Greenville Recent Bookings
Greenville is the largest city in Greenville County and one of the fastest-growing cities in South Carolina. When someone is arrested within city limits, the Greenville Police Department processes the arrest and transports the person to the Greenville County Detention Center. You can search Greenville recent bookings through the county's free online inmate portal. This page covers where booking records are stored, how to look up an inmate, and how to request arrest reports from the city and county under state public records law.
Greenville Quick Facts
Where Greenville Recent Bookings Are Processed
The Greenville Police Department is located at 4 McGee Street, Greenville, SC 29601. The non-emergency line is (864) 271-5333. Officers make arrests within city limits, and those arrested are taken to the Greenville County Detention Center for booking and processing. The detention center is also at 20 McGee Street, just steps away from city police headquarters.
The detention center holds more than 1,000 inmates at capacity and is run by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. That means all booking records for city arrests are held at the county level. The phone number for the detention center is (864) 467-2330. Visitation is available seven days a week from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Building 4. You can also reach the detention administration by email at detadmin@greenvillecounty.org.
Because the city police and county sheriff share a records management system, one search covers arrests made by both agencies. Greenville County Sheriff's Office records are managed through a centralized operation that also handles Greenville Police Department records.
Note: The Greenville County inmate search requires the full last name. Partial spellings or aliases will not return results, so use the exact spelling when searching.
Search the Greenville County Inmate Booking Portal
The free online inmate search for Greenville bookings is at app.greenvillecounty.org. To run a search, enter the full last name of the person you are looking for. You can also add a first name, booking number, or date of birth to narrow results. Each record shows the inmate's name, mugshot, booking date and time, current charges, bond amounts, court dates, and housing location within the facility.
The portal is updated on a daily basis. Records reflect people currently in custody. If someone has been released, they may not appear in the active search results. For confirmed incarceration records, the Records Management Services Division at 20 McGee Street can provide a written confirmation of incarceration for $6.00. Arrest reports cost $3.00, and traffic reports cost $3.00 per copy.
Under S.C. Code Ann. § 30-4-30(D), the identities of people confined in any detention center must be available to the public during normal business hours for the preceding three months. The online portal satisfies this requirement and goes further by making the data accessible at any hour.
Greenville City FOIA Requests for Arrest Records
The City of Greenville handles public records requests through an online portal at greenvillesc.gov. Requests go through the City Attorney's Office at P.O. Box 2207, Greenville, SC 29607. You can also call (864) 467-4373 or contact the FOIA Paralegal, Jindriska Macickova, directly. The system generates a reference number so you can track where your request stands.
Research time is charged at $20 per hour. The first half hour of search and retrieval is free. If your request requires more than 30 minutes of staff time or involves more than 10 pages, a deposit of 25 percent of the estimated total cost is required before work begins. Electronic delivery is provided at no extra charge. If you need the records on a USB drive, there is an additional $12.00 fee. Payment in full is required before final documents are released.
The city follows standard FOIA response timelines. For records less than 24 months old, staff will acknowledge your request within 10 business days and produce records within 30 calendar days. For older records, acknowledgment takes up to 20 business days and production up to 35 days. Crime reports and arrest reports from the past 14 days are available right away under state law without a formal written request.
Note: Under S.C. Code Ann. § 17-1-40, arrest records must be destroyed if charges are dismissed or a person is found not guilty, so some historical records may not be retrievable.
Greenville City Police FOIA Request Portal
The City of Greenville provides a public records request portal at greenvillesc.gov where you can submit FOIA requests for city police arrest records, incident reports, and other city documents.
Each request is assigned a reference number and routed to the appropriate city department for processing.
Greenville County Sheriff Records and Booking Information
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office Records Division is located at 55 Beattie Place, Greenville, SC 29601. Phone is (864) 467-5500 and email is records@sheriff.greenvillecounty.org. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The division handles arrest records, incident reports, and criminal records from the county jail.
FOIA requests for county records can be submitted to the Greenville County Department of Public Safety Records Management Services Division at 20 McGee Street, or emailed to publicrecords@greenvillecounty.org. The phone for records management is (864) 467-5278. The FOIA Coordinator for the Greenville County Sheriff's Office is Courtney Fitzpatrick, reachable at CFitzpatrick@greenvillecounty.org. The Public Information Officer is Lt. Ryan Flood, who can be reached at (864) 467-5205.
Court records for Greenville County are searchable through the SC Public Index and also through the local portal at greenvillecounty.org. The Greenville County Clerk of Court is located at 305 East North Street, Suite 325, and can be reached at (864) 467-8551. Certified copies and court case files are available from the clerk's office during normal business hours.
Note: Under S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-240, body camera footage from law enforcement is not considered a public record and cannot be obtained through a standard FOIA request.
Greenville County FOIA Records Access
For county-level records, the Greenville County public records page at greenvillecounty.org provides instructions on how to submit FOIA requests by email, mail, or hand delivery to the County Attorney's Office.
The county email for FOIA submissions is publicrecords@greenvillecounty.org, and the mailing address is the County Attorney's Office, 301 University Ridge, Suite N-4000, Greenville, SC 29601.
State Resources for Greenville Booking Records
SLED's CATCH system provides statewide criminal history checks at catch.sled.sc.gov. A search costs $25 plus a $1.00 convenience fee for online use. You need a first and last name, date of birth, and gender to run a check. Charitable organizations may qualify for a reduced rate of $8.00. Mail requests go to SLED Records Department, P.O. Box 21398, Columbia, SC 29221-1398. SLED does not cover juvenile records, sealed records, or federal cases.
For victims and family members tracking an inmate's status, VINE at vinelink.com sends free alerts by phone, email, or text when a person's custody status changes. VINE covers the Greenville County Detention Center. Registration takes only a few minutes and requires the inmate's name or booking number.
State-sentenced inmates held in South Carolina prisons can be searched at doc.sc.gov through the SCDC inmate search. This is separate from the county detention search. If the person you are looking for has not yet been sentenced or is awaiting trial, use the Greenville County inmate search portal instead.
The Greenville Department of Public Safety offers background searches for cases within Greenville County. Options include 5-year, 10-year, and 15-year lookbacks, as well as custom time frames for an additional fee. These searches are limited to people whose cases resulted in conviction or are still pending. They do not run checks for dismissed cases or those found not guilty.
Note: Under S.C. Code Ann. § 17-1-60, charging a fee to remove a booking photo or arrest record from a website is illegal in South Carolina.
Greenville County Recent Bookings
Greenville is located in Greenville County. All city arrests result in bookings at the Greenville County Detention Center. For full details on the county inmate portal, detention center contacts, the sheriff's records division, and county-wide resources, visit the Greenville County recent bookings page.
Nearby South Carolina Cities
Other cities in the Greenville area send arrestees to the same or nearby detention facilities. Select a city below to find booking record resources for that area.