Grant County Jail Roster Start
The official online starting point for Grant County inmate records is the WV Regional Jail offender search. Grant County's official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Steven Wratchford and describes arrest, prisoner transport, court process, and peacekeeping duties, but it does not publish a local jail roster, jail division page, or separate Grant County jail facility. The regional jail search covers current custody in the West Virginia regional jail system, including people held at Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility after a Grant County arrest.
That distinction prevents many bad searches. Potomac Highlands is in Augusta, Hampshire County, yet the WV DCR facility page says it serves Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton Counties. A person may have a Grant County arrest, a Grant County magistrate case, and a jail bed outside Grant County. A roster entry is a custody record, not the complete court case. Bond orders, formal charges, warrants, and dispositions must be checked with the court system when the legal result matters.
The WV DCR disclaimer also matters. It says regional jail information is updated regularly but can change quickly and may not show true current location, release date, status, or other offender information. Treat the roster as the best public starting point, then confirm urgent facts by phone, in person, or through the court clerk.
Grant County Roster Search Fields
The regional jail search is simple, but it is strict about the last name. The page says to enter at least the first three letters of the last name. The first-name field is optional and useful when a common last name creates too many results. The form also uses reCAPTCHA, so automated tools may fail even when a person is in custody.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name, partial or full | Text | Yes | Minimum 3 characters and maximum 100; use the first three letters if spelling is uncertain. |
| First Name | Text | No | Maximum 100 characters; helps narrow common names. |
| reCAPTCHA | Challenge widget | Yes | Required before the public search can run. |
| Search | Submit button | Yes | Submitting the form accepts the WV DCR terms and disclaimer. |
The official regional jail search form shown in the manifest is the source for these field limits.
The WV Regional Jail offender search displays the last-name, first-name, reCAPTCHA, and search controls used for Grant County jail custody checks.
The screenshot reflects why a Grant County inmate records search usually begins with a name search rather than a county sheriff roster page.
Use Grant County Inmate Records
A careful lookup follows the custody path. Start with current jail custody, then broaden the search only when the person does not appear or the case stage has changed. Same-day arrests can lag because intake data must be entered and refreshed before it appears in a public result.
- Open the WV Regional Jail offender search, not a commercial roster or an unverified vendor portal.
- Enter at least three letters of the last name, then add the first name if the result list is broad.
- Complete the reCAPTCHA and compare the result by full name, facility, age clues, booking details, custody status, and charge labels if shown.
- Check WV Daily Incarcerations and select Grant County when the arrest is fresh or the roster search is inconclusive.
- Call Potomac Highlands or the Grant County sheriff when release, bond, or same-day custody must be confirmed.
- Move to court, DOC, federal, ICE, or VINELink channels when the jail roster does not answer the question.
Daily Incarcerations is a useful second check. Research found that the county dropdown includes all West Virginia counties, including Grant. On July 2, 2026, the visible public results showed Potomac Highlands Regional Jail with one admission by institution, but that figure was not a Grant County-only population count.
Grant County Inmate Record Fields
Live regional jail profiles could not be inspected during research because reCAPTCHA blocks automated sample-profile review. The public pages still support a cautious inventory. The exact fields in a current live profile should be checked manually before relying on a field-by-field printout, especially when a case involves release status, bond, or a transfer.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The identity searched on the public roster; confirm spelling and any alias with the jail or court record. |
| Facility or location | Expected custody location, such as Potomac Highlands, but DCR warns location can change quickly. |
| Booking or admission details | Intake-related timing if shown; exact live fields were not confirmed through a sample profile. |
| Charges | Booking or arrest labels, not the final charging document or case disposition. |
| Bond or custody status | May help identify release conditions, but the court order controls bond and release. |
| Booking photograph | DCR disclaimer discusses booking photos, but current photo display must be checked on a live record. |
Use the court portals for the legal record behind a charge. Magistrate cases, circuit cases, complaints, indictments, bond orders, and final dispositions are separate from the jail custody profile.
Grant County Jail Contact Card
Grant County jail custody is routed through Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility. The Grant County sheriff remains important for local arrest reports and law-enforcement records, but the facility handles regional jail custody and non-contact visitation scheduling.
