Woodbury Arrest and Booking Records

Woodbury recent bookings are processed through Washington County, where the jail maintains daily PDF booking reports and a public inmate search tool that anyone can use to look up custody status and charges. People arrested by Woodbury Police are transported to the Washington County Jail in Stillwater, and their booking data becomes part of the county's public record system. This page covers how to find those records, what the law says about public access, and what other resources are available when you need more detail about a case or need to monitor someone's release.

Where Woodbury Arrests Are Processed

When Woodbury Police make an arrest, the person is taken to the Washington County Jail at 15015 62nd Street North in Stillwater. That facility is the only county jail in Washington County and handles bookings from all law enforcement agencies operating in the county, including Woodbury PD, the Washington County Sheriff's Office, and several other local departments. Every arrest gets logged into the jail system regardless of the charge level.

Washington County publishes a daily booking report in PDF format at its Daily Jail Booking Report page. The report lists people booked during the previous 24-hour period and includes names, booking dates, and charge descriptions. It is posted each morning and replaced the following day, so if you need a specific date from the past, you would need to contact the jail directly or use the inmate search tool, which has a broader date range. The Inmate Information page on the county site explains how to look up people who are currently in custody or were recently released.

The Jail Division page at co.washington.mn.us has additional background on how the facility works, what programs are offered to inmates, and how the booking and release process is handled. This is useful if you are trying to understand the full timeline between arrest and release.

What Woodbury Booking Records Contain

Under Minnesota Statute § 13.82, arrest and booking data is classified as public government data. That means Washington County must make these records available to the public. The daily PDF and the inmate search tool are both ways the county meets that requirement. The law does not make this optional. Booking data is public by default unless a specific exception applies.

The records typically include the full name of the person booked, the date and time of booking, the charges at the time of intake, bail information, custody status, and the arresting agency. You will not find date of birth or home address in the public-facing report, as those fields are handled differently under the Government Data Practices Act. What you do get is enough to identify whether a specific person was booked, what they were charged with, and whether they are still in custody. Charge descriptions at booking may not match what is eventually filed in court, because prosecutors review the case after booking and may change or drop charges.

A booking record is not a conviction. It is a record of intake into the jail system. Many people who are booked are later released without charges being filed.

Woodbury Police Department

The Woodbury Police Department serves one of the largest cities by population in Washington County. The department handles calls for service, arrests, and investigations within city limits. After an arrest, Woodbury PD transports the individual to the Washington County Jail and submits booking paperwork. The City of Woodbury website has general information on city services, but for booking and jail records the Washington County system is the primary source.

How to Search Woodbury Booking Records

Start at the Daily Jail Booking Report page on the Washington County site. The PDF posted there covers the most recent 24-hour period. If you need to look up someone currently in custody or recently released, use the Inmate Information search tool linked on the same site. That tool lets you search by name and returns current custody status, charges, and release information if the person has been let out.

For statewide criminal history that goes beyond a single booking, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension criminal history portal is an option. BCA searches cost $8 and need a name and date of birth to run. The system draws from a broader dataset than any single county jail. For court case records after charges are formally filed, Minnesota Courts has a public case search that covers all state district courts including the 10th Judicial District, which serves Washington County.

If you are trying to monitor someone's release or transfer and want to be notified automatically, VINELink lets you register for alerts tied to a specific person in custody. It is a free service and works for facilities across the state.

Record Retention, Fees, and Expungement

Booking records do not go away when someone is released. Under Minnesota Statute § 138.17, government records follow retention schedules set by the state. Washington County keeps jail records according to those rules, which means the booking data may remain in the system for years after a case closes. The daily PDF reports are short-term views, but the underlying jail record persists.

When someone is booked into the Washington County Jail from Woodbury, a booking fee may be assessed under Minnesota Statute § 641.12. This covers the cost of intake processing. It applies at booking and does not depend on whether charges are later filed or what happens in court. Counties also have the authority under § 641.08 to charge for the cost of confinement in some circumstances.

If you want to remove a booking or arrest record from public access, the process is expungement under Minnesota Statute § 609A. A successful petition seals the record from most public searches. Not every arrest qualifies. Eligibility depends on how the case ended, the charge type, and the time that has passed. LawHelpMN has plain-language guides on the expungement process and what to expect when filing.

Note: A sealed court record does not always remove the data from private databases that captured the booking before the expungement order was entered.

The City of Woodbury website provides information on city services and departments, while booking records for arrests made in the city are managed by Washington County through its jail and public records systems.

For current inmate data and daily booking logs, the Washington County Jail system is where all Woodbury arrest records are centrally maintained and made available to the public under state law.

Nearby Cities

These nearby cities also have booking records managed through their respective county jail systems. Each city page has direct links to the relevant county roster and search tools.

Washington County Booking Records

All Woodbury arrests feed into the Washington County jail system. For full county-level information on booking procedures, inmate search tools, and jail contacts, visit the county page.