This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. For those actions, use the public office or official locator that controls the record.
Official Offices for Jail and Record Questions
For a current Montgomery County jail custody question, start with the Sheriff's Office and the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. The sheriff's contact page states that assistance is available 24/7.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office / Montgomery County Correctional Facility200 Clark Dr
Fultonville, NY 12072
Mailing: PO Box 432, Fultonville, NY 12072
Phone: 518-853-5500
Fax: 518-853-4096
For FOIL requests handled through the county records-access process, use the County Clerk channel. This office is for public-record routing and court-record access, not real-time custody confirmation.
Montgomery County Clerk / Records Access OfficerMontgomery County Office Building
64 Broadway
PO Box 1500
Fonda, NY 12068-1500
Phone: 518-853-8111
Email: countyclerk@montgomerycountyny.gov
County Clerk hours listed in the research are Monday through Friday, except holidays, 8:30am to 4pm, with recording hours from 8:30am to 3:30pm. July and August summer hours are 9am to 4pm, with recording hours from 9am to 3:30pm.
Use the following pages and systems based on what you need:
- For someone held at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, start with jail inmate records and the sheriff-linked VINELink search.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots before assuming a photo is available online.
- For charges or court dates after a local arrest, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility address and custody-role details, use the detention facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced New York state prisoner, use the New York State DOCCS incarcerated lookup.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.