Alaska 24 Hour Booking Records
Alaska 24 Hour Booking records cover people taken into custody by state troopers, borough police, and city police within the past day. You can find recent Alaska arrests through the trooper Daily Dispatch, local jail rosters, the Alaska Court System CourtView portal, and the Department of Corrections VINE inmate locator. This page maps out where to look, how to run a 24 Hour Booking search, which agency holds each type of record, and what the Alaska public records rules allow the public to see.
Alaska 24 Hour Booking Overview
Where to Find Alaska 24 Hour Booking Records
Alaska does not run a single statewide jail roster. Recent bookings live in several places. The main source at the state level is the Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch. Troopers post daily press releases with names, ages, charges, and the facility where each person was taken after arrest. Borough and city police run their own blotters and records units. The Alaska Department of Corrections tracks people once they land in a state facility through the VINE system.
The Alaska State Troopers cover roughly 90 percent of the state's land area. Their press log lists arrests by detachment. A Detachment covers Southeast Alaska. B Detachment covers the Mat-Su and Southcentral area. C Detachment covers Western Alaska, Kodiak, and the Aleutians. D Detachment covers the Interior and Fairbanks region. E Detachment covers the Kenai Peninsula. Each entry shows an incident number, the date and time, the charge, and where the person was remanded.
City and borough police each hold their own booking logs. Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Wasilla, Kodiak, Sitka, Homer, Palmer, Kenai, Ketchikan, and Bethel all run separate records units. You can often get a 24 Hour Booking report by filing a simple records request with the agency that made the arrest.
The Alaska Court System CourtView portal shows charges once a case gets filed with the court. It is not a booking log, but it is the fastest way to confirm that an arrest moved into a formal case.
Here is a lead-in to the main state booking dispatch. The Alaska Department of Public Safety runs the daily press log at dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov, shown below.
The Daily Dispatch is the best single source for recent trooper arrests across the state. Each report shows the incident number, time of arrest, and the detention facility where the person was booked.
Note: Use the trooper Daily Dispatch for trooper arrests and contact the local police records unit for city and borough bookings.
How to Search Alaska 24 Hour Booking Logs
There are four main ways to run a 24 Hour Booking search in Alaska. You can check the trooper dispatch page, run a name in CourtView, look up the person on VINE, or file a records request with the agency that made the arrest.
Start with the Alaska Court System CourtView case search. You can search by case number, party name, or ticket number. A typical case number looks like 3AN-12-00001CR. CourtView shows case type, charges filed, hearing dates, and docket entries for most trial court matters. It pulls from the superior and district courts and covers criminal, civil, small claims, domestic relations, and child support filings. The system returns up to 500 records per query.
To run a CourtView lookup you need:
- Full name or case number
- Approximate year of filing if known
- Court location or statewide search
- Date of birth to confirm identity
Here is the CourtView search page. The Alaska Court System publishes the public case search tool at courts.alaska.gov.
CourtView is free to use and covers most trial court cases filed after 1990. The court warns that this is not a criminal history check. Some records come off the site after acquittal or dismissal under AS 22.35.030.
Use VINE to confirm that a person is in custody. The Alaska VINE system lets you track an offender's custody status by phone or web. Call 1-800-247-9763 or visit vinelink.com. Service runs 24 hours a day. You can also sign up for alerts if the person is released, transferred, or escapes.
Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch
The Daily Dispatch is the primary official source for recent trooper arrests. Reports go up each day. Each entry reads like a short narrative with the date, time, place, charge, and outcome. The format is simple. One recent sample read: "On March 10, 2026, at approximately 1838 hours, the Alaska State Troopers received a report of a disturbance... was transported and remanded to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility."
Every report carries the same legal note. Charges are accusations only. Each person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court. The Dispatch supports date range searches and text search. You can also look up an entry by its incident number. A typical number takes the form AK26021492.
Alaska State Troopers coordinate with local departments. A trooper may arrest a person in an unincorporated area and then remand them to a city jail or a Department of Corrections facility. The dispatch entry will list the remand location. That tells you where to look next for a 24 Hour Booking hold.
Note: The trooper Daily Dispatch covers arrests by state troopers, not by city or borough police.
Alaska Detention Facilities and Inmate Lookup
The Alaska Department of Corrections runs 13 facilities across the state. Alaska uses a unified system. Pretrial and sentenced inmates often stay in the same facility. That means the 24 Hour Booking hold and the long-term stay can happen in the same building.
Key facilities include:
- Anchorage Correctional Complex (Anchorage)
- Fairbanks Correctional Center (Fairbanks)
- Lemon Creek Correctional Center (Juneau)
- Wildwood Correctional Complex (Kenai)
- Mat-Su Pretrial Facility (Palmer)
- Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center (Bethel)
- Ketchikan Correctional Center (Ketchikan)
Each DOC facility books people the same day they arrive. The intake desk records name, date of birth, booking photo, charges, and bail status. This is the core of the 24 Hour Booking record. You can find the person by name on vinelink.com once the booking hits the system.
