Petersburg 72 Hour Booking Records
The Petersburg 72 Hour Booking list is the short log of recent arrests held in the borough, posted by the local police and updated as new people are brought in. Most names on the Petersburg 72 Hour Booking roster come from the town jail on Nordic Drive, with others tied to court filings at the borough courthouse. This page walks you through each public tool you can use to look up jail status, case files, and arrest history for Petersburg Borough, from the small community jail to the statewide search portals run by the court system and Alaska DOC.
Petersburg Borough 72 Hour Booking Overview
Where Petersburg 72 Hour Booking Happens
Arrests in the borough start at the Petersburg Police Department at 14 S Nordic Dr, Petersburg, AK 99833. The main number is (907) 772-3838, and the intake window stays open around the clock. Officers book each person into the Petersburg Community Jail, which holds people both before their first court date and for short misdemeanor sentences. The Petersburg Borough official website lists the police page with the current jail contact, and staff will confirm whether someone is still in custody.
The community jail is small. If a case is headed to a long sentence, the person is sent on to a larger Alaska DOC prison. The town police run day-to-day booking, so the 72 hour window used on the roster tracks people held right there before their first hearing. Call the intake window to confirm custody, record number, housing status, next court date, and any detainers on file.
Note: Jail staff will confirm custody by phone, but they may not release details about charges without a written records request.
Note: The Petersburg Community Jail is the only booking site inside the borough, so every 72 hour booking starts with the town police.
Search Petersburg Jail Roster Online
You can reach the Petersburg jail roster in two ways. The first is the town police web page linked from the borough site, which posts a simple list of names held at the local jail. The second is the third party Petersburg Community Jail roster mirror, which also pulls live data from the department. Both let you spot new bookings without calling the intake window.
The Petersburg Borough site gives you a good lead-in to the police page and the jail contact form. View the Petersburg Borough website here to pull up the police department, harbor, and borough clerk pages.
The screenshot shows the front page of the borough site, where you can click through to the police department and find current jail contact info. Most daily searches for a Petersburg 72 Hour Booking start right here.
Petersburg Police Department Records
The Petersburg Police Department files both booking and arrest reports. To get a copy of a report that is not on the public jail roster, you send a public records request to the department. Alaska Statute AS 12.62.160 sets the rules for what pieces of criminal justice information can be released to the public, and the department follows those limits when it redacts a report.
| Office | Petersburg Police Department |
|---|---|
| Address | 14 S Nordic Dr, Petersburg, AK 99833 |
| Phone | (907) 772-3838 |
| Website | petersburgak.gov |
The department also works with the Alaska State Troopers on cases that cross borough lines. Statewide records from the Troopers can be reached through the DPS Records and Identification page, which is the main door for Alaska arrest history on file with the state.
Petersburg Courthouse and CourtView
After a Petersburg 72 hour booking, the next step is usually a quick appearance at the Petersburg Courthouse, 17 N Nordic Dr, Petersburg, AK 99833. Phone: 907-772-3824. The courthouse sits in the First Judicial District and handles both District and Superior Court business for the borough.
Case files from that court flow into CourtView Public Access, the online search tool kept up by the Alaska Court System. You can type a last name, a case number, or a date and see every filed case. The main portal page at records.courts.alaska.gov links to the search box and to the list of case types. For people new to the site, the court also keeps a search cases help page that walks through how the filters work.
Public terminals are on site at the Petersburg Courthouse if you need a paper copy. The clerk can pull a file and print it for a small per-page fee.
VINE and Statewide Inmate Lookup
If someone gets moved out of the community jail, you can still track them. VINE Link sends free alerts when custody status changes at the Petersburg Community Jail, and it works for other Alaska DOC facilities too. It is the fastest way to know if a person has been moved, released, or sent to a state prison.
For a longer, formal look at a person, use the Alaska Department of Corrections offender search. The DOC facility directory lists each state prison and its contact info. If a Petersburg arrestee is sent to Lemon Creek in Juneau or Ketchikan Correctional, the DOC search will show that new site.
The Alaska Office of Victims' Rights also helps tie VINE alerts into a victim notification plan.
Public Records Act Requests
The Alaska Public Records Act gives you a clear right to ask for records held by state and local agencies. In Petersburg, that covers police reports, booking sheets, and any jail log not already posted online. You can file the request with the borough clerk or directly with the police department.
Alaska Statute AS 12.62.110 spells out what the central repository of criminal history does with the data it gets from local police. The DPS FOIA portal is the main online way to file a state level request, and it takes care of routing the ask to the right division.
Note: Most simple booking details are free, but large records requests may carry a copy fee.
What a Petersburg 72 Hour Booking Record Shows
A Petersburg 72 Hour Booking entry is short but useful. It lists the name of the person held, the date and time the person was booked, the arresting agency, the charge or charges, and the housing status inside the community jail. Some entries also show a court date and a bail amount. The record does not always show the full story. For the full file, you pair the booking entry with a CourtView case search and a call to the intake window.
Background checks on file with the state sit under AS 12.25.030, which covers how officers can make an arrest without a warrant. That statute is the base for every warrantless booking in Petersburg, and it sets the 72 hour clock that the roster is named after.
Older files can move to the Alaska State Archives, which holds historic court and agency records for all of the state.
Nearby Boroughs and Census Areas
Petersburg sits in the First Judicial District, next to several other small Southeast Alaska boroughs. If the person you are looking for was moved or booked in a next door area, start with these pages.