St. Louis County 24-Hour Releases
The St. Louis County Sheriff publishes an official 48 hour Release Roster. It does not publish a distinct 24-hour feed. To find a same-day set, compare the PDF's “Released Inmates as of” timestamp with each row's Released Date. Keep only entries falling within the prior 24 hours. Label the result as a reader-filtered subset, not a separate Sheriff product.
The county says roster data update hourly. That supports hourly currentness, not instant posting after a person leaves. Intake, release processing, data entry, and report regeneration can occur at different points. A just-completed event may not be visible at once, while an older row can roll out as the report advances.
The successful manifest image comes from the official St. Louis County roster landing page.
It shows the separate current-roster and 48-hour release links. Choose the release report for a person who has already left the local booking.
Filter St. Louis County Releases
Use the report's own time as the end of the interval. This matters near midnight and when viewing from another time zone. A calendar label such as “today” can omit a late release from the prior evening even though it still falls within the last 24 hours.
- Open the Sheriff roster landing page and select View 48 hour Release Roster.
- Read the report timestamp at the top before searching any name.
- Find each
Released Dateand keep entries no more than 24 hours before that timestamp. - Match the name with jail number, birth data, booking date, location, and arresting agency.
- Use MCRO or Sheriff data to establish the legal basis and whether another authority received custody.
Searching the PDF by surname is faster, but name alone is weak identity proof. Birth information may be limited, and people can share a name. Jail number and booking date tie the row to a specific custody event. If the person is absent, test report lag, a new intake without a booking number, and the rolling cutoff before drawing a conclusion.
A broader named-person path, including state and federal sources, is covered on the St. Louis County released inmates search.
St. Louis County Release Fields
The 48-hour report is detailed about the booking and exit time, but sparse about what followed. Read all columns together. A charge and order type describe the listed matter. They do not establish the final court result.
| Field | What it can confirm |
|---|---|
| Name and jail number | The person and local booking identifier |
| DOB when public and age | Identity checks for similar names |
| Booking date and time | Start of the listed custody episode |
| Released Date and time | End of that Sheriff booking |
| Location | Facility tied to the booking, including an outside jail when shown |
| Bail and arresting agency | Context from the booking, not the cause of release |
| Charge, offense level, order type | Listed allegations and custody basis, not final disposition |
The report has no normalized release-reason field, destination, supervising office, case disposition, or photograph. An order type such as Hold, Remand, Probable Cause, or Sentence is not a release reason. A transfer may end the local booking without placing the person in the community.
Note: The online window is short, but no source says the underlying record is destroyed when the public row rolls away.
Confirm St. Louis County Release
When no row appears, start with the type of custody. Call the St. Louis County Jail at 218-726-2345 for current operational clarification. For lasting proof, use the Sheriff's public-data request channel and ask for the existing adult arrest, booking, release, or transfer data. Give the name, booking number if known, and approximate dates.
Minnesota law makes the date, time, and legal basis of an adult release public under Minn. Stat. §13.82. Transfer data separately include the recipient agency and legal basis. Those terms are useful when a Hold for other Agency appears or the Location field points elsewhere. Ask for the data rather than asking staff to explain what happened.
MCRO can show the order or case event behind the release. Minnesota VINE can provide a future participating county-jail alert, but an alert is not a certified record. For a person committed to state prison, use MN DOC Public Viewer and Minnesota Haven, not the county release PDF. A federal sentence belongs in the BOP locator. Each source covers a different legal system.
Central Records is at 100 North Fifth Avenue West, Room 103, Duluth, and can be reached at 218-726-2340 or DSO.Records@StLouisCountyMN.gov. Ask for inspection or an electronic copy and request an estimate before paid copying. Minnesota law makes inspection of public government data free, while allowed copy costs can vary. The county has not published a flat charge or guaranteed response time for this specific record. If the requested item no longer exists or is not public, staff should address the request under the applicable data classification and retention rules.
St. Louis County Release Status
A name in the release report shows that one Sheriff booking ended at the displayed time. Someone still in the live roster remains tied to a current booking, though the Location can be an outside contract jail. A person absent from both reports could be too new for a booking number, outside the rolling window, transferred, or associated with another system.
| Situation | First source | Follow-up |
|---|---|---|
| Recent county release | 48-hour Release Roster | MCRO or Sheriff record |
| Still in county booking | Current roster | Contact the listed facility |
| State prison or supervision | MN DOC Public Viewer | DOC data request or court case |
| Federal sentence | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal docket |
| Named transfer | Receiving agency locator | Sheriff transfer data |
Do not equate a missing live-roster name with freedom. St. Louis County expressly uses transfers to relieve crowding, and the jail holds U.S. Marshals prisoners. The receiving agency and court record resolve that ambiguity.
After a St. Louis County Release
The county does not publish one standard release hour, exit door, waiting rule, or weekend schedule. The report timestamp is not an appointment. Physical release processing and property release are separate tasks.
For property from the Duluth jail, call 218-726-2345 first to make sure it is ready. Picture identification is required for property release. Do not assume a new roster row means that items are ready for pickup. The official jail page controls that procedure.
Getting Home After Jail Release
An official Minnesota local-jail communications report says St. Louis County provides a free Sheriff telephone in the lobby after release. Program funds also support indigent winter clothing and reentry supplies. Those services are especially relevant during severe Duluth weather.
Duluth Transit Authority material has identified a St. Louis County Jail stop on Haines Road, but routes, trip patterns, and detours change. Check current DTA trip planning before relying on a former route notice. A release record confirms custody status. It does not arrange transport or show that a ride is waiting.
St. Louis County Bond Releases
The Sheriff provides a local bail-bond explanation and links to the state-approved agent list. Bond can lead to pretrial release under court terms. It does not decide guilt and does not finish the case.
Bail shown in a booking row is not proof that bond caused the departure. The release PDF confirms the exit time but has no release-reason label. Use MCRO to verify the court order. Keep those two facts separate when describing the event.
St. Louis County 48-Hour Quirk
The defining local feature is a precise 48-hour PDF instead of separate 24-hour and 72-hour products. It reports exact release times, charges, location, and order type, yet omits a standardized reason and image. This makes timestamp filtering useful for the same-day question while leaving the legal basis to another record.
The county has not identified an official Sheriff inmate or recent-release mobile app. The web page and PDF remain the verified mobile-accessible route. Reliance Connect appears in jail communications material, but it is a video-call and communications product rather than a release roster. Avoid substituting an unofficial feed, since its timing and labels may not match the Sheriff's booking system.
The PDF is regenerated at one stable URL. A later visit cannot reproduce an earlier version. Once an entry rolls off, Central Records and MCRO are the continuation routes. The wider two-source method for hours beyond the official report appears on Jail Releases: 72 Hours.