Below is the Alaska Department of Corrections main page. You can reach it at doc.alaska.gov.
The DOC main line is (907) 334-2381 or toll free (844) 934-2381. The central office sits at 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1800, in Anchorage.
Alaska Public Records Act Requests
The Alaska Public Records Act (APRA) is the law that lets the public get 24 Hour Booking logs, arrest reports, and other police records. It is codified in AS 40.25.100 through AS 40.25.295. Agencies must respond within 10 working days under AS 40.25.110. Day 0 is the day the request comes in. Day 1 is the next working day.
The Alaska Department of Law APRA guide lays out the full process. Some exemptions apply. Records may be withheld when release would hurt an active case, reveal a confidential source, or invade personal privacy. Victim names in sexual assault cases are always withheld under AS 12.61.140. Juvenile records are also closed.
You can file a request with Alaska State Troopers through the online FOIA portal at dpsalaska.justfoia.com. Include the incident date, location, and names of the parties involved. Track your request with the request number and security key the portal gives you.
Here is the DPS request portal. The Alaska Department of Public Safety handles trooper records requests through dpsalaska.justfoia.com.
Most agencies answer within 10 business days. Fees may apply when a search runs more than five person-hours in a calendar month under AS 40.25.110(c).
Alaska 24 Hour Booking Laws and Rules
Alaska law sets what the public can see and what stays closed. The Alaska Statutes cover public records in Title 40 and criminal justice information in Title 12. Read AS 40.25.110 for the general right of access. Read AS 12.62.160 for the rules on sharing criminal history.
Under AS 22.35.030 the Alaska Court System may not keep a criminal case on its public website if 60 days have passed since acquittal or full dismissal. That rule applies to all charges that were dropped or where the person was found not guilty. It does not apply to bookings themselves, just to the court case data on CourtView.
Background checks through the DPS Criminal Records and Identification Bureau cost $20 for a name-based check and $35 for a fingerprint-based check. The bureau sits at 5700 East Tudor Road in Anchorage. Reach them at (907) 269-5767. Reports cover adult arrests and convictions going back through the Alaska Public Safety Information Network.
Here is the Alaska Statutes page, where you can pull the full text of each cited section. Visit akleg.gov.
Court copy fees run $5 for the first document and $3 for each additional copy. Certified copies cost $10 first, $3 after. Research time runs $30 per hour under the court fee schedule.
Victim Notification and Custody Alerts
Alaska VINE is free. It runs 24 hours a day. Call 1-800-247-9763 or go to vinelink.com. Register a phone number or email and set a four-digit PIN. VINE will call when an offender is released, transferred, dies, escapes, or is placed on electronic monitoring. Advance alerts go out 30 days before release.
Below is the VINE page. The Alaska Department of Corrections contracts with VINE to track offenders in state custody through vinelink.com.
The service is confidential. The offender will not know you signed up. Calls may come any time of day or night. TTY service is at 1-866-847-1298.
The Alaska Violent Crimes Compensation Board keeps a victim notification page with full contact lists. You can also reach the Chief Classification Officer at (907) 269-7426 for inmate location questions. The Victim Service Unit line is (907) 269-7384 or toll free 1-877-741-0741.
Alaska Sex Offender Registry
The Alaska Sex Offender Registry is run by the Department of Public Safety. You can search by name, address, zip code, or city. The site shows photos, physical details, conviction data, and current address. Registry entries update on business workdays. Registration is required under AS 12.63 for people convicted of qualifying offenses.
Below is the registry home page. The DPS runs the public registry at sor.dps.alaska.gov.
The registry is separate from the 24 Hour Booking log. Use it for a long-term status check after a conviction, not for fresh arrest data.
Tip: Confirm date of birth before you act on any name match in a public Alaska booking or registry database.
Alaska Court System Tips and Limits
The Alaska Court System tips page explains how to track a person through the court file. If you think a person may be in custody, check VINE first. If that fails, contact the court clerk where the case was filed. CourtView shows current addresses when the court file lists them.
Cases removed from public access include juvenile delinquency, CINA (Child in Need of Aid), adoption, mental commitment, alcohol commitment, emancipation, medical emergency, and minor settlement matters. Some civil protective order cases are also closed. Foreign domestic violence orders are not published. Certain minor alcohol offenses for people under 21 come off the site after a set time.
Below is the court tips page. The Alaska Court System keeps the guide at courts.alaska.gov.
Court records older than 1990 are limited. Before 1990, courts kept a paper card index only. Any search that far back may need a trip to the local courthouse.
Browse Alaska 24 Hour Booking by Borough
Each Alaska borough and census area has its own public safety setup. Pick a borough below to find local police, jail, and court contacts for 24 Hour Booking searches in that area.
Major Alaska City 24 Hour Booking Pages
Most Alaska bookings happen in the larger cities. Pick a city below to find the local police, jail, and court resources for recent Alaska arrest records in that area.