Records Division

The Records Division of the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office is open to serve the public Monday through Friday, (except Holidays), 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. We are located in the Law and Justice Center at 345 W. Main Street, Chehalis, Washington.

The records staff independently coordinates and performs a broad range of technical support services to the Operations, Corrections and Services Bureaus. Support technicians are responsible for computer entry, processing, storage, retrieval and dissemination of various reports, records and information within the Sheriff’s Office, along with assisting the public at the counter and on the phone. The staff includes six support technicians.

Support technicians process and maintain law enforcement case reports, booking reports, fingerprint cards, crime scene photographs, stolen property, guns, vehicles, missing and runaway persons per state statute. The staff also processes requests for reports, montages, and other law enforcement information according to established policy, and procedure. They compile monthly statistics, check for accuracy and create reports from UCR/IBR information, and provide an audit trail of law enforcement information distributed to various agencies.

Records Request Information

You may request a copy of a report from the Sheriff’s Office by faxing to (360) 740-1476, calling (360) 748-9286, or by writing to:

• Lewis County Sheriff’s Office
  Records Division
  345 W Main Street; MS:SHE01
  Chehalis, WA 98532

(A fee of 15 cents per page is payable upon receipt of requested report or information.
Please allow five (5) working days to process request.)

Background Checks

When requesting a background check, a criminal history record request form must be completed. If the criminal history record check requested is for yourself, you will be required to present positive identification, including a signature and photograph, such as a driver’s license. If the record check requested is for another person you will be required to present a notarized statement from that person authorizing release of the record. Criminal History records checks take up to five (5) working days to process. A fee of $15.00 is due at the time of request.

You may also obtain a criminal history record check through Internet access at WATCH - Washington Access to Criminal Records

Records Statistics

Law Enforcement Cases Reported - The following stats were forwarded to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program (UCR), which is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Criminal Cases Reported