the roster usually gives you is practical:

Current custody status
Booking date and time
Listed charges
Bail or bond amount
Next court date when available

That is enough for many searches. It is also enough to tell you whether the person has already moved out of jail and into a court file. If that happens, the county court system and the statewide Washington Courts search become the next step.

Note: Benton County's roster is strong enough for a first pass, but court records still matter when you want the case after the booking.

Benton County Jail Records

The Benton County Jail is at 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Building B, Kennewick, WA 99336. The phone number is (509) 783-1451. The sheriff's office records and jail administration are built around that same site. The county also lists a sheriff office address at 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Suite A120, Kennewick, WA 99336, with the main phone at (509) 735-6555 and fax at (509) 783-5852. That is the office path if you need help beyond the online roster.

Benton County keeps a dense jail operation. The facility capacity is 669 inmates, with a daily average around 580 to 620 and about 8,500 bookings each year. Those numbers explain why the roster is so developed. The county needs a clean, live view of who is in custody, and the public gets some of that same view through the roster. The jail pages also note video visitation, text messaging, and inmate communication tools, which can be useful if you are checking on someone who was booked recently and may still be in the facility.

The first county image below comes from the official roster information page. It is the best visual proof of how the county presents booking data. The second image shows the roster itself. Both are from county-controlled or county-hosted sources, not a random third-party mirror.

The Benton County roster information page at co.benton.wa.us/pview.aspx?id=1803&catid=45 is the official place to begin a county custody check.

Benton County Recent Bookings roster information

That page explains the search fields and shows how the county organizes its booking data.

The Benton County inmate inquiry page at inmateroster.bipintc.org/NewWorld.InmateInquiry/WA003013C is another official roster route.

Benton County Recent Bookings jail roster

Use it when you want a second look at the same live custody data.

Benton County Recent Bookings State Tools

Benton County gives you a stronger online view than many counties do. That is helpful, but the county still expects you to use the right channel for the right job. The roster gives you the booking. The public records portal gives you the files behind it. The court system gives you the case after the booking becomes a hearing or a filing.

Washington law backs that structure. Booking and jail records sit under RCW 70.48.100, while general access rules sit in RCW 42.56. When body camera or other law enforcement media is part of the request, RCW 42.56.240 can matter too. You do not need to memorize the codes. You just need to know that the county will treat different record types differently.

The result is a clean path. Search the roster first. If you need more, move to the public records office. If the booking has become a court matter, move to the court search tools.

Benton County Public Records

Benton County uses a GovQA public records portal at bentoncountywa.govqa.us. That is the best route for larger requests or for records that are not sitting on the live jail roster. The portal lets you create an account, track the request, upload support material, and communicate with records staff. The county also names Jennifer Wilson as the public records officer, with a direct line at (509) 735-6555 ext. 227 and email at publicrecords@co.benton.wa.us.

The county says it acknowledges requests within five business days. Simple requests often finish in 7 to 10 business days. Complex ones can take 15 to 30 business days, and body camera requests can take 30 to 45 days because they need redaction. If your request needs body camera or another media file, the statute usually requires one of four identifying details under RCW 42.56.240(14). That can be a person name, a case number, a date and place, or an officer name.

The county fee sheet is detailed, but the basic pattern is easy to read. Paper copies, scans, and electronic files each have their own rate. The county also allows payment by card, check, money order, or cash depending on the delivery method. If you are unsure how broad your request should be, the Washington Attorney General public records guide is a good way to narrow it before you file.

When you need a law-based frame for the search, RCW 42.56.520 gives the response timeline, and MRSC explains the line between jail data, arrest data, and conviction history. Those are the rules that sit behind the Benton County process, even when the portal itself feels straightforward.

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Benton County Recent Bookings Court Records

Benton County Superior Court is at 7122 W. Okanogan Place, Kennewick, WA 99336, and Benton County District Court is at 101 N. Irby St., Kennewick, WA. The district court phone number is (509) 735-8476. The court system matters because a booking does not end at intake. It often becomes a docket, a hearing, or a formal case file. That is where the next public trail begins.

If you want to follow the case after the booking, use the statewide Washington Courts name and case search at dw.courts.wa.gov. The Odyssey portal at odysseyportal.courts.wa.gov/ODYPORTAL is another useful state-level tool when a court uses that system. Benton County also keeps the court contact path close to the jail, so one office can often point you to the next one.

The county record path is practical. The jail tells you who is in custody. The portal tells you what the booking shows. The court tells you what happens next. Use the one that matches the stage of the case, and you will waste less time.

Benton County Recent Bookings Cities

Benton County includes several cities that route through the same jail and court system. If you are sorting out where a recent booking came from, these city links can help you anchor the location before you search the roster.

Those city pages are the most useful starting points when you know the arrest likely came from inside Benton County but you do not yet know which agency booked the person. Once you have the city and the name, the roster search gets faster. If the arrest happened across the river in Pasco, switch to Franklin County because Pasco bookings route through that county jail.

Benton County Recent Bookings Resources

The county roster and portal do a lot of the heavy lifting, but the state pages still matter. They help when you need legal context, a court follow-up, or a wider records request. That is the right way to use them. Keep the search local first, then widen the frame only when the roster does not give enough detail.

Benton County has one of the stronger public booking systems in the state. That helps, but it does not replace the court file or the records desk. Use the roster for the live status, the portal for the file, and the court search for the next step.