This is a private reference site, not a Grant County or Kentucky government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Official Offices and Records
Choose the office by record type. Public office hours are counter hours, not guaranteed release times. Grant County Detention Center may process a lawful release outside its public office schedule.
Grant County Detention Center
212 Barnes Road
Williamstown, KY 41097
859-824-5191
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Use for recent releases, exact departure information, detention-center records or photos, and bond or Pretrial routing.
Grant County Sheriff
212 Barnes Road, Suite A
Williamstown, KY 41097
Office: 859-824-3333
Dispatch: 859-428-1212
Fax: 859-824-3334
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Use for sheriff-held arrest or incident records. The Sheriff is not automatically the custodian of a detention-center release record.
Grant County Circuit Court Clerk
224 S. Main St.
Williamstown, KY 41097
Circuit: 859-824-4467
District: 859-823-5251
Fax: 859-824-0183
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Use for official case records, judgments, bond orders, dismissals, sentences, probation, and shock-probation orders.
Kentucky DOC Records
Offender Information Services
P.O. Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602-2400
Phone: 502-564-2433
Fax: 502-564-9575
For public open records, email correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov. Public-record questions: 502-782-2229. Inmate-record requests: 502-782-2370.
Probation and Parole District 12
2439 Old Lawrenceburg Road
Frankfort, KY 40602
P.O. Box 2400
Phone: 502-564-6613
Fax: 502-564-9397
District 12 routes Grant County community-supervision questions.
Notification and Federal Contacts
Kentucky VINE: 1-800-511-1670
TTY: 1-866-847-1298
KY DOC Victim Services: 502-564-5061
Toll-free: 877-687-6818
Email: VSB.help@ky.gov
USMS Eastern District, Covington: 859-392-7918
The records path depends on the question:
- For a released person or release record, begin with the Grant County search and records path.
- For community supervision, use Parole / Probation and District 12.
- For recent county exits, check Released Last 24 Hours.
- For a date or alert, use Inmate Release Date or VINELink Release Check.
- For a specific jail, use the Grant County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, use KOOL or Kentucky DOC records staff.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator that fits the agency.