Find 72 Hour Booking in Juneau
Juneau is Alaska's capital and the main city for the southeast panhandle. Recent arrests in Juneau move through the Lemon Creek Correctional Center, which holds people during the first 72 hours after custody. A Juneau 72 hour booking record shows the name, the charges, and the agency that made the arrest. This page walks you through the tools to pull that info. You get links to the police, the jail, the court, and the state portals. Start with the search bar below to look up a name.
Juneau 72 Hour Booking Overview
Juneau Police Department Arrests
The Juneau Police Department is the main city law enforcement body. JPD is at 6255 Alaway Avenue, Juneau, AK 99801. The main phone is (907) 586-0600. In 2022, JPD logged 1,465 arrests. Each of those arrests ran through the Juneau 72 hour booking process.
JPD records requests go through the police records unit. You can get an arrest report after it is finished and cleared for release. Some pieces of a file may be held back under state law.
The Juneau Police Department page links to the records unit and shows the forms you need.
Arrest law is set by Alaska Statute AS 12.25.030, which tells officers when they may arrest a person with no warrant in hand.
Lemon Creek Correctional Center
The Lemon Creek Correctional Center is the main jail for Juneau. The facility is at 2000 Lemon Creek Road, Juneau, AK 99801. Phone is (907) 465-6200. The jail is run by the Alaska Department of Corrections, and it holds most new arrests during the first 72 hour window.
The DOC has a regional office in Juneau as well. That office is at P.O. Box 112000, Juneau, AK 99811-2000, and the phone is (907) 465-4652. The DOC facility directory gives the full list of holding places in the state.
If you are trying to check on someone being held at Lemon Creek, the fastest tool is VINE Link. It gives live custody status and is free to use.
Note: VINE alerts will let you know when a person at Lemon Creek is moved, released, or transferred to another DOC site.
Searching Juneau 72 Hour Booking Data Online
The main free tool is VINE. You can open VINE Link and search by name. VINE gives real time custody status for Lemon Creek.
The next tool is CourtView. Cases tied to a Juneau 72 hour booking show up on the court side once the charges are filed. Use the Public Access portal to look up filings. You can also use the Search Cases page from the court home site.
For a full criminal history, the state runs the DPS online portal. It costs $20 for the first report and $5 for extra copies. The report comes to your email.
Juneau Courthouse and CourtView
The Juneau Courthouse is at 123 4th Street, Juneau, AK 99811. Phone is (907) 463-4700. This is where a person goes after a Juneau 72 hour booking to face their first hearing. Bail gets set at this stage, and the next date for court is put on the calendar.
CourtView is the state's online case tool. It holds docket info for all trial court cases, and you can search by name for free. The records.courts.alaska.gov site is the main entry point.
The image above shows the City and Borough of Juneau home page, which links to police, records, and court resources.
| Office | Juneau Courthouse |
|---|---|
| Address | 123 4th Street, Juneau, AK 99811 |
| Phone | (907) 463-4700 |
| Website | records.courts.alaska.gov |
State Troopers and the DPS Bureau
The Alaska State Troopers handle law enforcement in the areas around Juneau that fall outside city limits. Their arrests still feed into the Juneau 72 hour booking path, since Lemon Creek is the closest jail.
The state Department of Public Safety keeps the Alaska criminal records repository under AS 12.62.110. This is the single source for name based and fingerprint based background checks across the state. DPS also takes formal records requests through its FOIA portal.
Release of criminal justice info has limits set by AS 12.62.160. That law says which pieces of a file can go out and which stay back.
City and Borough Records
The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified city and borough government. That means the same body runs the city and the borough at once. Public records are held by the Municipal Clerk's office, which you can reach through the main juneau.org site.
The clerk keeps agendas, meeting minutes, ordinance code files, and many other local records. Booking data is not held by the clerk, since that sits with DOC, but the clerk can still help with related city files.
For older files that are no longer in live systems, the Alaska State Archives holds historic court and agency records. The archives are in Juneau and take walk in research visits by appointment.
Public Records Requests in Juneau
The Alaska Public Records Act gives the public the right to ask for state and local records. It applies to JPD, DOC, the court, and the City and Borough of Juneau. You do not need to say why you want a record. The agency has a short time to reply.
If you are a victim, the Alaska Office of Victims' Rights has info on VINE and other tools for getting notice about inmate status.
Most Juneau 72 hour booking info is already online through CourtView, VINE, and the state portals. A formal records request is mostly needed for older cases or for a full copy of the arrest report.
What a Juneau 72 Hour Booking Record Shows
The record lists the name, date of birth, booking date, the arresting agency, and the charges. It may show bail and the first court date. It does not show the result of the case or any prior record.
Use CourtView for the result. Use the DPS portal for the prior record. Use VINE for current status. The three together give a full view.
A 72 hour booking record is not a charge sheet and not a verdict. It is only the first short window of the case. Most bookings in Juneau end with a first hearing at the Fourth Street courthouse inside a day or two. After that, the record on file with the court is the main place to track the case.
Family members and friends often use VINE alerts to keep up with a person in custody. The tool sends a phone call or an email when the status changes. You can sign up through vinelink.com or by phone. There is no fee.
Tips for Finding a Juneau Booking
Start with the name. Spell it the way it shows on a state ID. Try VINE first for live status at Lemon Creek. If no result comes up, try CourtView next. The person may have been booked but not yet charged, which means no case file yet.
If the person is not in VINE and not in CourtView, call the Juneau Police records unit. They can confirm if a report is on file even when the data is not yet online. The records phone is (907) 586-0600.
For prior cases or old arrests, the DPS portal is the right tool. It covers the full state repository, not just Juneau.
Nearby Alaska Cities
Juneau is inside the City and Borough of Juneau. A few other Southeast cities have their own 72 hour booking pages you can use.