This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Belmont Offices and Record Routes
Direct each question to its record custodian. The sheriff handles the county booking, physical jail departure, local transfer details, and booking photograph. Courts hold orders and dispositions. ODRC handles state-prison and Adult Parole Authority records.
Belmont County Sheriff's Office and Jail
68137 Hammond Road
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Main: 740-695-7933
Jail: 740-695-5124
Jail fax: 740-695-4781
Booking: extensions 118/119
Jail Administrator: extension 156
Transport Division: extension 158
Use the online public-record portal and choose Other for a booking/release sheet or booking photograph. The portal says staff will contact a requester within three business days regarding the request. That is not a guaranteed production deadline.
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Offender Search Contact
P.O. Box 430
Columbus, OH 43216
Phone: 614-752-1161
Use ODRC Offender Search for a state prisoner, a released state record, APA supervision, or a violator-at-large entry. ODRC is not the archive for a short Belmont County Jail booking.
Belmont County Adult Probation
103 North Market Street
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Phone: 740-695-3917
Fax: 740-695-3942
The official contact page lists probation, chief probation/pretrial, and Drug Court probation roles. County probation is separate from ODRC Adult Parole Authority supervision.
Belmont County Courts
Northern, Eastern, and Western Division Courts
52160 National Road
St. Clairsville, OH
Published hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Northern: 740-676-4490
Eastern: 740-449-2308
Western: 740-695-2875
Common Pleas Clerk, Legal Department
101 West Main Street
St. Clairsville, OH 43950
Phone: 740-699-2169
Use these routes based on the task:
- For a released person or release record, the home page explains the full search and request path.
- For supervision after release, use Probation & Parole.
- For same-day departures, see Jail Releases: 24 Hours, which explains Belmont's lack of a public release feed.
- For a date or alert, use Projected Release or VINELink Inmate Search.
- For a facility, use its page in the footer and the agency contact shown there.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use ODRC Offender Search and the ODRC contact above.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator rather than the Belmont jail as the final source.