Find Montgomery County Recent Bookings
Montgomery County recent bookings are processed by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Crawfordsville, which operates the county jail and keeps all arrest records for the area. Online inmate search directly through the county's site is limited, so the statewide INjail portal and the Indiana MyCase court portal are the main remote options. This page covers how to reach the Montgomery County Sheriff, what booking records contain, and which tools work best when you need to find a current inmate.
Montgomery County Quick Facts
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is located at 600 Memorial Drive in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The sheriff manages the county jail and logs all arrests made in Montgomery County. When someone is booked into the jail, a record is created that includes name, charges, and booking time. That data is what feeds into the statewide INjail portal and what staff will read back to you over the phone.
To get real-time custody information for the Montgomery County Jail, call 765-362-3740. Staff can confirm whether a specific person is in custody, what they are charged with, and when they were booked. The sheriff's department page on the county government site at montgomerycounty.in.gov lists contact details and basic office information. Crawfordsville is located in west-central Indiana, about 45 miles west of Indianapolis on US-136.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
The Indiana County Jail Public Portal is the main statewide tool for searching Montgomery County recent bookings when county-level online inmate data is not available.
| Address | 600 Memorial Drive, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 765-362-3740 |
| Website | montgomerycounty.in.gov |
| Inmate Search | Contact jail directly at 765-362-3740 |
INjail Portal for Montgomery County Recent Bookings
When you need to search Montgomery County recent bookings online, start with the Indiana County Jail Public Portal at public.indianajail.gov. This free statewide system draws booking data from county jails across Indiana. You search by name and the results show inmates currently held at the Montgomery County Jail or any other participating county facility in the state. No account or fee is needed.
Very recent bookings may take a few hours to appear in the portal after the arrest. If someone is not showing up in the INjail results, they may have already been released, or the booking may still be processing. Calling the Montgomery County Jail at 765-362-3740 gives you the most current status. If the person has been convicted and transferred to state custody, use the IDOC offender locator at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov to find their placement.
Court Records Through MyCase
A booking is only the first step. To see what happens in court after a Montgomery County arrest, the Indiana MyCase portal is the right tool. MyCase covers all Indiana courts and lets you search by name or case number to find charges formally filed, scheduled hearings, and case outcomes. Many people use both INjail and MyCase together when researching a Montgomery County arrest.
Indiana MyCase Court Records Portal
Indiana's MyCase portal is a free way to look up court cases tied to Montgomery County recent bookings, including charges, hearing dates, and outcomes for cases handled in Crawfordsville.
MyCase is updated as court staff enter records. There can be a brief lag between when a hearing happens and when the result shows on MyCase, but it is generally current within a day or so. For cases that have been appealed or moved to a higher court, the portal also tracks those filings.
What Montgomery County Booking Records Show
Booking records in Montgomery County are public under Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, found at IC 5-14-3. Jails must release basic booking information within 24 hours of an arrest. The standard fields in a Montgomery County booking record are the full name, date of birth, home address, the charges brought, and the time and date the person was booked into the jail. Bond status is added after a judge's ruling.
Under IC 5-14-3-5, these records are open to any member of the public. You don't need a reason to ask for them. Charges at booking reflect what was alleged at the time of arrest and can change as the Montgomery County case moves forward. Use MyCase to track those changes. If a Montgomery County arrest did not lead to conviction, the person may be eligible for expungement under IC 35-38-9. Petitions go to the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Crawfordsville.
Additional Resources
The VineLink custody notification system lets you sign up for alerts on anyone held at the Montgomery County Jail. You receive a call, text, or email whenever that person is released or transferred. The service is free and does not require repeated manual checks on the jail's status. It works for both county jail and state prison placements in Indiana.
The Indiana State Police runs a statewide criminal history service at in.gov/isp/criminal-history-services for those who need a full background check beyond recent Montgomery County bookings. The Indiana PAC office at in.gov/pac provides free guidance on expungement and record access issues. Indiana Legal Services offers free legal help to those who qualify based on income and can assist with Montgomery County cases.
Nearby Counties
Montgomery County is bordered by several Indiana counties, each with their own sheriff and booking records.