Potomac Highlands Regional Jail and Correctional Facility
355 Dolan Drive
Augusta, WV 26704
(304) 496-1275
Visit scheduling: (304) 496-7057
Fax: (304) 496-7591
Grant County Sheriff
5 Highland Avenue
Petersburg, WV 26847
304-257-1818
Email: gcsher@sheriff.state.wv.us
Fax: 304-257-2665
For records access, route the request to the office that keeps the record. Ask the sheriff about local arrest or incident records, WV DCR or Potomac Highlands about custody records, and the Grant County magistrate or circuit clerk about court documents.
Grant County Visitation Schedule
Potomac Highlands publishes non-contact visitation rules. Visits must be scheduled one day in advance by phone between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Visits are first call, first served and cannot be scheduled at the window. Visitors should arrive at least 15 minutes early to sign in, and late arrivals receive only the time left in the scheduled slot.
| Day | Appointment / Visit Rule | Published Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Call for Tuesday appointment | Call (304) 496-7057 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday | Visitation begins | 8:30 a.m. |
| Wednesday | Call for Thursday appointment | Call (304) 496-7057 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. |
| Thursday | Visitation begins | 12:00 p.m. |
| Friday | Call for Saturday appointment | Call (304) 496-7057 between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. |
| Saturday | Visitation begins | 8:30 a.m. |
| Sunday | No visitation | No visitation. |
Visitors must register at entry and present valid photo identification such as a driver's license, DMV photo ID, or passport. Youth visitors need a birth certificate and proper adult authorization. Facility rules also require full and appropriate dress, with the shift supervisor deciding whether clothing is acceptable.
Grant County Custody Channels
The right search tool depends on where the person is in the process. A pretrial detainee after a Grant County arrest is different from a sentenced state prisoner, a federal defendant, an immigration detainee, or a person who needs release notifications rather than a one-time lookup.
| Channel | Use It For | Grant County Limit |
|---|---|---|
| WV Regional Jail offender search | Current regional jail custody, including Potomac Highlands. | May lag or change quickly. |
| WV Daily Incarcerations | Fresh admissions by county or institution. | Public postback uses reCAPTCHA. |
| Phone or in person | Urgent custody, visit, release, or records routing questions. | Use Potomac Highlands for jail custody and the sheriff for local arrest records. |
| West Virginia FOIA request | Public records not shown online. | Request must be specific and sent to the custodian. |
| WV DCR prison/supervision search | Prison, parole, or active supervision after sentencing. | Discharged offenders do not appear. |
| BOP and ICE locators | Federal prison or immigration detention. | Separate systems, not county jail tools. |
| West Virginia VINELink | Custody and case notifications. | Best for alerts, not a full court file. |
No confirmed Grant County WV sheriff mobile app with an inmate roster or warrant lookup was located in the official sources reviewed. A possible 365Labs portal and app-store results require manual verification before they should be treated as Grant County tools.
Grant County Inmate Locator Channels
Sentencing can move a person out of the regional jail search. The WV DCR prison and supervision search covers offenders under active supervision, in prison, or on parole status only. The page allows a search by Offender ID or by first and last name. It also says a no-results message may mean the person is no longer in WV DCR custody.
Federal and immigration custody are separate. The BOP inmate locator locates federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present and shows fields such as name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE ODLS is the immigration custody channel. Grant County has no BOP or ICE facility identified in the research, and federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals before BOP has a public result.
Custody distinction: Regional jail records show current jail custody. DOC records show prison or supervision status. BOP and ICE records answer federal or immigration custody questions.
Grant County Records Requests
When online lookup does not answer the question, West Virginia FOIA supplies the request path. W. Va. Code §29B-1-3 gives the public a right to inspect or copy public records unless an exemption applies. It also requires the custodian to respond as soon as practicable and within five business days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays.
A good request names the person, date range, agency, record type, and case or booking number if known. Ask for "booking record for a Grant County arrest held by WV DCR" only when the custody record is the target. Ask for "incident report" or "arrest report" when the sheriff's record is the target. Ask the clerk for complaints, bond orders, docket sheets, or certified case copies. Copy fees may cover actual reproduction costs, but the research did not find a local sheriff copy-fee table for arrest or booking records.
For mugshot-specific access, the Grant County jail mugshots page covers booking photo limits, records requests, and West Virginia's booking-photo statute.