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Official Charleston County Contacts

For an adult custody search or a county-held booking record, start with a verified Charleston County Sheriff’s Office channel. The office operates the official adult Inmate Search. Written requests for records or booking photographs belong with the Public Information Office / FOIA, not a municipal police department. The official sources reviewed do not publish separate PIO records-office hours, so confirm availability with the office before visiting.

Published FOIA fees are subject to a written estimate, exemptions, redaction, and change. The CCSO FOIA form and fee schedule is the current source for a request. Use the correct custodian for each question:

• For current adult custody, a past county booking, or an official booking-photo path, use the Inmate Search and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office PIO/FOIA route described on the home page.
• For a possible warrant, use the official sheriff warrant route summarized under Most Wanted Fugitives; an online result is not confirmation that a warrant is active.
• For a later case status or disposition, use the Charleston County Public Index and the appropriate court rather than a booking entry.
• For a city-originating police record, use the Charleston Police Department FOIA portal, the North Charleston FOIA portal with Police selected, or Mount Pleasant’s documents request portal.
• For a person currently sentenced to state prison, use the SCDC Incarcerated Inmate Search; it is not a county booking search.
• For a custody-status notification or release alert, use SC VINE. It supplements an official search and does not provide booking photographs.
• For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. An immigration detainer question is governed by the applicable agency and is not established by a county booking result.