This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether a person is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official Carter County or Kentucky contact below for those actions.
Where to Start for Carter County Records
The right office depends on what kind of record or custody question you have. Carter County jail custody questions usually start with the detention center, while sheriff incident records and court case copies belong to different offices.
- Carter County Detention Center: 13 Crossbar Road, Grayson, KY 41143, phone (606) 475-1606. The county page lists Jailer R. W. Boggs, and this is the local jail contact for current custody, jail booking, and facility questions.
- Carter County Sheriff Department: Sheriff Jeff May, 300 West Main Street, Grayson, KY 41143, phone (606) 474-5616. Published office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 am-4:00 pm and the last Saturday of each month 8:30 am-12:00 pm.
- Carter County Justice Center: Circuit Court Clerk Larry D. Thompson, 100 E. Main St., Grayson, KY 41143. Circuit Court phone is (606) 474-5191 and District Court phone is (606) 474-6572.
- Carter County Attorney: Brian Bayes, 300 West Main Street, Grayson, KY 41143, phone (606) 474-5081. Published hours are Monday-Friday 8:00 am-4:00 pm.
- Commonwealth's Attorney, 37th Circuit: Brandon Ison, 104 Hunter Street, P.O. Box 128, Sandy Hook, KY 41171, phone (606) 738-5494.
Use these pages to choose the correct lookup path before calling or visiting:
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots.
- For charges, case numbers, hearings, and filed court records after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility address and custody details, open the Carter County Detention Center page.
- For sentenced Kentucky prisoners or supervision records, use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup through the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.