This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Where to Ask for Garrett County Records
For local jail and sheriff records, start with the Garrett County Sheriff's Office and Garrett County Detention Center at 311 East Alder Street, Oakland, Maryland 21550. The main phone is 301-334-1911, and the general email is gcso@garrettcountymd.gov.
Sheriff fee questions may be directed to Diana Collins at dcollins@garrettcountymd.gov or 301-334-1910. The posted fee schedule includes accident and incident reports at $10, pictures at $20 per incident, dispatch or 911 recordings at $20 per request, body-worn camera footage at $50 per video, civil paper service at $60 each, and fingerprinting by quote at 301-334-5040.
For court records after an arrest, the District Court of Maryland for Garrett County is at 205 South Third Street, Oakland, MD 21550-1526, phone 301-334-8020. Its posted hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday except legal holidays. Garrett County Circuit Court clerk and judicial records requests go through 203 S. 4th St., P.O. Box 447, Oakland, MD 21550, phone 301-334-1937; William L. Bittinger is listed as the judicial records representative. The State's Attorney is at 313 East Alder Street, Room 200, Oakland, MD 21550, phone 301-334-1974.
Use the list below to match the question to the likely source:
- For someone recently held at the county jail, begin with jail inmate records and then call the detention center if the public arrest log is not enough.
- For booking-photo context, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff fee schedule for photo-request pricing.
- For criminal charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Maryland Judiciary Case Search, and the District or Circuit Court contact that matches the case.
- For facility address, phone, and visitation context, see Garrett County Detention Center.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the Maryland DPSCS incarcerated individual locator.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator; for immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. Maryland custody notifications are available through VINELink.