Search Pine County Inmate Records

Pine County Jail Roster PDF

The official Pine County jail roster is published by the county jail as a public PDF, not as a database with a last-name search box. The county's jail roster page links to "Download the current Pine County Jail Inmate Roster (pdf)" and states that the roster is updated every hour. That hourly update is the key local timing fact. A person booked moments ago may not appear until the next PDF refresh, and a release or court order may also lag behind staff action.

Use the Pine County roster for adult men and women held in the Pine County Jail on pretrial, local sentence, warrant, agency hold, or similar county-custody status. Do not use it as the only search for people who have moved to the Minnesota Department of Corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or immigration custody. The roster can show "MN DOC" or another agency in the held-for field, but a transferred sentenced prisoner belongs in the state locator. Federal sentenced inmates at FCI Sandstone belong in the BOP locator.

The Pine County roster page is the source for the hourly PDF notice and roster link.

The screenshot shows why Pine County inmate records need a PDF search workflow instead of a normal form-field search.

Use Pine County Inmate Records

Start with the county jail page, open the roster PDF, and search inside the document. Most browsers and PDF viewers let you press Ctrl+F or use the find box to search a last name. Because the county interface is a PDF, not a live form, the user controls the search terms. Try the full last name first, then a shorter spelling if the name may include a suffix, hyphen, or alternate spelling.

1. Open the Pine County Jail roster page and select the current roster PDF link.
2. Use the browser or PDF find tool to search the last name, then review nearby matches by first name, age, and arrest date.
3. Read the held-for agency and arresting agency fields before assuming Pine County controls release.
4. Check charges, statute numbers, and bond or bail information, then confirm unclear entries with jail information at 320-629-8400.
5. If the person is not listed, search MCRO, MNDOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, or Minnesota VINELink depending on the custody path.

Call the jail when the PDF is stale, the person has a common name, or the roster suggests another agency controls custody. Pine County lists jail inmate information at 320-629-8400, and the jail operates every day. The jail administration office and records contacts have business hours, but custody operations do not stop at night or on holidays.

If a person is reporting to serve jail time rather than being brought in after arrest, Pine County gives a very specific local process. The FAQ says Jail Programming schedules report dates on weekdays and directs self-reporting people to the northwest side of the Law Enforcement Center, where they use the lobby phone to notify jail staff. That detail is useful for inmate records because a scheduled sentence can become a roster entry after intake, even when there was no new street arrest.

Pine County Roster Fields

The Pine County jail roster has no county-side search form. The practical search fields are the document and the PDF viewer tools. That makes the roster easy to open, but it also means users must scan the entry text with care. A match by name is only the first step. The same roster entry should be checked against arrest date, held-for agency, and charge text.

Pine County Inmate Record Details

Pine County roster entries are public PDF blocks rather than profile pages. Official snippets showed name, demographics, arrest date, held-for agency, bond or bail, arresting agency, and charges with Minnesota statute numbers. They did not show full date of birth, height, weight, pod assignment, booking time, court date, magistrate name, or a booking photo. Treat the roster as a current-custody record, not a full criminal history.

Pine County Custody Channels

Current local custody should be checked through the Pine County roster PDF first, then by phone through jail information. In-person questions route to the sheriff and jail campus at 635 Northridge Drive NW in Pine City. The jail administration office is listed as Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding government holidays, while the jail runs 24 hours a day.

Records that are not visible on the PDF have a different path. The Sheriff's Records Unit is in Suite 100 on the same Northridge Drive campus and lists Records@pinecountymn.gov, 320-629-8380, and 320-629-8392 fax. The public records forms page includes a Records Request Form, but the research did not locate a county fee table or promised turnaround time. Ask the unit before mailing payment or assuming same-day release.

Pine County Jail Facilities

Pine County has three official custody channels inside the county geography. The sheriff-operated Pine County Jail holds local adult pretrial detainees and sentenced local offenders. Minnesota Correctional Facility - Willow River is a state DOC Challenge Incarceration Program facility, not a county jail. FCI Sandstone is a federal prison for male federal inmates. Each has a different search system.

Pine County Booking Records

A Pine County booking usually begins with arrest by the sheriff, a city contract law-enforcement officer, tribal police, another county, DOC, or another Minnesota agency. The person is transported to the Pine County Jail for admission, property inventory, orientation, medical or medication screening, classification, housing, roster posting, and court scheduling. The 2026 Minnesota DOC inspection confirms that admissions include orientation and property documentation requirements under local jail rules.

Booking charges on the roster are not the final court record. The Pine County Attorney decides whether to charge based on the investigation. Felony and gross misdemeanor cases proceed to a Rule 5 first appearance, where the defendant is told the filed charges, advised of rights, and has bail addressed. Court appearances are set by Court Administration, not by jail staff. For the court side of a booking, use Pine County court records after jail arrest.

Pine County Jail Visits

Pine County lists scheduled jail visitation on the jail contact page and states that on-site visits are scheduled only. No walk-in visits are accepted. Visitors need a valid driver's license or state photo ID. They must be at least 18 unless with a parent or guardian, and they are subject to warrant checks. Visits are monitored and recorded, and cellphones, food, beverages, and personal items are not allowed in the visiting area.

The Pine County jail contact page is the source for the listed visitation hours and jail contact block.

The contact page is useful when a roster entry needs to be confirmed before a visit, message, or records request.

Pine County Inmate Contact

Mail should be addressed to Pine County Jail, the inmate's full name, 635 Northridge Drive NW, Suite 130, Pine City, MN 55063. The jail FAQ says inmates receive books, hygiene items, writing materials, uniforms, and footwear, and they can buy postage-paid envelopes, snacks, and necessities through canteen. Inmates may possess no more than three appropriate photographs, and Polaroids are not allowed.

For money, Pine County links JailATM for online deposits. The FAQ also describes money orders payable to the inmate by mail and a sheriff's office lobby drop box for currency only, with no coins. Funds are usually available the next day, not right away. Reliance Telephone is the listed provider for collect calls, phone accounts, texting, and video resources. The current contact page lists the inmate message line as 320-322-1014.

When the roster lists a hold from another agency, contact and money options can still work at the jail, but release may not. A DOC hold, court warrant, out-of-county hold, federal hold, or immigration issue can keep a person in custody after Pine County bond is handled. Check the held-for field first, then confirm with jail staff and the court record.